Commelinaceae
Commelina

Commelina pallidispatha Faden

First published in Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Commelin.: 176 (2012)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Tanzania

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2010 Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, K. [14475] Tanzania K000739923 Type Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/175] Tanzania K003073794 Yes
Durham, F.R. [s.n.] Tanzania K003073798 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [3653] Tanzania K003073796 Yes
Hannington, J. [s.n.] K003073797 Yes
Carter; Abdallah; Newton [2336] Tanzania K003073799 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [3653] Tanzania K003073795 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 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