Commelinaceae

Tripogandra Raf.

First published in Fl. Tellur. 2: 16 (1837)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Azores

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Layton, D. (2022). Personal communication on Commeliniaceae. 1 Indiana University Herbarium, USA.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wood, J.R.I.; Ortuno, T.; Atahuachi, M. [18990] Bolivia K003397510 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Villarroel, D.; Mendoza, M. [27287] Bolivia K003397507 Yes
Lopez, E.V. Mexico K003397365 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5213] Colombia K003397505 Yes
Heller, A.A.; Halbach, E.G. Puerto Rico K003397382 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Atahuachi, M.; Ortuno, T. [21624] Bolivia K003397508 Yes
L.G. (Revd) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K003397381 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003397576 Yes
[L. G.] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K003397380 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Mendoza, M.; Vidal, D. [19633] Bolivia K003397509 Yes
López, E.V. Mexico K003397364 Yes
Huttleston, D.G. [D-896] United States K003397575 Yes
Moore, D. [8179] K003397574 Yes
Rodriguez, D.; Marroquin, O. El Salvador K003397363 Yes

Sources

  • 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.

  • 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