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Index of Botanical Specimens

Name	Commelina Linnaeus
Authorship	Linnaeus
Rank	Genus
NomenclaturalStatus	NomLeg
Placed in	Commelinaceae
Contains	Commelina acuminata (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. Commelina acutispatha De Wild. Commelina acutissima Urban Commelina aequinoctialis P.Beauv. Commelina aequinoxialis P.Beauv. Commelina aethiopica C.B.Clarke Commelina affinis (R.Br.) Poir. Commelina africana L. Commelina agraria Kunth Commelina agrostophylla F.Muell. Commelina alba Buch.-Ham. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina albescens Hassk. Commelina albiflora Faden Commelina alisagarensis Kumar & Deodikar Commelina alpestris Standl. & Steyerm. Commelina ambigua P.Beauv. Commelina amphibia A.Chev. Commelina amplexicaulis Hassk. Commelina andamanica S.M.Joseph & Nampy Commelina angolensis C.B.Clarke Commelina angustifolia Hort.Berol. Commelina angustissima K.Schum. Commelina anomala (Torr.) Woodson Commelina anthericoides (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. Commelina appendiculata C.B.Clarke Commelina aquatica J.K.Morton Commelina arenicola Faden Commelina ascendens J.K.Morton Commelina aspera G.Don ex Benth. Commelina assurgens Larrañaga Commelina attenuata J.Koenig ex Vahl Commelina aurantiiflora Faden & Raynsf. Commelina auriculata Blume Commelina avenifolia J.Graham Commelina axillaris L. Commelina badamica Nandikar & Gurav Commelina bahiensis Link Commelina baidoensis Chiov. ex Chiarugi Commelina bainesii C.B.Clarke Commelina bakueana A.Chev. Commelina balansae (C.B.Clarke) Herter Commelina bambusifolia Matuda Commelina bambusifolioides Matuda Commelina bangii Rusby Commelina barbata Lam. Commelina beccariana Martelli Commelina beddomei Nandikar & Gurav Commelina bella Oberm. Commelina benghalensis Linnaeus Commelina beniniensis P.Beauv. Commelina bequaertii De Wild. Commelina bianoensis De Wild. Commelina bicolor Poepp. ex Kunth Commelina biflora (R.Br.) Poir. Commelina blainii (C. Wright) Woodson Commelina blumei A.Dietr. Commelina boehmiana K.Schum. Commelina boissieriana C.B.Clarke Commelina bracteolata Lam. Commelina bracteosa Hassk. Commelina bravoa Matuda Commelina brownii A.Dietr. Commelina buchananii C.B.Clarke Commelina bulbosa B.Heyne ex Steud. Commelina caerulea Salisb. Commelina caespitosa Roxb. Commelina cajannensis Sieber ex Steud. Commelina cajennensis Kunth Commelina calandrinioides (F.Muell.) Zuntini & Frankel Commelina callisia Steud. Commelina cameroonensis J.K.Morton Commelina canariensis C.Sm. Commelina canescens Vahl Commelina cantonensis S. Y. Hu Commelina capitata Benth. Commelina cardiocephala Kunze ex C.B.Clarke Commelina cardiosepala Kunze Commelina caripensis Kunth Commelina carnea Schltdl. Commelina caroliniana Walter Commelina carsonii C.B.Clarke Commelina catharinensis Hassemer, J.P.R.Ferreira, Funez & J.D.Medeiros Commelina cavaleriei H.Lév. Commelina cayennensis Rich. Commelina cecilae C.B.Clarke Commelina ceciliae C.B.Clarke Commelina chamissonis Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke Commelina chantransia Schult. Commelina chayaensis Faden Commelina chinensis Osbeck Commelina ciliata Stanley Commelina claessensii DeWild. Commelina clandestina Mart. ex Steud. Commelina clarkeana K.Schum. Commelina clavata C.B.Clarke Commelina clavatoides Nampy & S.M.Joseph Commelina coelestis Willd. Commelina communis Linnaeus Commelina comosa E.Mey. Commelina condensata C.B.Clarke Commelina congesta C.B.Clarke Commelina congestipantha López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja Commelina corbisieri De Wild. Commelina cordifolia A.Rich. Commelina coreana H.Lév. Commelina corradii Chiov. ex Chiarugi Commelina crassicaulis C.B.Clarke Commelina crispa Wooton Commelina crispata (R.Br.) Poir. Commelina cristata L. Commelina critica DeWild. Commelina cucullata L. Commelina cufodontii Chiov. Commelina cuneata C.B.Clarke Commelina cyanantha Rojas Acosta Commelina cyanea R.Br. Commelina cymosa Blume Commelina dammeriana K.Schum. Commelina danxiaensis Q.Fan, Long Y.Wang & W.Guo Commelina debilis Hort.Berol. Commelina decumbens E.Mey. Commelina deficiens Van Houtte Commelina deflexa Rusby