Herbarium Specimen Details

Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Santa Rosa Co. : West Florida Research and Education Center. Near Allentown, S of FL 182 at Experiment Road junction. 30° 45' 0" N 87° 1' 60" W
Description Abundant, sponatneous weed.
Habitat Old pecan orchard, under pecan trees [Carya illinoinensis] with Commelina diffusa.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector C. L. Ramsey
Collection Date 17 Sep 2003
Accession Number 236407
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Orange Co. : Near Fort Christmas. 28° 32' 11" N 81° 1' 3" W
Description Common weed.
Habitat Orange grove, moist sandy area.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector J. Popenoe 2369
with W.R. Llewellyn
Collection Date 26 Nov 1983
Accession Number 177065
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: R. W. Sanders, 1985
Determination History
Commelina benghalensis L.
Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: Faden, Nov 1983
Locality USA. Florida , Pinellas Co. : NE Cleawater, World Parkway, N of golf course. 26° 28' 60" N 80° 5' 60" W
Habitat Disturbed site, edge of Taxodium hammock.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector G. Fleming 3167
with P. Genelle
Collection Date 16 Sep 1978
Accession Number 144525
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Curry Road, W of Livingston. T27S, R19E, Sec. 31. 28° 7' 31" N 82° 26' 12" W
Description Common.
Habitat Old orange grove.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector R. P. Wunderlin 9817
Collection Date 19 Sep 1984
Accession Number 181557
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Polk Co. : Lake Hamilton, S end of Fifth Street. 30° 30' 0" N 82° 55' 60" W
Description Weed to 40cm tall.
Habitat Grove.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector H. S. Conard
Collection Date Oct
Accession Number 236078
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Lake Co. : Mount Plymouth. 28° 41' 32" N 81° 32' 50" W
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector R. F. Daubenmire
with J. Daubenmire
Collection Date 9 Nov 1983
Accession Number 188394
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Brevard Co. : South Lake Conservation Area, Titusville, W of Carpenter Road. 28° 35' 50" N 80° 43' 0" W
Habitat Disturbed edge.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector P. A. Schmalzer
with T.E. Foster
Collection Date 19 Oct 2004
Accession Number 241409
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Leon Co. : Florida State University. Tallahassee; edge of IMB building. 30° 26' 18" N 84° 16' 51" W
Description Petals blue, 1 smaller than other 2; with subterranean cleistogamous flowers; frequent.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector L. C. Anderson 7652
Collection Date 22 Sep 1984
Accession Number 196198
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: R. W. Sanders, 1985
Determination History
Commelina elegans Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth
Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1981
Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: Faden, Nov 1983
Locality USA. Florida , DeSoto Co. : 7 mi. S of Arcadia on US 17 then 0.5 mi. on Wood Road. 27° 12' 57" N 81° 51' 30" W
Description Flowers purple.
Habitat Ditch bank, open field.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector A. Fulton 176
Collection Date 26 Sep 1978
Accession Number 143642
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: Faden, Nov 1982
Determination History
Commelina elegans Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth
Locality USA. Florida , Pinellas Co. : NE Clearwater, Belcher Road, 0.25 mi. N of entrance to Top-of-World. 27° 57' 54" N 82° 54' 40" W
Habitat Citrus orchard.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector G. Fleming 3408
Collection Date 24 Jul 1981
Accession Number 156875
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: Faden, Nov 1983
Determination History
Commelina erecta L. angustifolia Michx. Fernald
Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1978
Locality USA. Florida , Pinellas Co. : Dunedin, Dunedin Hammock, East Woods Road. 28° 1' 11" N 82° 46' 18" W
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector G. Fleming 2505
with P. Genelle
Collection Date 3 Oct 1976
Accession Number 126129
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Pinellas Co. : Clearwater Sewage Treatment Plant, FL 580, E of signal tower, Magnolia Creek. 27° 57' 54" N 82° 54' 40" W
Habitat Field edge.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector G. Fleming 4105
Collection Date 2 Jul 1988
Accession Number 198001
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Marion Co. : Ocklawaha Groves Inc.; between Little Lake Weir and Lake Weir, ca. 1 mi. S of FL 25 and ca. 6 mi. SE of Belleview. T17S, R23E, Sec. 12. 29° 1' 25" N 81° 57' 46" W
Description Common weed.
Habitat Grass paths and open, disturbed, well-drained, sandy soils.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. Slaughter 17938
with J.E. Meeks
Collection Date 04 Nov 2010
Accession Number 257060
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Lake Co. : Lake behind churchyard along C-455 between Bolsena Drive and Cavallo Drive, S of Montverde. 28° 34' 53" N 81° 40' 28" W
Habitat Marshy area along lake margin.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector W. D. Longbottom 14512
with D.H. Williams
Collection Date 17 Nov 2010
Accession Number 261642
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Jun 2012
Determination History
Commelina diffusa Burm. f. - Determined By: D. H. Williams,
Locality USA. Florida , Seminole Co. : Seminole State College, Altamonte Campus, near FL 434. 28° 38' 57" N 81° 24' 58" W
Description Sparse.
