List of Commelina species

B

• Commelina bambusifolia Matuda
• Commelina bambusifolioides Matuda
• Commelina bangii Rusby
• Commelina barbata Lam.
• Commelina beccariana Martelli
• Commelina bella Oberm.
• Commelina benghalensis L.
• Commelina bequaertii De Wild.
• Commelina boissieriana C.B.Clarke
• Commelina bracteosa Hassk.
• Commelina bravoa Matuda

C

• Commelina cameroonensis J.K.Morton
• Commelina capitata Benth.
• Commelina caroliniana Walter
• Commelina chamissonis Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke
• Commelina chayaensis Faden
• Commelina ciliata Stanley
• Commelina clarkeana K.Schum.
• Commelina clavata C.B.Clarke
• Commelina clavatoides Nampy & S.M.Joseph
• Commelina coelestis Willd.
• Commelina communis L.
• Commelina congesta C.B.Clarke
• Commelina congestipatha López-Ferr. & al.
• Commelina corbisieri De Wild.
• Commelina corradii Chiov. ex Chiarugi
• Commelina crassicaulis C.B.Clarke
• Commelina cufodontii Chiov.
• Commelina cyanea R.Br.

D

• Commelina dammeriana K.Schum.
• Commelina deflexa Rusby
• Commelina dekindtiana Fritsch
• Commelina demissa C.B.Clarke
• Commelina dianthifolia Delile
• Commelina diffusa Burm.f.
• Commelina disperma Faden
• Commelina droogmansiana De Wild.

E

• Commelina eckloniana Kunth
• Commelina elliptica Kunth in Humb. & al.
• Commelina ensifolia R.Br.
• Commelina erecta L.

F

• Commelina fasciculata Ruiz & Pav.
• Commelina fluviatilis Brenan
• Commelina foliacea Chiov.
• Commelina forskaolii Vahl
• Commelina frutescens Faden

G

• Commelina gambiae C.B.Clarke
• Commelina gelatinosa Edgew.
• Commelina geniculata Desv. ex Ham.
• Commelina giorgii De Wild.
• Commelina gourmaensis A.Chev.
• Commelina grandis Brenan
• Commelina grossa C.B.Clarke
• Commelina guaranitica C.B.Clarke ex Chodat & Hassl.

H

• Commelina haitiensis Urb. & Ekman
• Commelina heterosperma Blatt. & Hallb.
• Commelina hispida Ruiz & Pav.
• Commelina hockii De Wild.
• Commelina holubii C.B.Clarke
• Commelina homblei De Wild.
• Commelina huillensis Welw. ex C.B.Clarke
• Commelina humblotii H.Perrier

I

• Commelina imberbis Ehrenb. ex Hassk.
• Commelina indehiscens E.Barnes
• Commelina irumuensis De Wild.

J

• Commelina jaliscana Matuda
• Commelina jamesonii C.B.Clarke

K

• Commelina kapiriensis De Wild.
• Commelina kilanga De Wild.
• Commelina kisantuensis De Wild.
• Commelina kitaleensis Faden
• Commelina kituloensis Faden
• Commelina kotschyi Hassk.

L

• Commelina lanceolata R.Br.
• Commelina latifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich.
• Commelina leiocarpa Benth.
• Commelina longicapsa C.B.Clarke
• Commelina longifolia Lam.
• Commelina loureiroi Kunth
• Commelina lukei Faden
• Commelina lukonzolwensis De Wild.
• Commelina luteiflora De Wild.
• Commelina luzonensis Elmer

M

• Commelina macrospatha Gilg & Ledermann ex Mildbr.
• Commelina macrosperma J.K.Morton
• Commelina maculata Edgew.
• Commelina madagascarica C.B.Clarke
• Commelina major H.Perrier
• Commelina martyrum H.Lév.
• Commelina mascarenica C.B.Clarke
• Commelina mathewsii (C.B.Clarke) Faden & D.R.Hunt
• Commelina melanorrhiza Faden
• Commelina membranacea Robyns
• Commelina mensensis Schweinf.
• Commelina merkeri K.Schum.
• Commelina microspatha K.Schum.
• Commelina milne-redheadii Faden
• Commelina minor Y.N.Lee & Y.C.Oh
• Commelina modesta Oberm.
• Commelina montigena H.Perrier
• Commelina mwatayamvoana P.A.Duvign. & Dewit

N

• Commelina neurophylla C.B.Clarke
• Commelina nigritana Benth.
• Commelina nivea López-Ferr. & al.
• Commelina nyasensis C.B.Clarke

O

• Commelina obliqua Vahl
• Commelina oligotricha Miq.
• Commelina orchidophylla Faden & Layton

P

• Commelina paleata Hassk. in Miq.
• Commelina pallida Willd.
• Commelina pallidispatha Faden
• Commelina paludosa Blume
• Commelina petersii Hassk.
• Commelina phaeochaeta Chiov.
• Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch ex Seub.
• Commelina polhillii Faden & M.H.Alford
• Commelina pseudopurpurea Faden
• Commelina pseudoscaposa De Wild.
• Commelina purpurea C.B.Clarke
• Commelina pycnospatha Brenan
• Commelina pynaertii De Wild.

