Commelinaceae

Murdannia Royle

First published in Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 403 (1840), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World, Guyana to Paraguay.

Distribution

Native to:

Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, Brazil South, Canary Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Kentucky, Louisiana, Madeira, Maryland, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Caledonia, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oregon, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Samoa, South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Virginia, Washington

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • de Oliveira Pellegrini, M.O., Faden, R.B. & de Almeida, R.F. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Murdannia Royle (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys 74: 35-78.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Brenan in Kew Bull. 7: 179 (1952).
  • Illustr. Bot. Himal. 403, t. 95, fig. 3 (1839)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by R. B. Faden [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2019 Stocks [s.n.] India K001325302 Type Yes
May 1, 2019 Dalzell [s.n.] India K001325303 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2019 Dalzell [s.n.] India K001325301 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Biggs, N.; Camargo, A.C.; Bessa, M.A. [1934] Brazil K000578638 Yes
Mar 1, 1978 Hu, S.Y. [8246] Hong Kong K000496470 Yes
Mar 1, 1978 Lei, C.L. [1017] China K000496443 Yes
Mar 1, 1978 McClure, F.A. [7935] China K000496468 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Brass, L.J. [6523] Papua New Guinea K000496446 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Streimann, H.; Kairo, A. [35887] Papua New Guinea K000496444 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Womersley, J.S.; Simmonds, N.W. [6881] Papua New Guinea K000496447 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Atkin [13084] Thailand K000496451 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Thaworn, S. [363] Thailand K000496452 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Henty, E.E. [42951] Papua New Guinea K000496445 Yes
Jan 2, 1957 Gammie, G.A. [18669] India K000496462 Yes
Mar 12, 1928 Jacob, K.C. [9649] India K000496465 Yes
Silva, F.W., de [s.n.] K000854086 Unknown Type Material Yes
Geesink, R.; Hattink, T.; Phengklai, C. [6880] Thailand K002793432 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000854073 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spare, G.H. [34565] Malaysia K002793380 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000854048 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [23177] India K000496456 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3272] Thailand K002793533 Yes
s.coll. [1715] Malaysia K002793378 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000854024 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wray Jr., L. [s.n.] Malaysia K002793377 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indian Subcontinent K000854010 Type Yes
s.coll. [5214A] K000854070 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [5214A] K000854069 Unknown Type Material Yes
Barnes, E. [s.n.] India K002793359 Yes
Taquet, T. [1547] Korea, South K000854015 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cole [83] India K000854068 Unknown Type Material Yes
Phuong, V.X.; Huyen, D.D.; Dzu, N.V.; Nguyen, Q.B.; Xuyen, D.T.; de Kok, R.; Bramley, G.; Challen, G.; Voronstova, M. [HNK 120] Vietnam K002793538 Yes
s.coll. [2074] India K000854077 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [2074] India K000854076 Unknown Type Material Yes
Put [4094] Thailand K002793435 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21513] India K002793179 Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.] India K001089250 Type Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [926] Kenya K:SPC-01287.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002793161 Yes
s.coll. [64] K002793430 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [20670] India K000496458 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K002793386 Yes
Marcan, A. [1762] Thailand K002793531 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K002793158 Yes
Soejarto, D.D.; Bouamanivong, S. [10894] Laos K002793512 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [329] Thailand K000291943 Type Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Britto, S.J.; Rani, N. [28996] India K002793178 Yes
