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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Commelina
Genus recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Commelina
Genus recognized by US Virgin Islands Species List, Timor Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Gulf of California Species List, South China Sea Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, South Korea Species List, South Sudan Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Sudan Species List, Suriname Species List, Swaziland Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Uganda Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Uruguay Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Taiwan Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, R union Species List, Nepal Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, North Korean Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Paraguay Species List, Peru Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Portugal Species List, Republic of the Congo, Romania Species List, Samoa Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Rwanda Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kenya Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mali Species List, Mauritania Species List, Laos Species List, Lesotho Species List, Liberia Species List, Libya Species List, Mexico Species List, Morocco Species List, Mozambique Species List, Myanmar Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, France Species List, Hungary Species List, Honduras Species List, Guatemala Species List, Finland Species List, Ethiopia Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Eritrea Species List, Ecuador Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Belize Species List, Belgium Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Cuba Species List, Colombia Species List, Chad Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Angola Species List, Argentina Species List, Austria Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Australia Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Guinea Species List, India Species List, Norway Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Namibia Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Russia Species List, Egypt Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia AST, Bolivia Species List, Gabon Species List, Panama Species List, Wikidata, United States Species List, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikimedia Commons
Commelina
Subkingdom recognized by Protists in Singapore
Commelina L.
Genus recognized by GBIF classification
Commelina L.

Alternative Names

Athyrocarpus leiocarpus (Benth.) Benth. & Hook. fil.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina aequinoctialis Roem. & Schult.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina aequinoxialis P. Beauv.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina africana Mirb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina africana L.)
Commelina africana Vahl
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina africana L.)
Commelina alba Buch.-Ham.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina angustifolia Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina angustifolia Kellogg ex Curran
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina angustifolia Hort.Berol.)
Commelina aspera G. Don
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina assurgens Larrañaga
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina attenuata B. Heyne
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina bahiensis Willd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina baidoensis Chiov.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina bakueana A. Chev.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina barbata Sieber
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina barbata Sieber ex C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina barbata Lam.)
Commelina benghalensis Vahl
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina benghalensis L.)
Commelina benghalensis Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina benghalensis L.)
Commelina bibracteata Wied-Neuw.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina boucheana Roem. & Schult.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina cajannensis Sieber
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina cajannensis Sieber ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina capitata Klotzsch
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina capitata Klotzsch ex C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina capitata Benth.)
Commelina cardiocephala Kunze
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina caroliniana Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina caroliniana Walter)
Commelina clandestina Mart. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina clarkeana De Wild. & T. Durand
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina clarkeana K.Schum.)
Commelina commelinoides Forssk.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina communis Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina communis L.)
Commelina corradii Chiov.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina corradii Chiov. ex Chiarugi)
Commelina cyanantha Rojas Acosta
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina debilis Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina deficiens Herb. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina deficiens Van Houtte
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina deficiens Herb. ex Steud.)
Commelina dianthifolia (Delile)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina dianthifolia Redouté)
Commelina diffusa Vahl
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina diffusa Burm.f.)
Commelina diffusa Willd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina diffusa Zoll.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina dubia (Delile)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina dubia Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina dubia (Delile))
Commelina ecbinulata Lebrun & Taton
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina erecta Chapm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina erecta L.)
Commelina erecta Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina erecta L.)
Commelina erecta Thonn.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina erecta L.)
Commelina erecta Vahl
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina erecta L.)
Commelina esculenta Herb. Madr.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina esculenta Herb. Madr. ex Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina fastigiata Schltr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina firma Welw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina forskailii Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina geniculata Sessé & Moc.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina geniculata Ham.)
Commelina glabrata Kunth
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina gourmaca A. Chev.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina graminifolia Pav.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina graminifolia Pav. ex C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina graminifolia Sessé & Moc.)
Commelina graminifolia Sessé & Moc.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina grandiflora Ten.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina guaranitica C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina guaranitica C.B.Clarke ex Chodat & Hassl.)
Commelina harcocuskii Hort. Pillnitz.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina harcocuskii Hort. Pillnitz. ex Ten.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina hirsuta Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina hirsuta (Wight) Bedd.)
Commelina hirsuta Willd.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina hirsuta (Wight) Bedd.)
Commelina hoffmanni Hassk.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina huillensis Welw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina humilis Klotzsch
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina ignorata Kunth