Commelina dekindtiana Fritsch Commelina delicatula Schltdl. Commelina demissa C.B.Clarke Commelina densiflora Blume Commelina diabolica Koidz. Commelina diandra Steud. Commelina dianthifolia Delile Commelina didyma Steud. Commelina dielsii Herter Commelina diffusa N. L. Burman Commelina dinteri Mildbr. Commelina disperma Faden Commelina divaricata Vahl Commelina donii A.Dietr. Commelina droogmansiana De Wild. Commelina dubia Hort.Berol. Commelina ebracteata Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. Commelina echinosperma K.Schum. Commelina echinulata Lebrun & Taton Commelina eckloniana Kunth Commelina efoveolatum (C.B.Clarke) L.M.Campb. Commelina ehrenbergiana Link Commelina elata Vahl Commelina elegans Kunth Commelina elegantula K.Schum. Commelina elgonensis Bullock Commelina elliotii C.B.Clarke & Rendle ex Scott Elliot Commelina elliptica Kunth Commelina elongata (G.Mey.) Woodson Commelina ensifolia R.Br. Commelina equinoctialis P.Beauv. Commelina erecta Linnaeus Commelina esculenta Herb.Madr. ex Wall. Commelina exilis Steud. Commelina falcata Hassk. Commelina fasciculata Ruiz & Pav. Commelina filifolia K.Schum. Commelina filiformis Steud. Commelina firma (C.B.Clarke) Rendle Commelina flava Salisb. Commelina flexuosa Welw. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina floribunda Kunth Commelina fluviatilis Brenan Commelina foecunda Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina foliacea Chiov. Commelina formosa Graham Commelina forskailii Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina forskalaei Vahl Commelina forskaolii Vahl Commelina forskaolli Vahl Commelina forsskalii Vahl Commelina frutescens Faden Commelina gambiae C.B.Clarke Commelina gelatinosa Edgew. Commelina geniculata Desv. Commelina gerrardii C.B.Clarke Commelina gigantea Vahl Commelina gigas Small Commelina giorgii De Wild. Commelina glabra (Wight) C.B.Clarke Commelina gourmaca A.Chev. Commelina gourmaensis A.Chev. Commelina graminea (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. Commelina graminifolia Pav. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina grandis Brenan Commelina grossa C.B.Clarke Commelina guaranitica C.B.Clarke Commelina guianensis Klotzsch Commelina guineensis Hua Commelina guyanensis Klotzsch ex Seub. Commelina haitiensis Urb. & Ekman Commelina hamiltonii Spreng. Commelina hamipila C. Wright Commelina hasskarlii C.B.Clarke Commelina herbacea Roxb. Commelina heterosperma Blatt. & Hallb. Commelina heudelotii C.B.Clarke Commelina hexandra Aublet Commelina hirsuta (Wight) Bedd. Commelina hirtella Vahl Commelina hispida Ruiz & Pav. Commelina hjertingii Matuda Commelina hockii De Wild. Commelina holubii C.B.Clarke Commelina homblei De Wild. Commelina hookeri A.Dietr. Commelina hookeriana Spreng. Commelina huillensis Welw. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina humblotii H.Perrier Commelina humilis Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke Commelina huntii M.Pell. Commelina imberbis Ehrenb. ex Hassk. Commelina indehiscens E.Barnes Commelina intermedia Schltdl. Commelina involucrosa A.Rich. Commelina irumuensis De Wild. Commelina jacobii C.E.C.Fisch. Commelina jaliscana Matuda Commelina jamesonii C.B.Clarke Commelina japonica Hort.Berol. Commelina kabarensis De Wild. Commelina kagerensis Lebrun & Taton Commelina kapiriensis De Wild. Commelina karooica C.B.Clarke Commelina karwinskiana Kunth Commelina karwinskii Mart. ex Kunth Commelina kilanga De Wild. Commelina kilimandscharica K.Schum. Commelina kirkii C.B.Clarke Commelina kisantuensis De Wild. Commelina kitaleensis Faden Commelina kituloensis Faden Commelina koenigii Steud. Commelina kotschyi Hassk. Commelina krebsiana Kunth Commelina kurzii C.B.Clarke Commelina lagosensis C.B.Clarke Commelina lanceolata R.Br. Commelina lanuginosa B.Heyne ex Wall. Commelina lateriticola A.Chev. Commelina latifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich. Commelina laxa (R.Br.) Poir. Commelina leiandra (Torrey) C. B. Clarke Commelina leiocarpa Benth. Commelina linearifolia Kunth Commelina linearis Bentham Commelina lineolata Blume Commelina littoralis M.C.Naik & Nandikar Commelina livingstonii C.B.Clarke Commelina loddigesii