Q

• Commelina quarrei De Wild.
• Commelina queretarensis López-Ferr. & al.
• Commelina quitensis Benth.

R

• Commelina ramosissima López-Ferr. & al.
• Commelina ramulosa (C.B.Clarke) H.Perrier
• Commelina reptans Brenan
• Commelina reticulata Stanley
• Commelina reygaertii De Wild.
• Commelina rhodesica Norl.
• Commelina robynsii De Wild.
• Commelina rogersii Burtt Davy
• Commelina rosulata Faden & Layton
• Commelina ruandensis De Wild.
• Commelina rufipes Seub. in Mart. & al.
• Commelina rupicola Font Quer ex Emb. & Maire in Jahand. & al.
• Commelina rzedowskii López-Ferr. & al.

S

• Commelina sp. sandstone
• Commelina saxatilis H.Perrier
• Commelina saxosa De Wild.
• Commelina scabra Benth.
• Commelina scandens Welw. ex C.B.Clarke
• Commelina scaposa C.B.Clarke
• Commelina schinzii C.B.Clarke in T.Durand & Schinz
• Commelina schliebenii Mildbr.
• Commelina schomburgkiana Klotzsch in R.H.Schomb.
• Commelina schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke
• Commelina shinsendaensis De Wild.
• Commelina sikkimensis C.B.Clarke
• Commelina singularis Vell.
• Commelina socorrogonzaleziae Espejo & López-Ferr.
• Commelina somalensis Chiov.
• Commelina spectabilis C.B.Clarke
• Commelina sphaerorrhizoma Faden & Layton
• Commelina standleyi Steyerm.
• Commelina stefaniniana Chiov.
• Commelina subcucullata C.B.Clarke
• Commelina subscabrifolia De Wild.
• Commelina subulata Roth
• Commelina suffruticosa Blume
• Commelina sugariae Pellegrini
• Commelina sulcatisperma Faden
• Commelina sylvatica De Wild.

T

• Commelina texcocana Matuda
• Commelina trachysperma Chiov.
• Commelina transversifolia De Wild.
• Commelina triangulispatha Mildbr.
• Commelina tricarinata Stanley
• Commelina tricolor E.Barnes
• Commelina trilobosperma K.Schum.
• Commelina tuberosa L.

U

• Commelina umbellata Schumach. & Thonn.
• Commelina undulata R.Br.
• Commelina ussilensis Schweinf.

V

• Commelina velutina Mildbr.
• Commelina vermoesenii De Wild.
• Commelina vilavelhensis Corrêa da Maia, Cervi & Tardivo
• Commelina villosa C.B.Clarke
• Commelina virginica L.

W

• Commelina welwitschii C.B.Clarke
• Commelina wightii Raizada

Z

• Commelina zambesica C.B.Clarke
• Commelina zenkeri C.B.Clarke
• Commelina zeylanica Falkenb.
• Commelina zigzag P.A.Duvign. & Dewit

References

• C. quitensis, p. 238 (1846)

• C scabra, p. 26 (1840)

• C. appendiculata, pl. 13

• C. clavata, pl. 5

• C. sikkimensis, pl. 6

• C. boissieriana, p. 161

• C. chamissonis, p. 186

• C. congesta, p. 160

• C. crassicaulis, p. 149

• C. firma, p. 180

• C. huilensis, p. 175

• C. jamesonii, p. 155

• C. livinstonii, p. 190

• C. longiscapa, p. 176

• C. madagascarica, p. 174

• C. mascarenica, p. 174

• C. sabatieri, p. 146

• C. schweinfurthii, p. 158

• C. spectabilis, p. 175

• C. welwitschii, p. 175

• C. zambesica, p. 161

• C. carsonii, p. 52

• C. cecilae, p. 51

• C. cuneata, p. 51

• C. demissa, p. 52

• C. grossa, p. 60

• C. holubii, p. 51

• C. lagosensis, p. 57

• C. neurophylla, p. 53

• C. nyasensis, p. 40

• C. opulens, p. 58

• C. purpurea, p. 40

• C. rufociliata, p. 54

• C. subcucullata, p. 53

• C. zenkeri, p. 59

• C. eckloniana, p. 58

• C. loureiroi, p. 60

  (publ. 1936)

• C. humblotii, p. 188

• C. major, p. 182

• C. montigena, p. 192

• C. ramulosa, p. 185

• C. saxatilis, p. 183

• C. attenuata, p. 168

• C. forsskalii, C. obliqua, p. 172

• C. acutispatha, p. 164.

• C. claessensis, p. 173

• C. irumuensis, p. 183

• C. kisantuensis, p. 189

• C. luteiflora, p. 193

• C. pynaertii, p. 199

• C. reygaertii, p. 201

• C. ruandensis, p. 204

• C. saxosa, p. 206

• C. vermoesenii, p. 215

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