List of Commelina species

This is an alphabetically ordered list of Commelina species. The list includes all species accepted as of September 2014 by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.[1]

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• References

A

• Commelina acutispatha De Wild.[2]
• Commelina acutissima Urb.[3]
• Commelina africana L.[4]
• Commelina agrostophylla F.Muell.[5]
• Commelina albescens Hassk.[6]
• Commelina albiflora Faden[7]
• Commelina amplexicaulis Hassk.[6]
• Commelina appendiculata C.B.Clarke[8]
• Commelina arenicola Faden[9]
• Commelina ascendens J.K.Morton[10]
• Commelina aspera G.Don ex Benth.[11]
• Commelina attenuata K.D.Koenig ex Vahl[12]
• Commelina aurantiiflora Faden & Raynsf.[7]
• Commelina auriculata Blume[13]
• Commelina avenifolia J.Graham[14]

B

• Commelina bambusifolia Matuda[15]
• Commelina bambusifolioides Matuda[15]
• Commelina bangii Rusby[16]
• Commelina barbata Lam.[17]
• Commelina beccariana Martelli[18]
• Commelina bella Oberm.[19]
• Commelina benghalensis L.[4]
• Commelina bequaertii De Wild.[20]
• Commelina boissieriana C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina bracteosa Hassk.[22]
• Commelina bravoa Matuda[15]

C

• Commelina cameroonensis J.K.Morton[23]
• Commelina capitata Benth.[11]
• Commelina caroliniana Walter[24]
• Commelina chamissonis Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina chayaensis Faden[25]
• Commelina ciliata Stanley[26]
• Commelina clarkeana K.Schum.[27]
• Commelina clavata C.B.Clarke[8]
• Commelina clavatoides Nampy & S.M.Joseph
• Commelina coelestis Willd.[28]
• Commelina communis L.[4]
• Commelina congesta C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina congestipatha López-Ferr. & al.[29]
• Commelina corbisieri De Wild.[30]
• Commelina corradii Chiov. ex Chiarugi[31]
• Commelina crassicaulis C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina cufodontii Chiov.[32]
• Commelina cyanea R.Br.[33]

D

• Commelina dammeriana K.Schum.[27]
• Commelina deflexa Rusby[34]
• Commelina dekindtiana Fritsch[35]
• Commelina demissa C.B.Clarke[36]
• Commelina dianthifolia Delile[37]
• Commelina diffusa Burm.f.[38]
• Commelina disperma Faden[39]
• Commelina droogmansiana De Wild.[30]

E

• Commelina eckloniana Kunth[40]
• Commelina elliptica Kunth in Humb. & al.[41]
• Commelina ensifolia R.Br.[33]
• Commelina erecta L.[4]

F

• Commelina fasciculata Ruiz & Pav.[42]
• Commelina fluviatilis Brenan[43]
• Commelina foliacea Chiov.[32]
• Commelina forskaolii Vahl[12]
• Commelina frutescens Faden[9]

G

• Commelina gambiae C.B.Clarke[44]
• Commelina gelatinosa Edgew.[45]
• Commelina geniculata Desv. ex Ham.[46]
• Commelina giorgii De Wild.[30]
• Commelina gourmaensis A.Chev.[47]
• Commelina grandis Brenan[48]
• Commelina grossa C.B.Clarke[36]
• Commelina guaranitica C.B.Clarke ex Chodat & Hassl.[49]

H

• Commelina haitiensis Urb. & Ekman[50]
• Commelina heterosperma Blatt. & Hallb.[51]
• Commelina hispida Ruiz & Pav.[42]
• Commelina hockii De Wild.[30]
• Commelina holubii C.B.Clarke[36]
• Commelina homblei De Wild.[20]
• Commelina huillensis Welw. ex C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina humblotii H.Perrier[52]

I

• Commelina imberbis Ehrenb. ex Hassk.[6]
• Commelina indehiscens E.Barnes[53]
• Commelina irumuensis De Wild.[2]

J

• Commelina jaliscana Matuda[54]
• Commelina jamesonii C.B.Clarke[21]

K

• Commelina kapiriensis De Wild.[30]
• Commelina kilanga De Wild.[30]
• Commelina kisantuensis De Wild.[2]
• Commelina kitaleensis Faden[55]
• Commelina kituloensis Faden[39]
• Commelina kotschyi Hassk.[56]

L

• Commelina lanceolata R.Br.[33]
• Commelina latifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich.[57]
• Commelina leiocarpa Benth.[58]
• Commelina longicapsa C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina longifolia Lam.[17]
• Commelina loureiroi Kunth[40]
• Commelina lukei Faden[59]
• Commelina lukonzolwensis De Wild.[30]
• Commelina luteiflora De Wild.[2]
• Commelina luzonensis Elmer[60]

