Commelineae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Tribe Commelineae

commelina
dayflower
jio
rat's ear

Hierarchical position of the Tribe Commelineae

   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.

Named members of the Tribe Commelineae

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   Genus  Commelina L.
pub. (1753)
common name: dayflower

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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