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Commelina erecta L.
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 41 (1753)  
Information on the genus : Commelina
 
 
Status
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Commelina erecta L. subsp. erecta (1753)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Commelina gerrardii C.B. Clarke
=Commelina undulata R. Br. (1810)
=Commelina aethiopica C.B. Clarke (1881)
=Commelina corradii Chiov. (1951)
=Commelina venusta C.B. Clarke (1901)
=Commelina bainesii C.B. Clarke (1881)
=Commelina guineensis Hua (1895) p.p., as to Paroisse 195
=Commelina vogelii C.B. Clarke (1881)
=Commelina vogelii var. angustior C.B. Clarke
=Commelina sulcata Benth.
=Commelina umbellata Thonn. (1827)
=Commelina angustifolia Hassk.
=Commelina kurzii C.B. Clarke
 
Taxon infra-specific
Commelina erecta L. subsp. erecta (1753)
Commelina erecta subsp. maritima (J.K. Morton) J.K. Morton
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Perennial herb, erect or spreading and rooting at lower nodes 20-50 cm tall; stems light green with purple tinge
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Ecology : Weedy plant on roadsides, waste, cultivated ground, particularly in forest and woodland areas; thornbush; rocky limestone, granite slopes, valleys; swampy spot in Acacia, Terminalia woodland; sometimes in drier habitats; sandy sea-shores; 0-1600 m alt.
  Exceedingly variable.Comprises two subspp.: - subsp. erecta; - subsp. maritima
  Bioko/Fernando Poo; Namibia, S. Africa, Swaziland; Arabia; tropical Asia; tropical and temperate America (cf. Sida 20: 421, 2002); West Indies. – Record from Angola reasonable (Figueiredo & Smith, Pl. Angola: 176, 2008).

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • PEYRE DE FABRÈGUES B. & J. P. LEBRUN (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort : 317
  • HEDBERG, I., S. EDWARDS & AL. (EDS) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 372
  • Fl. anal. Bénin : 75 (2006).
  • Checklist Commel. Equat. Guinea : 112 (2009).
  • Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Commelinaceae Commel.: 211 (2012)
  • Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:38 (2012)
  • CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 77

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
  • THULIN (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 93
  • Flora 206: 296 (2011).
  • HASSEMER G. (2020). Further cleaning of the name pool in the New World Commelina (Commelinaceae), and notes on the African C. aquatica. Phytotaxa 435(2): 109 
 
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  • Commelina erecta L.

    Commelina erecta L.

    Commelina erecta L.; Madagascar, Andrafiamena, for?ts aux alentours d'Anjahankely; num.coll.: ZB 201; photo: Burivalova, Z.

  • Commelina erecta L.

    Commelina erecta L.

    Commelina erecta L.; Madagascar, Andrafiamena, for?ts aux alentours d'Anjahankely; num.coll.: ZB 201; photo: Burivalova, Z.

  • Commelina erecta L.

    Commelina erecta L.

    Commelina erecta L.; Madagascar, Andrafiamena, for?ts aux alentours d'Anjahankely; num.coll.: ZB 201; photo: Burivalova, Z.

  • Commelina erecta L.

    Commelina erecta L.

    Commelina erecta L.; Madagascar, Andrafiamena, for?ts aux alentours d'Anjahankely; num.coll.: ZB 201; photo: Burivalova, Z.

  • Commelina erecta L.

    Commelina erecta L.

    Commelina erecta L.; Madagascar, Andrafiamena, for?ts aux alentours d'Anjahankely; num.coll.: ZB 201; photo: Burivalova, Z.
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