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina imberbis Ehrenb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina japonica Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina karwinskiana Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina karwinskii Mart.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina lanuginosa B. Heyne ex Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina latifolia Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina longicaulis Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina loniceroides Engl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina lonqifolia Spreng.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina lunata Heyne
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina macrospatha Gilg & Ledermann
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina maculata Chiov.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina maculata Edgew.)
Commelina montana K. Schum.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina montana K. Schum. ex Engl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina multicaulis Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina nilagirica Steud.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina nitens Hort. Pilinitz.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina nitens Hort. Pilinitz. ex Ten.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina obliqua Buch.-Ham.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina orchioides Booth
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina orchioides Roth
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina orchioides Roth ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina pallida De Wild.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina pallida Willd.)
Commelina paludosa Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina paludosa Blume)
Commelina paniculata Hill
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina paniculata Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina paniculata Hill)
Commelina persicariifolia Wight
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina phalangoides Crantz
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina pilosa Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch ex Seub.)
Commelina pseudo-zanonia Kunth
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina puberula Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina pubescens Hornem.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina pubescens Klotzsch
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina pubescens Klotzsch ex C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina pubescens Hornem.)
Commelina pubinervis Hassk.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina radiciflora R. Br.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina rafinesquei Kunth
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina rara Roxb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina rara Roxb. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina repens Roxb. & H. Heyne
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina rhizocarpa Afzel.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina rorigera Fisch.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina rorigera Fisch. ex Ten.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina rotusta Kunth
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina rubens Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina rumphii Kostel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina rupicola Font Quer
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina rupicola Font Quer ex Emb. & Maire)
Commelina rupiphraga Koidz.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina salicifolia Bojer
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina scandens Welw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina scapigera Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina scaposa C. B. Clarke
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina schimperiana Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina schoubertii Zucc.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina semi-ovata Buch.-Ham.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina setosa Wight
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina speciosa Heller
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina spirata Koen.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina spirata Koen. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina striata Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina striata Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina subaurantiaca Hochst.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina sulcata Hoffmanns.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina sulcata Willd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina tuberosa Billb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina tuberosa Billb. ex Beurl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina tuberosa L.)
Commelina tuberosa Burm.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina tuberosa Burm. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina tuberosa L.)
Commelina vaginata Heyne
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina vaginata Heyne ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina vaginata Sonn.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina vaginata Sonn. ex C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina vaginata Heyne ex Steud.)
Commelina villosiuscula Sol.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina virginica G. Forst.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina virginica L.)
Commelina wightii Rao Rolla
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina wightii Raizada)
Disecocarpus kotschyi Hassk.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Larnalles dichotoma Raf.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Larnalles glauca Raf.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Phaeosphaerion leiocarpum (Benth.) Hassk.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia biflora Willd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
commelina
Harvest ancestor according to Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

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Arabic

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Azerbaijani

Kommelina preferred
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Bulgarian

комелина preferred
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Chinese

鸭跖草属 preferred
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Czech

křížatka preferred
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Finnish

Soljot preferred
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German

Tagblumen preferred
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Hebrew

קומלינה preferred
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Hindi

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Japanese

ツユクサ属 preferred
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Korean

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Malayalam

കോമെലിന preferred
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Persian

برگ‌بیدی preferred
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Polish

Komelina preferred
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Russian

Коммелина preferred
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Swedish

Himmelsblommor preferred
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Tongan

Mohuku vai preferred
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Turkish

Gün çiçeği preferred
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Upper Sorbian

Módrjenk preferred
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Vietnamese

Chi Thài lài preferred
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Azb

کوملینا preferred
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Zh Cn

鸭跖草属 preferred
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Zh Hans

鸭跖草属 preferred
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Zh Hant

鴨跖草屬 preferred
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Zh Hk

鴨跖草屬 preferred
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Zh Tw

鴨跖草屬 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Commelina

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Commelina (this page)