Loher, A. [1935] Philippines K000496449 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000854050 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lakshnakara, M.C. [279B] Thailand K002793519 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] China K000854025 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [11999] Thailand K002793442 Yes
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India K000854003 Unknown Type Material Yes
van Beusekom, C.F.; Phengklai, C. [1125] Thailand K002793520 Yes
Bunchuay, K. [160] Thailand K002793525 Yes
Marcan, A. [1431] Thailand K002793532 Yes
Barnes, E. [1495] India K002793357 Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [2335] Sri Lanka K000854007 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [7764] Australia K000496450 Yes
Koyama, T.M.; Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [13957] Sri Lanka K000496466 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1935] India K000496455 Yes
McClelland [s.n.] India K002793159 No
Adam, J. [s.n.] K000854071 Unknown Type Material Yes
Parkinson, C.E. [15071] Burma K002793353 Yes
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India K000854087 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [2328] Sri Lanka K000496460 Yes
Spare, G. [F741] Malaysia K002793388 Yes
Keenan, J.; Tun Aung, U.; Rule, R.H. [808] Burma K002793368 Yes
s.coll. [1414] Bangladesh K000854009 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1414] Bangladesh K000854008 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1414] Bangladesh K000854011 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ramos, M. [20985] Philippines K000291948 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000854057 Unknown Type Material Yes
Larsen, K.; Santisuk, T.; Warncke, E. [2781] Thailand K002793522 Yes
Kingdon-Ward, F. [7897] India K002793164 Yes
Thein Lwin, U. [227] Burma K002793366 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1909] Thailand K000291945 Type Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1909] Thailand K000291944 Type Yes
s.coll. [5496] India K002793154 No
Cavalerie, J. [1070] China K000854046 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burkill, H.M. [HMB1115] K002793391 Yes
Thomson, G. [11] India K000854067 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henderson, M.R. [s.n.] Malaysia K002793390 Yes
s.coll. [5223] Burma K000854004 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002793160 Yes
Wallich, N. [5221] India K000854092 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [5220] Nepal K000854085 Unknown Type Material Yes
Singh, U. [246] India K002793369 Yes
[Phloenchit Suvarnakoses] [1182] Thailand K002793523 Yes
Keenan, J.; Tun Aung, U.; Rule, R.H. [1387] Burma K002793367 Yes
Smith, E. [556] Thailand K002793535 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [853] Kenya K002794188 No
van Beusekom, C.F.; Phengklai, C. [1260] Thailand K002793534 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [3333] China K000854017 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thein Lwin, U. [227] Burma K002793361 Yes
Dalzel, N.A. [s.n.] India K000309019 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [3025] Sri Lanka K000854006 Unknown Type Material Yes
Reeve, T.M. [4473] Papua New Guinea K000496448 Yes
Forsyth [s.n.] India K000854091 Unknown Type Material Yes
Barnes, E. [713] India K002793354 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [7644] Kenya K:SPC-78077.000 No
Rabil [279] Thailand K002793436 Yes
Geesink, R.; Phanichaphol, D.; Santisuk, T. [5715] Thailand K002793528 Yes
Parkinson, C.E. [14906] Burma K002793352 Yes
Smitinand, T.; Sleumer, H.O. [1371] Thailand K002793513 Yes
Barnes, E. [s.n.] India K002793356 Yes
Barnes, E. [s.n.] India K002793360 Yes
Marcan, A. [[1750]] Thailand K002793530 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [33798] India K000496459 Yes
Polhill; Paulo [853] Kenya K002794187 Yes
[Haniff, Mohamed] [2073] Thailand K002793444 Yes
s.coll. [1179] India K000854089 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tsang, W.T. [29301] Vietnam K002793541 Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.] India K001089249 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [3018] Vietnam K002793526 Yes
s.coll. [53] India K002793152 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K002793387 Yes
Geesink, R.; Hattink, T.; Maxwell, J.F. [6823] Thailand K002793437 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P4086] K002793389 Yes
Wallich [s.n.] Burma K002793165 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K002793383 Yes
Bourne [s.n.] India K002793182 Yes
Karaket, P.; Sirimongkol, S.; Kawatkul, U.; Meeboonya, R. [147] Thailand K002793516 Yes
