Commelinaceae
Commelina

Commelina indehiscens E.Barnes

First published in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 46: 74 (1946)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. India, Sri Lanka. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Sri Lanka

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Barnes, E. [2137] India K000794486 Type Yes
Barnes, E. [s.n.] India K003070427 Yes
Saulière, A. [794] India K003070428 Yes
Pircher, A. [3858] India K003070425 Yes
Barnes, E. [2164] India K000794487 Syntype Yes
Thomson, G. [1845] Sri Lanka K003070423 Yes
Burtt, B.L.; Townsend, C.C. [105] Sri Lanka K003070421 Yes
Thomson, G. [97] Sri Lanka K003070424 Yes
Rao, A.S. [94657] India K003070429 Yes
Thwaites [CP2979] Sri Lanka K003070422 Yes
Burtt, B.L.; Townsend, C.C. [32] Sri Lanka K003070420 Yes
Rao, R.S. [73768] India K003070426 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images