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| Family : COMMELINACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 41 (1753)  |
| Information on the genus : Commelina |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Commelina africana L. var. africana |
| Dirtea africana (L.) Raf. (1836) |
| Hedwigia africana (L.) Medik. (1790) |
| Stickmannia africana (L.) Raf. |
| Commelina africana L. subsp. africana |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Commelina involucrosa A. Rich. (1850) |
| =Commelina subamplectans Hassk. |
| =Commelina divaricata Vahl |
| =Commelina polyclada Welw. ex C.B. Clarke |
| =Commelina mannii C.B. Clarke (1881) |
| =Commelina africana var. mannii (C.B. Clarke) Brenan (1964) |
| =Commelina mannii var. lyallii C.B. Clarke (1881) |
| =Commelina lyallii (C.B. Clarke) H. Perrier (1936) |
| =*Commelina bakueana A. Chev. (1920) |
| =Commelina edulis A. Rich. (1850) |
| =Commelina beccariana Martelli (1886) |
| =Commelina cordifolia A. Rich. (1850) |
| =Commelina flava Salisb. (1796) |
| =Commelina lutea Moench (1794) |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Commelina africana L. var. africana |
| Commelina africana var. glabriuscula (Norl.) Brenan |
| Commelina africana var. krebsiana (Kunth) C.B. Clarke |
| Commelina africana var. lancispatha C.B. Clarke (1897) |
| Commelina africana var. milleri Brenan |
| Commelina africana var. villosior (C.B. Clarke) Brenan |
| Commelina africana var. karooica (C.B. Clarke) Govaerts |
| Commelina africana subsp. zanzibarica Faden (2012) |
| Commelina africana L. subsp. africana |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Perennial herb with fusiform (tuberous) fleshy roots; stems to 1 m long, creeping, creeping-ascending or straggling, green with purple tinge |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Overgrazed areas; Combretum, Stereospermum, Acacia woodland; moist grassy places; forests (eventually degraded); swamps; mist forest; sunny places; in shade; riverine forest margins; edge of montane forest; 900-3300 m alt. |
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A very variable species. The World Checklist of Monocotyledons (Roy. Bot. Gard., Kew) retain 6 varieties: var. africana; - var. diffusa (Tanzania-Malawi); - var. karooica (S Africa and Botswana); - var. krebsiana; - var. manni (Cameroon, Rwanda, Ethiopia |
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S. Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland; Cape Verde Isl.; Madagascar, Mascarene Isl.; Saudi Arabia, Yemen; Australia. Has been reported from Bioko/Fernando Poo and Equat. Guinea without precise locality (Cabezas & al. 2009) |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Pl. Mt Cameroon : 150 (1998).
- Cheek M., B.J. Pollard, I. DArbyshire & J.-M. Onana (2004). The Plants of the Kupe, Mwanenguba & Bakossi Mountains, a Cameroon: Conservation Checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Fl. anal. Bénin : 72 (2006).
- Fl. Rép. Guinée 1: 387 (2009).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 4: 121 (2005).
Bibliography other :
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:37 (2012)
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Fgui |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°156460 |
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