Emiza, S.S.; Kueh, H.L. [FRI 55183] Malaysia K002793405 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [10592] Thailand K002793514 Yes
Barnes, E. [1067] India K002793351 Yes
Phuong, V.X.; Huyen, D.D.; Dzu, N.V.; Binh, N.Q.; Xuyen, D.T.; de Kok, R.; Gemma [HNK 548] Vietnam K002793543 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [14827] India K002793181 Yes
Keenan, J.; Tun Aung, U.; Rule, R.H. [1935] Burma K002793363 Yes
Stocks [s.n.] K000854088 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [307] Thailand K000496453 Yes
Murata, G.; Fukuoka, N.; Phengklai, C. [16316] Thailand K002793529 Yes
van Beusekom, C.F.; Geesink, R. [3363] Thailand K002793527 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000854072 Unknown Type Material Yes
Du, N.V.; Quang, B.H.; Chinh, V.T.; The, P.V.; de Kok, R.; Xanthos, M.D.; Moore, A.; Sinou, C.J.A.; Clark, R.P.; Little, P.I. [HNK 3085] Vietnam K002793539 Yes
s.coll. [3977] Indian Subcontinent K000854014 Type Yes
Wight [s.n.] India K000854005 Unknown Type Material Yes
Juan, G.E. [303] India K000496467 Yes
Garrett, H.B.G. [1405] Thailand K002793438 Yes
Pooma, R.; Pattharahirantricin, N.; Sirimongkol, S.; Supachok, P. [7599] Thailand K002793515 Yes
Pierre, J.B.L. [s.n.] Vietnam K002793439 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002793156 Yes
Wight, R. [969] India K001089248 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sinclair, J. [39362] Malaysia K002793379 Yes
Mwachala, G.; et al. [EW806] Kenya K002794028 Yes
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India K000854002 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keenan, J.; Tun Aung, U.; Rule, R.H. [888] Burma K002793362 Yes
Yapp, R.H. [310] Malaysia K002793384 Yes
{ABD. Samat ABD.} [3] Malaysia K002793385 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] K002793180 No
Collins, E.E. [1914] Thailand K002793550 Yes
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India K000854001 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [633] Sri Lanka K000496463 Yes
Barnes, E. [1065] India K002793355 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000854051 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kostermans, A. [423] Thailand K002793440 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K002793381 Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [18327] New Guinea K000291949 Type Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [18327] New Guinea K000291950 Type Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [16296] Thailand K002793517 Yes
Bogner [s.n.] Thailand K002793429 Yes
Sangkhachand, B. [236] Thailand K002793521 Yes
Wight [s.n.] India K000854090 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002793162 Yes
Law, C. [s.n.] India K000496461 Yes
Wight [s.n.] K000854066 Unknown Type Material Yes
{G. den Hoed; Kostermans, A.} [630] Thailand K002793434 Yes
Meeebold, A.E. [6350] Burma K002793163 Yes
Wood, G.H. [725] Uganda K:SPC-02256.000 No
Banerjee, R.N. [15961] India K002793167 Yes
David, B.; Cheng, S.K.; Long, C.; Leti, M. [CL696] Cambodia K002793537 Yes
Kerr, M.F.G. [75] Thailand K002793524 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [7644] Kenya K000823784 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000854049 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keenan, J.; Tun Aung, U.; Rule, R.H. [1903] Burma K002793365 Yes
Garrett, H.B.G. [1405] K002793441 Yes
Bell, J.R. [7733] India K002793358 Yes
Put [42] Thailand K002793433 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19460] Thailand K002793518 Yes
Du, N.V.; Quang, B.H.; Chinh, V.T.; The, P.V.; de Kok, R.P.J.; Xanthos, M.D.; Moore, A.; Clark, R.P.; Little, P.I.; Sinou, C.J.A.M. [HNK 2992] Vietnam K002793540 Yes
Poilane, M. [31318] Vietnam K002793542 Yes
Sampson, T. [13842] K000854026 Type Yes
Marcan, A. [1075] Thailand K002793536 Yes
Dalachy [s.n.] Australia K000854053 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight [s.n.] K000854065 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keenan, J.; Tun Aung, U.; Rule, R.H. [1300] Burma K002793364 Yes
Joseph, J. [39707F] India K000854056 Isotype Yes
Joseph, J. [39707F] India K000854055 Isotype Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8537] Tanzania K:SPC-04595.000 No
Griffith, W. [387] Burma K000309021 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.] India K001089247 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ward, F.K. [6684] Burma K002793153 Yes
Faulkner, H. [1356] Tanzania Anthericopsis K:SPC-15115.000 No

Sources

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    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0