Commelinaceae
Commelina

Commelina communis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 40 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Siberia to Japan and Indo-China. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Amur, Buryatiya, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Primorye, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Yakutskiya

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Altay, Arkansas, Austria, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Kansas, Kentucky, Krym, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yugoslavia

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aymerich, P. (2019). Notes sobre flora allòctona a Catalunya. II. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural 83: 3-21.
  • Barina, Z., Pifkó, D. & Mesterházy, A. (2011). Contributions to the flora of Albania, 3. Willdenowia 41: 329-339.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Vladimirov, V. & Kit Tan (2016). New floristic records in the Balkans: 31. Phytologia Balcanica 22: 429-467.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aymerich, P. (2019). Notes sobre flora allòctona a Catalunya. II. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural 83: 3-21.
  • Barina, Z., Pifkó, D. & Mesterházy, A. (2011). Contributions to the flora of Albania, 3. Willdenowia 41: 329-339.
  • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
  • Greuter, W. & Raus, T. (2011). Med-Checklist Notulae, 30. Willdenowia 41: 311-328.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Ryabinina, Z.N. & Knyazev, M.S. (2009). Opredelitel sosudistykh rastenii Orenburgskoi oblasti: 1-757. Moskva: KMK.
  • Shevtsov, V. (2022). Personal Communication on South European Russia. 1.
  • Stöhr, O. & al. (2012). Beiträge zur Flora von Österreich, IV. Stapfia 97: 53-136.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8978] Burma K001131993 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001132065 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] India K001131981 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ohwi, J. [s.n.] Japan K002404897 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131988 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131977 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131973 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131987 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131972 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kenyon, M. [48] Japan K002404898 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131976 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131984 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131974 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131983 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131991 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131989 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131978 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131992 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] India K001131980 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131979 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131975 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] India K001131990 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131982 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8978] Burma K001131986 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8978] Burma K001131985 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131971 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ohwi, J. [s.n.] Japan K002404896 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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