Steud. Commelina longicapsa C.B.Clarke Commelina longicaulis Jacq. Commelina longifolia Lam. Commelina loureiroi Kunth Commelina ludens Miq. Commelina lugardii Bullock Commelina lukei Faden Commelina lukonzolwensis De Wild. Commelina lunata B.Heyne Commelina luteiflora De Wild. Commelina luzonensis Elmer Commelina lyallii (C.B.Clarke) H.Perrier Commelina macrophylla (R.Br.) Poir. Commelina macrospatha Gilg & Ledermann ex Mildbr. Commelina macrosperma J.K.Morton Commelina maculata Edgeworth Commelina madagascarica C.B.Clarke Commelina major H.Perrier Commelina mannii C.B.Clarke Commelina martiana Seub. Commelina martyrum H.Lév. Commelina mascarenica C.B.Clarke Commelina mathewsii (C.B.Clarke) Faden & D.R.Hunt Commelina medica Lour. Commelina melanorrhiza Faden Commelina membranacea Robyns Commelina mensensis Schweinf. Commelina merkeri K.Schum. Commelina mexicana E.Mey. Commelina micrantha Vahl Commelina microspatha K.Schum. Commelina milne-redheadii Faden Commelina minor Y.N.Lee & Y.C.Oh Commelina minuta Blume Commelina modesta Oberm. Commelina mollis Jacq. Commelina moluccana Roxb. Commelina monadelpha Blume Commelina montana K.Schum. ex Engl. Commelina monticola Seub. Commelina montigena H.Perrier Commelina multicaulis Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina multiflora M.Martens & Galeotti Commelina mwatayamvoana P.A.Duvign. & Dewit Commelina nairobiensis Faden Commelina nana Roxb. Commelina nashii Small Commelina neurophylla C.B.Clarke Commelina nigritana Benth. Commelina nilagirica Steud. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina nimmoniana J.Graham ex C.B.Clarke Commelina nipponica Koidz. Commelina nivea López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja Commelina nudicaulis Burm.f. Commelina nudiflora Linnaeus Commelina nyasensis C.B.Clarke Commelina obliqua Vahl Commelina oblongifolia Hassk. Commelina obscura K.Schum. Commelina obtusifolia Vahl Commelina ochreata Schauer Commelina oligotricha Miq. Commelina opulens C.B.Clarke Commelina orchidophylla Faden & Layton Commelina orchioides Roth ex Steud. Commelina ovata Steud. Commelina ovato-oblonga (P.Beauv.) Schult. Commelina pacifica Vahl Commelina paleata Hassk. Commelina palisotii A.Dietr. Commelina pallida Willd. Commelina pallidispatha Faden Commelina paludosa Blume Commelina paniculata Hort.Berol. Commelina papilionacea Burm.f. Commelina pedunculosa Link Commelina persicariifolia Wall. Commelina petersii Hassk. Commelina petiolata Abeyw. Commelina phaeochaeta Chiov. Commelina pilosa Steud. Commelina pilosissima Hutch. Commelina pilosula Rich. Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch ex Seub. Commelina pohliana Seub. Commelina poiretii F.Dietr. Commelina polhillii Faden & M.H.Alford Commelina poligama Blanco Commelina polyclada Welw. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina polygama Roth Commelina polyspatha Wight Commelina praecox T.C.E.Fr. Commelina procurrens Schltdl. Commelina prostrata Regel Commelina protensa Steud. Commelina pseudomonosperma (Kuntze) L.M.Campb. Commelina pseudopurpurea Faden Commelina pseudoscaposa De Wild. Commelina puberula Hort.Berol. Commelina pubescens Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke Commelina pumila Royle ex C.B.Clarke Commelina purpurea C.B.Clarke Commelina pycnospatha Brenan Commelina pynaertii De Wild. Commelina pyrrhoblepharis Hassk. Commelina quarrei De Wild. Commelina queretarensis López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja Commelina quitensis Benth. Commelina radicans (D.Don) Spreng. Commelina radiciflora R.Br. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina rajmahlensis C.B.Clarke Commelina ramosissima López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja Commelina ramulosa (C.B.Clarke) H.Perrier Commelina rara Roxb. ex Steud. Commelina rebmanii León de la Luz Commelina reflexa Rusby Commelina reniformis Steud. Commelina repens Roxb. & H.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke Commelina reptans Brenan Commelina reticulata Stanley Commelina reygaertii De Wild. Commelina rhizocarpa Afzel. