Commelinaceae Mirb.

First published in Hist. Nat. Pl. 8: 177. 1804 (as "Commelinae") (1804)
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Ensermu, K. & Faden, R. W. (1997). Commelinaceae. In: S. Edwards, D. Sebsebe, & I. Hedberg (eds), Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 339–374. Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa and Uppsala University, Uppsala.
  • Faden, R. W. (1998). Commeliaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 109–128. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Hong, D. & DeFillipps, R. A. (2000). Commelinaceae. In: Z. Wu & P. H. Raven (eds), Flora of China 24: 19–42. Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hunt, D. R. (1994). Commelinaeace. In: G. Davidse, S. M. Sousa & A. O. Chater (eds), Flora Mesoamericana 6: 157–172. UNAM, Mexico.

Neotropikey

  • AONA, L.Y.S. & LEONI, L.S. (2006). Flora Fanerogâmica do Parque Estadual do Brigadeiro: Commelinaceae. Pabstia XVII(3):1-10.
  • AONA, L.Y.S. (2008). Revisão taxonômica e análise cladística do gênero Dichorisandra J.C. Mikan (Commelinaceae). Tese de doutorado. Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas.
  • APG II (2003). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 399-436.
  • BARRETO, R.C. (1997). Levantamento das espécies de Commelinaceae R. Br. nativas do Brasil. Tese de doutoramento. Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo.
  • FADEN, R.B. & Hunt, D.R. (1991). The classification of the Commelinaceae. Taxon 40:19-31.
  • FADEN, R.B. (1998). Commelinaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular plants 4: 109-128. Springer Verlag. Berlin.
  • HARDY, C.R. & FADEN, R.B. (2004). Plowmanianthus, a new genus of Commelinaceae with five new species from Tropical America. Systematic Botany 29(2):316-333.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1998 Yong, R. [275] K:SPC-70954.000 No
Breedlove, D. [69906] Mexico K001611722 No
Rodriguez, D.; Galan, P. [6196] El Salvador K001532209 No
Edwards, P.J. [4028] K:SPC-70463.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9783] K:SPC-62507.000 No
Hawkes [2186] Nicaragua K:SPC-27314.000 No
K:SPC-49377.000 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 9070] K001132177 Unknown Type Material Yes
Yong, R. [275] K:SPC-71006.000 No
K:SPC-49376.000 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0