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, Yakutiya

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Altay, Arkansas, Austria, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, 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, NW. Balkan Pen., 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 Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

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

  • (2022). https://mediahub.bo.berlin/api/File/Original/8139beb3-f1c0-4b9d-bf4a-bfa98f16220f/Cypricola020_Hand_2022_Records-2019-2021.pdf. epublication.
  • (2022). https://moip-bio.msu.ru/wp-content/uploads/tohtar-bulletin-of-moscow-society-of-naturalists-127-6-2022.66-70.pdf. epublication.
  • 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
Cheng, W.C.; Hwa, C.T. [785] China K002404810 Yes
Maingay, A.C. [389] China K002404825 Yes
Blake, S.F. [10638] United States K003932017 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131973 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fan, C.S.; Li, Y.Y. [102] China K002404827 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001132065 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chow [13(1973)] K002404820 Yes
Oldham, R. [857] Japan K002404780 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003932970 Yes
Xiao Bai-Zhong [4633] China K002404807 Yes
Dickins [s.n.] Japan K002404786 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [76/29] United States K003932023 Yes
Alford, M.H.; Earl Alford, E. [3348] United States K003932021 Yes
Furuse, M. [5525] Japan K002404843 Yes
Steward, A.N. [s.n.] China K002404835 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] India K001131980 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131979 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cheo, H.C. [295] China K002404833 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131974 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cribb, P.J.; Chau, K.C.; Luo, Y.B.; Qin, H.N.; Siu, L.P.; Wei, Y.G. [ASBK532] China K002404837 Yes
Maingay, A.C. [439] China K002404824 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003932968 Yes
Savatier, L. [1218] Japan K002404775 Yes
GUO, C.Y. [055286] China K002404798 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003932969 Yes
Licent, E. (Abbe) [6449] China K002404801 Yes
Dahlstrand, K.A. [s.n.] Japan K002404776 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131976 Unknown Type Material Yes
Law, Y.W. [1079] China K002404830 Yes
Guocheng-yong [20062-450-1] China K002404797 Yes
Furuse, M. [1508] Japan K002404792 Yes
Fang, W.P. [3767] China K002404808 Yes
Wang, Z. [870164] China K002404818 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003932018 Yes
Fang, W.P. [5594] China K002404815 Yes
Mills, R.G. [174] K002404794 Yes
Ohwi, J. [s.n.] Japan K002404897 Yes
Potanin [s.n.] China K002404817 Yes
Kenyon, M. [48] Japan K002404898 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002404812 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003932974 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131987 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sandwith, C.I. [3913] United Kingdom K002404568 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] India K001131981 Unknown Type Material Yes
Togashi, M. [56] Japan K002404844 Yes
s.coll. [61] United Kingdom K002404569 Yes
Schindler, A.K. [285] K002404832 Yes
Faurie, P. [11385] Japan K002404788 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131977 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131972 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131988 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bushell, S.W. [s.n.] China K002404800 Yes
[Sbeare] [s.n.] China K002404834 Yes
Savatier, L. [s.n.] Japan K002404791 Yes
Kanai, H. [9796A] Japan K002404777 Yes
Henry, A. [4927] China K002404826 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131984 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan K002404779 Yes
Nie, M.X. [92201] China K002404838 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan K002404783 Yes
Potanin [s.n.] China K002404819 Yes
Cheng, W.C.; Hwa, C.T. [957] China K002404809 Yes
Faurie, P. [3344] Japan K002404789 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131991 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131983 Unknown Type Material Yes
Okamoto, K. [116] Japan K002404790 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003932975 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131982 Unknown Type Material Yes
Takeda, H. [157] Japan K002404787 Yes
Maximowicz [s.n.] Japan K002404778 Yes
Bredemann, G.; Nieser, O. [s.n.] K002404570 Yes
Wright, C.; [R. A. Wharm] [189] Japan K002404785 No
Licent, E. (Abbe) [970] China K002404802 Yes
Fortune [24] China K002404828 Yes
Bretschneider [769] Japan K002404782 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003932973 Yes
Wilson, E.H. [1567] China K002404813 Yes
Clausen, R.T. [5537] United States K003932022 Yes
Chiao, C.Y. [2887] China K002404804 Yes
Gonan [s.n.] K003932971 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003932967 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131989 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131978 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8978] Burma K001131986 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hancock, W. [70] K002404829 Yes
Schindler, A.K. [240] China K002404805 Yes
Commons, A. [s.n.] K003932016 Yes
Jones, G.N. [24656] United States K003932015 Yes
s.coll. [189] Japan K002404781 Yes
Furuse, M. [44607] Japan K002404793 Yes
Schindler, A.K. [348a] China K002404836 Yes
Macgregor, D. [s.n.] China K002404823 Yes
Taquet [[1991]] K002404795 Yes
[L. Troter] [3] Korea, South K002404796 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] India K001131990 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] China K003932976 Yes
Henry, A. [1800] China K002404811 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece K003932972 No
Licent, E. (Abbe) [2629] China K002404799 Yes
Chow; Wilson [s.n.] China K002404831 Yes
s.coll. [76] China K002404814 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131992 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131975 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8978] Burma K001131985 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ferguson, W. [s.n.] China K002404816 Yes
Law, Y.W. [721] China K002404821 Yes
Ahles, H.E.; Duke, J.A. [41606] United States K003932019 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003932966 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8978] K001131971 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hancock, W. [s.n.] China K002404803 Yes
Ohwi, J. [s.n.] Japan K002404896 Yes
Macgregor, D. [[F8]] China K002404822 Yes
Kitching, L. [s.n.] United States K003932014 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [3306] Hong Kong K002404842 Yes
Donald, M.L.; McDonnell, C.; Faden, R.B. [2013/1] United States K003932020 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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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