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December 2024

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genus

Commelina Plum. ex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 40 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000009041.

Statistics

Synonyms of Commelina

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Allosperma Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 122. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000001308
Allotria Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 70. 1836[1837]. wfo-4000001315
Ananthopus Raf. Fl. Ludov. 20–22. 1817. wfo-4000001846
Athyrocarpus Schltdl. Linnaea 26: 454. 1853[1855]. (Feb 1855) wfo-4000003576
Commelinopsis Pichon Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 227. 1946. wfo-4000009045
Dirtea Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 69. 1836[1837]. wfo-4000012106
Disecocarpus Hassk. Flora 49: 211. 1866. wfo-4000012161
Erxlebia Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6(Phys.): 494. 1790. wfo-4000013953
Eudipetala Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 68. 1836[1837]. wfo-4000014143
Heterocarpus Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 6: 29. 1853. wfo-4000017685
Larnalles Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 70 (1837) wfo-4000020608
Nephraeles Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 70. 1837 [1836 publ. Nov-Dec 1837] wfo-4000025909
Phaeosphaerion Hassk. Flora 49: 212. 1866. wfo-4000029063
Spathodithyros Hassk. Flora 49: 211. 1866. wfo-4000035899
Tapheocarpa Conran Austral. Syst. Bot. 7: 585 (1994) wfo-4000037559
Trithyrocarpus Hassk. Flora 49: 211. 1866. wfo-4000039394
Omphalotheca Hassk. Bull. Congr. Int. Bot. Hort. Amsterdam 1865: 103 (1866) wfo-4000045322

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Commelina:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link