Commelinaceae
Commelina

Commelina subulata Roth

First published in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 530 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, S. India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 208
  • C. B. Cl. in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 148 (1881)
  • Chikkanaiah in Phytomorphology 13: 174-184 (1963)
  • F.T.A. 8: 38
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 189 (1967).
  • Nov. Pl. Sp. 23 (1821)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schimper [360] Ethiopia K000345556 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8620] Zambia K001573945 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Britto, S.J.; Rani, N. [RHT28483] India K002404960 Yes
Schimper [360] Ethiopia K000345557 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [59] Sudan K000345559 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [59] Sudan K000345558 Unknown Type Material Yes
Watermeyer, A.M. [94] Tanzania K:SPC-01282.000 No
Kotschy [34] Sudan K000345560 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9023] Zambia K001573943 Yes
Merrett, L. [2303] Zambia K001561854 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5929] Tanzania K000468496 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13558] Kenya K:SPC-02219.000 No
Rao, R.S. [73488] India K002404959 Yes
Lind, E. [451] Uganda K:SPC-12965.000 No
Röttler, J.P. [s.n.] India K000794518 Unknown Type Material Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9880] Tanzania K:SPC-01797.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [2430] Tanzania K:SPC-02218.000 No
s.coll. [8979] India K002404953 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8979] K001131994 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21186] India K002404954 Yes
Rao, R.S. [73392] India K002404958 Yes
Schinz, H. [s.n.] South Africa K000345656 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stuhlmann [3564] K000345577 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baum, H. [961] Angola K000345594 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schinz, H. [21933] South Africa K000345657 Syntype Yes
Hassan [HFP2094] India K002404957 Yes
Meebold, A. [11379] India K002404956 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [4445] India K002404955 Yes
Bullock, A.A. Tanzania K:SPC-04568.000 No
Jun 1, 2019 s.n. [s.n.] India Tradescantia biflora K001097988 Syntype Yes

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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