Commelinaceae
Commelina
Commelina africana

Commelina africana var. krebsiana (Kunth) C.B.Clarke

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 164 (1881)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is S. Tropical & S. Africa, Comoros. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Reyneke, J. [437] Botswana K003930735 Yes
Burchell, W., J. [4038] South Africa K000345665 Type Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [1842] South Africa K003931773 Yes
Merxmüller, H. [128] South Africa K003931749 Yes
Hochobes, M.M. [MH1293] Namibia K003931732 Yes
Cooper, T. [[965]] South Africa K003931774 Yes
Nkeng, P., Pollard, B., Caroline, Eric, N., Fru, A.J. [197] Cameroon K001480085 Yes
Wylie, J. [s.n.] South Africa K003931760 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [1764] K003931767 Yes
Leach, L.C.; Noel, A.R.A. [175] Botswana K003930734 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O.A. [3011] Namibia K003931723 Yes
de Winter, B.; Wiss, H.J. [4447] Namibia K003931730 No
Lavranos; Carter [23182] Somalia K003072573 Yes
Bolus, F. [[6417]] Botswana K003931718 Yes
Bolus, F. [6418] Botswana K003931763 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2658] South Africa K003931719 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [6398] K003930733 Yes
Drege [3505] South Africa K003931765 Yes
Seydel, R. [4103] K003931726 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Vahrmeijer, H. [14242] South Africa K003931771 Yes
Seydel, R. [2608] Namibia K003931725 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [13183] South Africa K003931744 Yes
Williams, C. [240] Lesotho K003931769 Yes
Nation, O. [77] South Africa K003931750 Yes
Codd, L.E.; de Winter, B. [5124] South Africa K003931742 Yes
Prosser, L.N. [P1183] South Africa K003931751 Yes
Brown; Shapiro [143] South Africa K003931772 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [5371] South Africa K003931746 Yes
s.coll. [63] South Africa K003931761 Yes
Moll, E.J. [1242] South Africa K003931782 Yes
Holub, E. [1496] South Africa K003931747 Yes
Moll, E.J. [1508] South Africa K003931783 Yes
Bradfield, R.D. [253] South Africa K003931740 Yes
Bos, J.J. [1194] South Africa K003931739 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [2778] South Africa K003931745 Yes
Fourie, S.P. [2595] South Africa K003931743 Yes
Ward, C.J. [6221] South Africa K003931785 Yes
Mauve, A.A.; Genis, M. [5038] South Africa K003931720 Yes
Merxmüller, H.; Geiß, W. [1839] Namibia K003931724 Yes
Balsinhas, A. [2924] South Africa K003931736 Yes
Giess, W. [12521] Namibia K003931722 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [18811] South Africa K003931753 Yes
Seydel, R. [4168] K003931727 Yes
Bolus, H. [12420] South Africa K003931737 Yes
Codd, L.E. [5950] South Africa K003931741 Yes
Goosens, A.P. [797] South Africa K003931758 Yes
Miller, O.B. [7809] Eswatini K003931768 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Vahrmeijer, H. [14199] South Africa K003931770 Yes
Smook, L. [9165] Namibia K003931731 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2612] K003931764 Yes
Germishuizen, G. [2877] South Africa K003931757 Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [1440] South Africa K003931776 Yes
de Winter, B.; Marais, W. [4568] Namibia K003931733 Yes
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.-D. [1223] South Africa K003931759 Yes
Bos, J.J. [1082] South Africa K003931738 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [7608] South Africa K003931754 Yes
Strey, R.G. [6135] South Africa K003931784 Yes
[J. Banies] [s.n.] South Africa K003931735 Yes
Rogers, F.A.; Haygarth, W.J. [638] South Africa K003931777 Yes
Wanntorp, H.; Wanntorp, H.E. [141] Namibia K003931728 Yes
Mason, E. [110] South Africa K003931748 Yes
McDonald, D.J. [111] South Africa K003931779 Yes
de Winter, B. [3990] Namibia K003931729 Yes
Lang, W.H. [6305] South Africa K003931780 Yes
Drege [3505] South Africa K003931775 Yes
Wilms, F. [1564] South Africa K003931756 Yes
Rehmann, A. [6860] South Africa K003931752 Yes
Strey, R.G. [s.n.] South Africa K003931755 Yes
Sutherland [s.n.] South Africa K000345664 Lectotype Yes
Elliott, W. [s.n.] K003930732 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1172] South Africa K003931778 Yes
Esterhuysen, E. [1163] South Africa K003931766 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [13303] South Africa K003931781 Yes
de Winter, B.; Marais, W. [4715] Namibia K003931734 Yes
Brown, R.C.; Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] Botswana K003931721 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4430] Zambia Commelina krebsiana K:SPC-02205.000 No

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.
    • 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