Commelinaceae
Commelina
Commelina foliacea

Commelina foliacea subsp. amplexicaulis Faden

First published in Novon 4: 232 (1994)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Uganda to Zambia. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Commelinaceae, Robert Faden. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2012

Distribution
Range: Congo–Kinshasa?, Zambia, Malawi Flora districts: U1 U3 U4 K2 T2 T5 T6
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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 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