List of Commelina species explained

This is an alphabetically ordered list of Commelina species. The list includes all species accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.^[1]

A

• Commelina acutispatha De Wild.
• Commelina acutissima Urb.
• Commelina africana L.
• Commelina agrostophylla F.Muell.
• Commelina albescens Hassk.
• Commelina albiflora Faden
• Commelina amplexicaulis Hassk.
• Commelina appendiculata C.B.Clarke
• Commelina arenicola Faden
• Commelina ascendens J.K.Morton
• Commelina aspera G.Don ex Benth.
• Commelina attenuata K.D.Koenig ex Vahl
• Commelina aurantiiflora Faden & Raynsf.
• Commelina auriculata Blume
• Commelina avenifolia J.Graham

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^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 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.^[3]
• Commelina forskaolii Vahl
• Commelina frutescens Faden

G

• Commelina gambiae C.B.Clarke^[4]
• 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^[5]
• Commelina kituloensis Faden
• Commelina kotschyi Hassk.^[6]

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.^[7]
• Commelina robynsii De Wild.
• Commelina rogersii Burtt Davy^[8]
• Commelina rosulata Faden & Layton
• Commelina ruandensis De Wild.
• Commelina rufipes Seub. in Mart. & al.
• Commelina rupicola Font Quer ex Emb. & Maire in Jahand. & al.^[9]
• 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^[4]
• Commelina scaposa C.B.Clarke
• Commelina schinzii C.B.Clarke in T.Durand & Schinz^[10]
• Commelina schliebenii Mildbr.
• Commelina schomburgkiana Klotzsch in R.H.Schomb.^[11]
• Commelina schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke
• Commelina shinsendaensis De Wild.
• Commelina sikkimensis C.B.Clarke
• Commelina singularis Vell.^[12]
• Commelina socorrogonzaleziae Espejo & López-Ferr.
• Commelina somalensis Chiov.^[13]
• Commelina spectabilis C.B.Clarke
• Commelina sphaerorrhizoma Faden & Layton
• Commelina standleyi Steyerm.
• Commelina stefaniniana Chiov.^[13]
• Commelina subcucullata C.B.Clarke
• Commelina subscabrifolia De Wild.
• Commelina subulata Roth
• Commelina suffruticosa Blume
• Commelina sulcatisperma Faden^[14]
• 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.^[15]
• Commelina undulata R.Br.
• Commelina ussilensis Schweinf.

V

• Commelina velutina Mildbr.
• Commelina vermoesenii De Wild.
• Commelina vilavelhensis Corrêa da Maia, Cervi & Tardivo^[16]
• 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.^[17]
• Commelina zigzag P.A.Duvign. & Dewit

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=233669 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Faden, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Commelin.: 178 (2012).
3. Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 300-302 (1939)
4. A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 146 (1881).
5. Faden, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Commelin.: 226 (2012).
6. G.Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 207 (1867).
7. Norlindh . T. . Weimarck . H. . 1948 . Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flora von Sud-Rhodesia. VIII . . 1948 . 1 . 17–38.
8. J. S. Afr. Bot. 4: 125 (1938)
9. Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 952 (1941)
10. Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 428 (1894) 1893
11. Reis. Br.-Guiana: 1064 (1841)
12. Fl. Flumin.: 31 (1829)
13. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 168-169 (1916)
14. Faden, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Commelin.: 167 (2012).
15. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 21 (1827)
16. Corrêa da Maia, Cervi & Tardivo, Fontqueria 56: 294 (2012).
17. Bot. Jahresber. (Just) 4: 406 (1876)