Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Commelinales > Family Commelinaceae

Commelina L.

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Allosperma Raf. heterotypic synonym
Allotria Raf. heterotypic synonym
Ananthopus Raf. heterotypic synonym
Athyrocarpus Schltdl. ex Benth. heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
Commelinopsis Pichon heterotypic synonym
Dirtea Raf. heterotypic synonym
Disecocarpus Hassk. heterotypic synonym
Erxlebia Medik. heterotypic synonym
Eudipetala Raf. heterotypic synonym
Hedwigia Medik. heterotypic synonym
Heterocarpus Wight heterotypic synonym
Isanthina Rchb. ex Steud. heterotypic synonym
Larnalles Raf. heterotypic synonym
Lechea Lour. heterotypic synonym
Nephraeles Raf. heterotypic synonym
Omphalotheca Hassk. heterotypic synonym
Ovidia Raf. heterotypic synonym
Phaeosphaerion Hassk. heterotypic synonym
Spathodithyros Hassk. heterotypic synonym
Trithyrocarpus Hassk. heterotypic synonym

Children

Commelina benghalensis L.
Commelina boissieriana C. B. Clarke
Commelina chamissonis Klotzsch ex C. B. Clarke
Commelina communis L.
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
Commelina forsskalii Vahl

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Norwegian Bokmål: dagblomslekta
 Norwegian Nynorsk: dagblomslekta
 Swedish: himmelsblommor

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Nyman], Sp. Pl. 1753.

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Citation

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Commelina L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=DC0F8760-0C5A-43DA-82A8-8835D46A1AC4

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Occurrence

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