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina rhodesica Norl. Commelina robusta Kunth Commelina robynsii De Wild. Commelina roensis M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett Commelina rogersii Burtt Davy Commelina rosea Schltdl. Commelina roseopurpurea Herter Commelina rosulata Faden & Layton Commelina ruandensis De Wild. Commelina rubens Hort.Berol. Commelina rufipes Seub. Commelina rufociliata C.B.Clarke Commelina rugulosa C.B.Clarke Commelina rupestris Nandikar & Gurav Commelina rupicola Font Quer ex Emb. & Maire Commelina rzedowskii López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja Commelina sabatieri C.B.Clarke Commelina sagittifolia Hassk. Commelina salicifolia Roxburgh Commelina saltiana Steud. Commelina sauciflora Thw. Commelina saxatilis H.Perrier Commelina saxicola Small Commelina saxosa De Wild. Commelina scaberrima Blume Commelina scabra Bentham Commelina scabrata Seub. Commelina scandens Welw. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina scapiflora Roxb. Commelina scapigera Hort.Berol. Commelina scaposa C.B.Clarke ex De Wild. & T.Durand Commelina schimperiana Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina schinzii C.B.Clarke Commelina schliebenii Mildbr. Commelina schomburgkiana Klotzsch Commelina schoubertii Zucc. ex Ten. Commelina schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke Commelina secundiflora Blume Commelina sellowiana Kunth Commelina sellowii Schltdl. Commelina semi-ovata Buch.-Ham. Commelina semiovata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Commelina senegalensis Ten. Commelina serrulata Vahl Commelina setosa Wight Commelina shinsendaensis De Wild. Commelina sikkimensis C.B.Clarke Commelina siliculosa (R.Br.) Poir. Commelina simplex Vahl Commelina simsonii C.B.Clarke Commelina singularis Vell. Commelina sinica (Ker Gawl.) Schult. Commelina socorrogonzaleziae Espejo & López-Ferr. Commelina somalensis Chiov. Commelina sp. Commelina speciosa A.Heller Commelina spectabilis C.B.Clarke Commelina sphaerorrhizoma Faden & Layton Commelina sphaerosperma C.B.Clarke Commelina spicata Steud. Commelina spirata J.Koenig ex Steud. Commelina standleyi Steyerm. Commelina stefaniniana Chiov. Commelina stolzii Mildbr. Commelina striata Wall. Commelina stricta Desf. Commelina subalbescens Berhaut Commelina subamplectens Hassk. Commelina subaurantiaca Hochst. Commelina subcucullata C.B.Clarke Commelina subscabrifolia De Wild. Commelina subulata Roth Commelina suffruticosa Blume Commelina sulcata Hoffmanns. Commelina sulcatisperma Faden Commelina swingleana Nash Commelina sylvatica De Wild. Commelina taiwaniana S.S.Ying Commelina tenuis Roem. & Schult. Commelina texcocana Matuda Commelina thomasiae Hutch. Commelina thomasii Hutch. Commelina thwaitesii Hook.f. Commelina tinctoria Nees Commelina trachysperma Chiov. Commelina transversifolia De Wild. Commelina triangulispatha Mildbr. Commelina tricarinata Stanley Commelina tricolor E.Barnes Commelina trilobosperma K.Schum. Commelina triquetra Steud. Commelina truncata Willd. Commelina tuberosa L. Commelina turbinata Vahl Commelina umbellata Schumach. & Thonn. Commelina umbrosa Vahl Commelina uncata C.B.Clarke Commelina undulata R. Brown Commelina ussilensis Schweinf. Commelina vaginata B.Heyne ex Steud. Commelina vanderystii DeWild. Commelina variabilis Schltdl. Commelina velutina Mildbr. Commelina venusta C.B.Clarke Commelina vermoesenii De Wild. Commelina vestita Seub. Commelina vilavelhensis Corrêa da Maia, Cervi & Tardivo Commelina villosa (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke Commelina villosiuscula Sol. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina violacea C.B.Clarke Commelina virginica Linnaeus Commelina vogelii C.B.Clarke Commelina vulgaris Redouté Commelina wallichiana Steud. Commelina weimarckiana Norl. Commelina welwitschii C.B.Clarke Commelina werneana Hassk. Commelina wightii Raizada Commelina willdenowii Kunth Commelina youngii Nandikar Commelina zambesica C.B.Clarke Commelina zanonia L. Commelina zebrina C.B.Clarke Commelina zenkeri C.B.Clarke Commelina zeylanica Falkenb. Commelina zigzag P.A.Duvign. & Dewit
Remarks	Type: C. communis L.
Citation	1753 Sp. Pl. 40
Holdings	2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Commelina Linnaeus
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