Characteristics
Monocots
Commelina communis L.
ASIATIC DAYFLOWER
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Not Native
FAC (NWPL)
FACW (DEP)
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Classification
Citation
COMMELINA COMMUNIS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 40. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: LINN 65.1). Lectotypified by Faden & Reveal, in C. E. Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 36. 1993.
Species Distribution Map
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Synonyms
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Basionym
Type
Commelina communis forma aureostriata
Commelina communis Linnaeus, forma aureostriata MacKeever, Rhodora 63: 89. 1961.
TYPE: NEW YORK: Westchester Co.: Mount Vernon, 1 Oct 1959, MacKeever s.n. (holotype: NY; isotypes: BH, F, GH, MO, US).
Commelina communis var. ludens
Commelina communis Linnaeus, var. ludens (Miquel) C. B. Clarke, in Alph. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 171. 1881.
BASIONYM: Commelina ludens Miquel 1861.
Commelina ludens
Commelina ludens Miquel, J. Bot. Neerl. 1: 88. 1861.
Commelina willdenovii
Commelina willdenovii Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 37. 1843.
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