As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2025
latest classification for this taxon
genus
Commelina
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.
Literature
Statistics
Synonyms of Commelina
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commelina sect. Commelina | Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3 1881 | wfo-3400007766 | ||
| Commelina sect. Erxlebia | Lexicon Generum Phanerogamarum 1903 | wfo-3400007767 | ||
| Commelina sect. Eucommelina | Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3 1881 | wfo-3400007768 | ||
| Commelina sect. Heteropyxis | Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3 1881 | wfo-3400007770 | ||
| Commelina sect. Spathodithyros | Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3 1881 | wfo-3400007771 | ||
| Commelina sect. Trithyrocarpus | Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3 1881 | wfo-3400007772 | ||
| Commelina subg. Commelina | Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3 1881 | wfo-3500002065 | ||
| Commelina subg. Didymoon | Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3 1881 | wfo-3500002066 | ||
| Commelina subg. Monoon | Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3 1881 | wfo-3500002068 | ||
| Allosperma | Fl. Tellur. 4: 122. 1836[1838]. | wfo-4000001308 | ||
| Allotria | Fl. Tellur. 3: 70. 1836[1837]. | wfo-4000001315 | ||
| Ananthopus | Fl. Ludov. 20–22. 1817. | wfo-4000001846 | ||
| Athyrocarpus | Linnaea 26: 454. 1853[1855]. (Feb 1855) | wfo-4000003576 | ||
| Commelinopsis | Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 227. 1946. | wfo-4000009045 | ||
| Dirtea | Fl. Tellur. 3: 69. 1836[1837]. | wfo-4000012106 | ||
| Disecocarpus | Flora 49: 211. 1866. | wfo-4000012161 | ||
| Erxlebia | Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6(Phys.): 494. 1790. | wfo-4000013953 | ||
| Eudipetala | Fl. Tellur. 3: 68. 1836[1837]. | wfo-4000014143 | ||
| Heterocarpus | Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. 6: 29. 1853. | wfo-4000017685 | ||
| Larnalles | Fl. Tellur. 3: 70 (1837) | wfo-4000020608 | ||
| Nephraeles | Fl. Tellur. 3: 70. 1837 [1836 publ. Nov-Dec 1837] | wfo-4000025909 | ||
| Phaeosphaerion | Flora 49: 212. 1866. | wfo-4000029063 | ||
| Spathodithyros | Flora 49: 211. 1866. | wfo-4000035899 | ||
| Tapheocarpa | Austral. Syst. Bot. 7: 585 (1994) | wfo-4000037559 | ||
| Trithyrocarpus | Flora 49: 211. 1866. | wfo-4000039394 | ||
| Omphalotheca | Bull. Congr. Int. Bot. Hort. Amsterdam 1865: 103 (1866) | wfo-4000045322 | ||
| Hedwigia | Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 495 (1790) | — | wfo-4100005873 | |
| Isanthina | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 400. (1840) | — | wfo-4100005874 | |
| Lechea | Fl. Cochinch.: 60 (1790) | — | wfo-4100005875 | |
| Ovidia | Fl. Tellur. 3: 68. 1837 [1836 publ. Nov-Dec 1837] | — | wfo-4100005876 | |
| Commelyna | Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] 125. (1836) [Dec 1836] | — | wfo-4100005892 | |
| Dissecocarpus | Commelin. Ind.: 9. (1870) [Apr 1870] | — | wfo-4100005893 |
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