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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Commelinaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Commelinaceae

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Commelinanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 514. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Commelinales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 54. 1829.       Subordo  Commelinineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 87. Mai 1898.       Familia  Commelinaceae R. Br. pub. Prodr.: 268. 27 Mar 1810, nom. cons. common name: Spiderworts

Named members of the Family Commelinaceae

1	Genus  Aclisia E.Mey. syn. Pollia Thunb.
2	Genus  Aetheolirion Forman
3	Genus  Amischophacelus R.S.Rao & Kammathy syn. Cyanotis D.Don
4	Genus  Amischotolype Hassk.
5	Genus  Aneilema R.Br.
6	Genus  Anthericopsis Engl.
7	Genus  Aploleia Raf. syn. Callisia Loefl.
8	Genus  Athyrocarpus Schltdl. ex Benth. syn. Commelina L.
9	Genus  Ballya Brenan syn. Aneilema R.Br.
10	Genus  Baoulia A.Chev. syn. Murdannia Royle
11	Genus  Belosynapsis Hassk.
12	Genus  Buforrestia C.B.Clarke
13	Genus  Callisia Loefl. common name: roseling
14	Genus  Cartonema R. Br. pub. (1810)
15	Genus  Cochliostema Lem.
16	Genus  Coleotrype C.B.Clarke
17	Genus  Commelinantia Tharp syn. Tinantia Scheidw.
18	Subfamilia  Commelinoideae Eaton pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 27. Apr-Mai 1836.
	19    Tribus  Commelineae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 55. 1829.   20    Genus  Commelina L. pub. (1753) common name: dayflower
21	Genus  Commelinopsis Pichon syn. Commelina L.
22	Genus  Cuthbertia Small syn. Callisia Loefl.
23	Genus  Cyanotis D.Don
24	Genus  Cymbispatha Pichon syn. Tradescantia L.
25	Genus  Descantaria Schltdl. syn. Tripogandra Raf.
26	Tribus  Dichorisandreae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 55. 1829.
	27    Genus  Dichorisandra J.C. Mikan pub. (1820)
28	Genus  Dictyospermum Wight
29	Genus  Donnellia C.B.Clarke ex Donn.Sm. syn. Tripogandra Raf. common name: donnellia moss
30	Genus  Elasis D.R.Hunt
31	Genus  Ephemerum Mill. pub. (1754) common name: ephemerum moss
32	Genus  Floscopa Lour.
33	Genus  Forrestia A.Rich. syn. Amischotolype Hassk.
34	Genus  Geogenanthus Ule
35	Genus  Gibasis Raf. common name: bridalveil
36	Genus  Gibasoides D.R.Hunt
37	Genus  Gillettia Rendle syn. Anthericopsis Engl.
38	Genus  Hadrodemas H.E.Moore syn. Callisia Loefl.
39	Genus  Leiandra Raf. syn. Callisia Loefl.
40	Genus  Leptocallisia (Benth.) Pichon syn. Callisia Loefl.
41	Genus  Leptorhoeo C.B.Clarke syn. Callisia Loefl.
42	Genus  Mandonia Hassk. syn. Tradescantia L.
43	Genus  Matudanthus D.R.Hunt
44	Genus  Murdannia Royle common name: murdannia
45	Genus  Neodonnellia Rose syn. Tripogandra Raf.
46	Genus  Neomandonia Hutch. syn. Tradescantia L.
47	Genus  Neotreleasea Rose syn. Tradescantia L.
48	Genus  Palisota Rchb. ex Endl.
49	Genus  Phaeosphaerion Hassk. syn. Commelina L.
50	Genus  Phyodina Raf. syn. Callisia Loefl.
51	Tribus  Pollieae C.B. Clarke pub. J. Bot. 18: 127. ante 20 Apr 1880.
	52    Genus  Pollia Thunb. pub. (1781)
53	Genus  Polyspatha Benth.
54	Genus  Porandra D.Y.Hong syn. Amischotolype Hassk.
55	Genus  Pseudoparis H.Perrier
56	Genus  Pyrrheima Hassk. syn. Siderasis Raf.
57	Genus  Rectanthera O.Deg. syn. Callisia Loefl.
58	Genus  Rhoeo Hance syn. Tradescantia L.
59	Genus  Rhopalephora Hassk.
60	Genus  Sauvallea W.Wright
61	Genus  Separotheca Waterf. syn. Tradescantia L.
62	Genus  Setcreasea K.Schum. & Syd. syn. Tradescantia L.
63	Genus  Siderasis Raf.
64	Genus  Spatholirion Ridl.
65	Genus  Spironema Lindl. syn. Callisia Loefl.
66	Genus  Stanfieldiella Brenan
67	Genus  Streptolirion Edgew.
68	Genus  Thyrsanthemum Pichon
69	Genus  Tinantia Scheidw. common name: tinantia
70	Genus  Tonningia Juss. syn. Cyanotis D.Don
71	Genus  Tradescantella Small syn. Callisia Loefl.
72	Tribus  Tradescantieae Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 406. 17-20 Aug 1842.
	73    Genus  Tradescantia L. pub. (1753) common name: spiderwort
74	Genus  Treleasea Rose syn. Tradescantia L.
75	Genus  Tricarpelema J.K.Morton
76	Genus  Triceratella Brenan
77	Genus  Tripogandra Raf. common name: tripogandra
78	Genus  Weldenia Schult.f.
79	Genus  Zebrina Schnizl. syn. Tradescantia L.

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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