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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 SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Commelina erecta L. subsp. erecta (1753) |
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| 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 |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Commelina erecta L. subsp. erecta (1753) |
| Commelina erecta subsp. maritima (J. K. Morton) J. K. Morton |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| 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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see more in the book |
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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. |
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Exceedingly variable.Comprises two subspp.: - subsp. erecta; - subsp. maritima |
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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). |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Hedberb, I., 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)
Bibliography other :
- Upl. Kenya wild flow. ed.2 : t. 136 (1994).
- Thulin (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 93
- Flora 206: 296 (2011).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Fgui |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Map |
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