Habitat Mowed turf; edges around detention pond and adjacent turf.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector D. H. Williams 2746
Collection Date 16 Nov 2011
Accession Number 262703
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Seminole Co. : Sourth Beardall Avenue, ca. 500 m from East 25th Streeet, Sanford. 28° 46' 54" N 81° 13' 22" W
Habitat Wet roadside ditches.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. H. Williams 3225
Collection Date 24 Jul 2012
Accession Number 266271
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Seminole Co. : NE corner of commercial property parking lot (Best Buy), FL 436, Altamonte Springs. 28° 39' 47" N 81° 24' 17" W
Habitat Weedy, occasionally maintained area under trees.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. H. Williams 3478
Collection Date 30 Nov 2012
Accession Number 268080
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Calhoun Co. : Abe Springs; off Myers Dairy Road, 0.6 mi. N of Abe Springs Road. 30° 23' 57" N 85° 7' 42" W
Description Locally infrequent (= 1 patch), decumbent to erect herb to 30 cm; stem and spathes pubescent; leaves glabrous; spathe margins united; petals of two blue ones and one smaller white one.
Habitat Mesic clearing beneath Taxodium distichum.
Reproductive State
Collector T. MacClendon 1309
with K. MacClendon
Collection Date 19 Aug 2013
Accession Number 270421
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Columbia Co. : Junction of SW Howell Road and Farnell Road, 0.4 km W of US 41/441, 0.6 km S of I-75. 29° 59' 46" N 82° 36' 5" W
Habitat Roadside.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector A. R. Franck 3445
Collection Date 22 Jul 2014
Accession Number 274892
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Brevard Co. : CANA [Canaveral National Seashore], MINWR [Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge], KSC [Kennedy Space Center]; E of FL 3, ca. 2.5 km S of Haulover Canal. 28° 28' 16" N 80° 32' 14" W
Habitat Former citrus grove cleared for restoration.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector P. A. Schmalzer
with T.E. Foster
Collection Date 24 Sep 2012
Accession Number 278756
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Fish Hawk Nature Preserve, Lithia. 27° 49' 53" N 82° 14' 26" W
Habitat Sandhill restoration area, post-mechanical treatment.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector S. Dickman
Collection Date 18 Oct 2012
Accession Number 289579
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: M. S. Frank,
Locality USA. Florida , Gilchrist Co. : 11410 SE 83rd Terrace, Newberry. 29° 38' 47" N 82° 36' 23" W
Description Weed.
Habitat In nursery environs as well as in nursery's greenhouses.
Reproductive State
Collector K. K. Douglas
with C.A. Jones
Collection Date 01 Jun 2016
Accession Number 293000
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: D. R. Hunt, 1976
Locality Brazil. Goiás Land of George Yunes and Cia., Rio das Lontras, Araguaína. 4° 34' 0" S 40° 58' 0" W
Description Decumbent herb, the stems to ca. 1 m long; corolla light blue; stamens white.
Habitat Wet cleared slope; cut-over gallery forest.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 300 to m
Collector H. S. Irwin
with H. Maxwell & D. C. Wasshausen
Collection Date 13 Mar 1968
Accession Number 131447
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Polk Co. : US 17, 0.4 mi. SW of Spruce Road. 27° 58' 8" N 71° 46' 8" W
Habitat Roadside.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector W. D. Longbottom
with D.H. Williams
Collection Date 09 Nov 2015
Accession Number 296644
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Little Manatee River Corridor Addition Preserve, Wimauma. 27° 38' 52" N 82° 15' 6" W
Habitat Pasture used as repository for storm debris.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector S. Dickman
Collection Date 08 Nov 2012
Accession Number 300453
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: M. S. Frank,
Locality USA. Florida , Alachua Co. : 14714 Peggy Road, Alachua.
Description Roabust herb 1-1.5 ft. tall; stolons and cleistogamous flowers white.
Habitat Roadside in front of residence.
Reproductive State
Collector M. S. Frank
Collection Date 19 Aug 2016
Accession Number 303398
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Commelina benghalensis
Family Name Commelinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Commelina benghalensis L. - Determined By: M. S. Frank,
Locality USA. Florida , Gadsden Co. : N side of Holiday Inn property (between Holiday Inn and Hampton Inn), Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 101 Spooner Road, Quincy.
Description Weedy decumbent herb (and starting to climb) to 1.25 ft. tall; stems pubescent; leaf sheaths flushed with red; upper petals violet, clawed, the lower petal paler (purplish white), scoop-shaped.
Habitat Base of wooden fence around retention pond.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector M. S. Frank
Collection Date 07 Sep 2018
Accession Number 304345
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