M

• Commelina macrospatha Gilg & Ledermann ex Mildbr.[61]
• Commelina macrosperma J.K.Morton[10]
• Commelina maculata Edgew.[62]
• Commelina madagascarica C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina major H.Perrier[52]
• Commelina martyrum H.Lév.[63]
• Commelina mascarenica C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina mathewsii (C.B.Clarke) Faden & D.R.Hunt[64]
• Commelina melanorrhiza Faden[7]
• Commelina membranacea Robyns[65]
• Commelina mensensis Schweinf.[66]
• Commelina merkeri K.Schum.[67]
• Commelina microspatha K.Schum.[27]
• Commelina milne-redheadii Faden[59]
• Commelina minor Y.N.Lee & Y.C.Oh[68]
• Commelina modesta Oberm.[19]
• Commelina montigena H.Perrier[52]
• Commelina mwatayamvoana P.A.Duvign. & Dewit[69]

N

• Commelina neurophylla C.B.Clarke[36]
• Commelina nigritana Benth.[11]
• Commelina nivea López-Ferr. & al.[70]
• Commelina nyasensis C.B.Clarke[36]

O

• Commelina obliqua Vahl[12]
• Commelina oligotricha Miq.[71]
• Commelina orchidophylla Faden & Layton[72]

P

• Commelina paleata Hassk. in Miq.[73]
• Commelina pallida Willd.[74]
• Commelina pallidispatha Faden
• Commelina paludosa Blume[13]
• Commelina petersii Hassk.[22]
• Commelina phaeochaeta Chiov.[75]
• Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch ex Seub.[76]
• Commelina polhillii Faden & M.H.Alford[77]
• Commelina pseudopurpurea Faden[78]
• Commelina pseudoscaposa De Wild.[30]
• Commelina purpurea C.B.Clarke[36]
• Commelina pycnospatha Brenan[48]
• Commelina pynaertii De Wild.[2]

Q

• Commelina quarrei De Wild.[30]
• Commelina queretarensis López-Ferr. & al.[29]
• Commelina quitensis Benth.[79]

R

• Commelina ramosissima López-Ferr. & al.[29]
• Commelina ramulosa (C.B.Clarke) H.Perrier[52]
• Commelina reptans Brenan[48]
• Commelina reticulata Stanley[26]
• Commelina reygaertii De Wild.[2]
• Commelina rhodesica Norl.[80]
• Commelina robynsii De Wild.[30]
• Commelina rogersii Burtt Davy[81]
• Commelina rosulata Faden & Layton[72]
• Commelina ruandensis De Wild.[2]
• Commelina rufipes Seub. in Mart. & al.[76]
• Commelina rupicola Font Quer ex Emb. & Maire in Jahand. & al.[82]
• Commelina rzedowskii López-Ferr. & al.[70]

S

• Commelina saxatilis H.Perrier[52]
• Commelina saxosa De Wild.[2]
• Commelina scabra Benth.[79]
• Commelina scandens Welw. ex C.B.Clarke[44]
• Commelina scaposa C.B.Clarke[83]
• Commelina schinzii C.B.Clarke in T.Durand & Schinz[84]
• Commelina schliebenii Mildbr.[85]
• Commelina schomburgkiana Klotzsch in R.H.Schomb.[86]
• Commelina schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina shinsendaensis De Wild.[30]
• Commelina sikkimensis C.B.Clarke[8]
• Commelina singularis Vell.[87]
• Commelina socorrogonzaleziae Espejo & López-Ferr.[88]
• Commelina somalensis Chiov.[89]
• Commelina spectabilis C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina sphaerorrhizoma Faden & Layton[72]
• Commelina standleyi Steyerm.[90]
• Commelina stefaniniana Chiov.[89]
• Commelina subcucullata C.B.Clarke[36]
• Commelina subscabrifolia De Wild.[30]
• Commelina subulata Roth[91]
• Commelina suffruticosa Blume[92]
• Commelina sulcatisperma Faden[93]
• Commelina sylvatica De Wild.[30]

T

• Commelina texcocana Matuda[15]
• Commelina trachysperma Chiov.[94]
• Commelina transversifolia De Wild.[30]
• Commelina triangulispatha Mildbr.[61]
• Commelina tricarinata Stanley[26]
• Commelina tricolor E.Barnes[53]
• Commelina trilobosperma K.Schum.[95]
• Commelina tuberosa L.[4]

U

• Commelina umbellata Schumach. & Thonn.[96]
• Commelina undulata R.Br.[33]
• Commelina ussilensis Schweinf.[66]

V

• Commelina velutina Mildbr.[61]
• Commelina vermoesenii De Wild.[2]
• Commelina vilavelhensis Corrêa da Maia, Cervi & Tardivo[97]
• Commelina villosa C.B.Clarke[98]
• Commelina virginica L.[99]

W

• Commelina welwitschii C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina wightii Raizada[100]

Z

• Commelina zambesica C.B.Clarke[21]
• Commelina zenkeri C.B.Clarke[36]
• Commelina zeylanica Falkenb.[101]
• Commelina zigzag P.A.Duvign. & Dewit[69]

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