Checklist: Commelinaceae

COMMELINACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Aneilema umbrosum

Literature:  
Faden, R. (2012) Commelinaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa  
Malaise, P. (1988) Commelinaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV 119-142 
Obermeyer, A.A. & Faden, R.B. (1985) Commelinaceae Flora of Southern Africa 4(2)  
Van den Burg, J.W. & Bidault, E. (2020) Commelinaceae Flore du Gabon 55 1-88 
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
AMISCHOTOLYPE Hassk. 
  
POLYSPATHA Benth. 
Polyspatha hirsuta Mildbr.
Polyspatha oligospatha Faden
Polyspatha paniculata Benth.
Commelina paniculata (Benth.) Roberty
Polyspatha glaucescens (C.B.Clarke) Hutch.
Polyspatha paniculata Benth. var. glaucescens C.B.Clarke
  
STANFIELDIELLA Brenan 
Stanfieldiella imperforata (C.B.Clarke) Brenan
var. imperforata
Buforrestia imperforata C.B.Clarke
Stanfieldiella imperforata (C.B.Clarke) Brenan
var. glabrisepala (De Wild.) Brenan
Buforrestia glabrisepala De Wild.
  
ANTHERICOPSIS Engl. 
Anthericopsis sepalosa (C.B. Clarke) Engl.
Aneilema sepalosum C.B. Clarke
Anthericopsis fischeri Engl.
Anthericopsis tradescantiodes Chiov.
Gilletia sepalosa (C.B. Clarke) Rendle
  
POLLIA Thunb. 
Pollia condensata C.B. Clarke
Aclisia condensata (C.B. Clarke) G. Brückn.
  
0894.000 PALISOTA Endl. 
Palisota ambigua (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke
Aneilema ambiguum (P.Beauv.) G.Don
Commelina ambigua P.Beauv.
Dichorisandra thysiana L.Linden
Dracaena triandra Afzel.
Duchekia hirsuta Kostel.
Palisota congolana Hua
Palisota micrantha K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke
Palisota plagiocarpa Hua
Palisota prionostachys C.B.Clarke
Palisota schweinfurthii C.B. Clarke
  
896.000 COMMELINA L. 
Commelina africana L.
Commelina benghalensis L.
Commelina benghalensis L. var. hirsuta C.B. Clarke
Commelina capitata Benth.
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
subsp. diffusa
Commelina nudiflora L.
Commelina eckloniana Kunth
Commelina erecta L.
subsp. livingstonii (C.B.Clarke) J.K.Morton
Commelina kagerensis Lebrun & Taton
Commelina livingstonii C.B.Clarke
Commelina pilosissima Hutch.
Commelina sphaerosperma C.B.Clarke
Commelina subalbescens Berhaut
Commelina venusta C.B.Clarke
Commelina erecta L.
Commelina bainesii C.B. Clarke
Commelina livingstonii C.B. Clarke
Commelina undulata R. Br.
Commelina latifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich.
var. latifolia
Commelina sagittifolia Hassk.
Commelina purpurea C.B.Clarke
Commelina kabarensis De Wild.
Commelina lugardii Bullock
Commelina schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke
Commelina zambesica C.B.Clarke
Commelina cuneata C.B.Clarke
  
899.000 ANEILEMA R. Br. 
Aneilema aequinoctiale (P. Beauv.) Loudon
Aneilema adhaerens Kunth
Aneilema beniniense (P. Beauv.) Kunth
Aneilema lujai De Wild. & T. Durand
Aneilema mortehanii De Wild.
Commelina beniniensis P. Beauv.
Aneilema spekei C.B. Clarke
Aneilema tacazzeanum Baker
Aneilema umbrosum Kunth
Commelina umbrosa Vahl
  
899.010 MURDANNIA Royle 
Murdannia semiteres (Dalz.) Santapau
Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan
Aneilema sinicum Ker-Gawl.
Commelina simplex Vahl
Murdannia stricta Brenan
  
903.000 COLEOTRYPE C.B.Clarke 
Coleotrype laurentii K.Schum. VI
  
904.000 CYANOTIS D. Don 
Cyanotis caespitosa Kotschy & Peyr.
Cyanotis foecunda Hassk.
Cyanotis minima De Wild.
Cyanotis montana K. Schum.
Cyanotis lanata Benth.
Cyanotis lanata Benth. var. schweinfurthii (Hassk.) C.B. Clarke
Cyanotis lanata Benth. var. sublanata C.B. Clarke
Cyanotis lanata Benth. var. rubescens (A. Chev.) Schnell
Cyanotis rubescens A. Chev.
Cyanotis schweinfurthii Hassk.
Cyanotis longifolia Benth.
Cyanotis djurensis C.B. Clarke
Cyanotis longifolia Benth. var. bakeriana C.B. Clarke
Cyanotis vaga (Lour.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Cyanotis abyssinica A. Rich.
Cyanotis abyssinica A. Rich. var. glabrescens A. Rich.
Cyanotis barbata D.Don
Cyanotis hirsuta Fisch., C.A. Meyer & Avé-Lall. var. glabra K. Schum.
Cyanotis hirsuta Fisch., C.A. Meyer & Avé-Lall.
Cyanotis parasitica (Hassk.) Hassk.
Zygomanes parasitica Hassk.
  
908.000 FLOSCOPA Lour. 
Floscopa africana (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke
Floscopa glomerata (Willd. & Schult. ex Schult. f.) Hassk.
subsp. glomerata
Floscopa rivularis (A. Rich.) C.B. Clarke
Tradescantia glomerata Schult. f.

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