| Commelina kotschyi Hassk. |
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| Protologue : Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 207 (1867) |
| Information on the genus : Commelina |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Annual or short-lived perennial herb with fibrous roots; stems erect or ascending to 30 cm tall, pale green, slightly purplish tinged, glabrous |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Acacia bushland and woodland, weed in cultivations, irrigated fields; dense thickets; 700-1780 m alt. |
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A largely misinterpreted species, or unrecognized in floras (Faden, Novon 18: 473, 2008). |
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S. Africa, Swaziland, Namibia; India. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- HEDBERG, I., S. EDWARDS & AL. (EDS) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 368
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 96
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- OLIVER, D., DYER, W.T.T.; PRAIN, D.; HILL, A.W. (1901). Flora of Tropical Africa 8: 49
 - MARLOTH, HERMANN WILHELM RUDOLF (1985). Flora of Southern Africa with Synoptical Tables of the Genera of Higher Plants. Capetown
Bibliography other :
- AGNEW A.D. & S. (1994). Upland Kenya wild flowers: A flora of the ferns and herbaceous flowering plants of upland Kenya East Africa Natural History Society : t.136
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| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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