Commelinaceae
Commelina

Commelina forskaolii Vahl

First published in Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 172 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, Arabian Peninsula, India. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Algeria, Florida

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 223 (1964)
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 208
  • C. B. Cl. in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 168 (1881), including var. hirsutula C. B. Cl.
  • C. zenkeri of Chev. Bot. 665
  • Enum. 2: 172 (1806)
  • F.T.A. 8: 44
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 55: 522, fig. 19 (1956)
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 185 (1967)
  • Maheshwari & Baldev in Phytomorphology 8: 277-298 (1958)
  • not C. zenkeri of C. B. Cl., fide F.W.T.A., ed. 1.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Simpson, N.D. [7744] Sudan K003072947 Yes
Pfund; [Kordofani] [357] Sudan K003072936 Yes
Parker, C. [E428] Ethiopia K003072980 Yes
{Stower; Smith; Gilliland} [4060] Eritrea K003072950 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Melaku, W.; Ermias Getachew [10225] Ethiopia K003072959 Yes
Peck, E.F. [302] Somalia K003072994 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [5054] Ethiopia K003072988 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15276] Somalia K003073002 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6297] Tanzania K000468128 No
[C. N. Cude] [44] Djibouti K003072993 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M.; Julin, H. [24938] Somalia K003073014 Yes
Cherlet, M. [48] Eritrea K003072948 Yes
Brown, F. [99] Ethiopia K003072969 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [4622] Ethiopia K003072949 Yes
Parker, C. [E597] Ethiopia K003072963 Yes
Ebba, T. [229] Ethiopia K003072961 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [338] Eritrea K003072957 Yes
Ebba, T. [217] Ethiopia K003072976 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Malaku Wandefrash; Gashaw Gibre-Hiwot [8949] Ethiopia K003072967 Yes
Burger, W. [659] Ethiopia K003072984 Yes
Headley, P.M. [(S14)191] Ethiopia K003072968 Yes
Burger, W. [3463] Ethiopia K003072972 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [362] Yemen K003073024 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4046] K003072998 Yes
Tardelli, M. [364] Somalia K003072992 Yes
O'Brien, E.M. [211] Somalia K003073011 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [546] Sudan K003072925 Yes
Ebba, T. [220] Ethiopia K003072990 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, J.M. [22548] Somalia K003073008 Yes
Berlin, B. [33] Sudan K003072931 Yes
Peers, A.W. [s.n.] Sudan K003072928 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [s.n.] Sudan K003072934 Yes
Ebba, T. [230] Ethiopia K003072964 Yes
s.coll. [742] Yemen K003073022 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hedrén, M.; Abdi M. Dahir [7298] Somalia K003073010 Yes
Eba, T. [220] Ethiopia K003072985 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [6035] Somalia K003073001 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F. [24429] Somalia K003073015 Yes
s.coll. [87] Somalia K003073003 Yes
Kuchar, P. [16965] Somalia K003073016 Yes
Broun, H.M.; Broun, A.F. [1639] Sudan K003072938 Yes
Robbie, J. [31] Sudan K003072943 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [113] Eritrea K003072954 Yes
Kotschy, T. [34] Sudan K003072944 Yes
Edwards, S.; Tewolde-Berhan, G.E. [3691] Ethiopia K003072955 Yes
Ebba, T. [208] Ethiopia K003072989 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [196] Eritrea K003072951 Yes
Burne, E. (Mrs.) [64] