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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Commelina

Hierarchical position of the Genus Commelina

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       Subfamilia  Commelinoideae Eaton pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 27. Apr-Mai 1836.    Tribus  Commelineae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 55. 1829.    Genus  Commelina L. pub. (1753) common name: dayflower

Named members of the Genus Commelina

1	Species  angustifolia Michx. syn. Commelina erecta var. angustifolia
2	Species  anomala (Torr.) Woods. syn. Tinantia anomala
3	Species  benghalensis L. common name: jio
4	Species  caroliniana Walt. common name: Carolina dayflower
5	Species  coelestis Willd. common name: commelina
6	Species  communis L.
	7    Varietas  communis common name: Asiatic dayflower 8    Varietas  ludens (Miq.) C.B. Clarke common name: Asiatic dayflower
9	Species  crispa Woot. syn. Commelina erecta var. angustifolia
10	Species  debilis Ledeb. syn. Commelina communis var. ludens
11	Species  deficiens Hook. syn. Commelina virginica
12	Species  dianthifolia Delile
	13    Varietas  dianthifolia common name: birdbill dayflower 14    Varietas  longispatha (Torr.) Brashier common name: birdbill dayflower
15	Species  diffusa Burm. f.
	16    Varietas  diffusa common name: climbing dayflower 17    Varietas  gigas (Small) Faden common name: climbing dayflower
18	Species  elegans Kunth syn. Commelina erecta var. erecta
19	Species  erecta L.
	20    Varietas  angustifolia (Michx.) Fern. common name: whitemouth dayflower 21    Varietas  crispa (Woot.) Palmer & Steyermark syn. Commelina erecta var. angustifolia 22    Varietas  deamiana Fern. common name: whitemouth dayflower 23    Varietas  erecta common name: whitemouth dayflower 24    Varietas  greenei Fassett syn. Commelina erecta var. deamiana
25	Species  forskaolii Vahl common name: rat's ear
26	Species  gigas Small syn. Commelina diffusa var. gigas
27	Species  linearis Benth.
	28    Varietas  longispatha Torr. syn. Commelina dianthifolia var. longispatha
29	Species  longicaulis Jacq. syn. Commelina diffusa var. diffusa
30	Species  longifolia Michx. syn. Commelina virginica
31	Species  nashii Small syn. Commelina erecta var. angustifolia
32	Species  nigritana Benth.
	33    Varietas  gambiae (C.B. Clarke) Brenan common name: Gambian dayflower
34	Species  nudiflora L. syn. Murdannia nudiflora
35	Species  rufipes Seubert
	36    Varietas  glabrata (D. Hunt) Faden & D.R. Hunt common name: cojite blanco  (Mexico)
37	Species  saxicola Small syn. Commelina erecta var. erecta
38	Species  serrulata Vahl syn. Tripogandra serrulata
39	Species  spirata L. syn. Murdannia spirata
40	Species  tuberosa L. common name: commelina
41	Species  virginica L. common name: Virginia dayflower
42	Species  willdenowii Kunth syn. Commelina communis var. communis
43	Species  zanonia L. syn. Tradescantia zanonia

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.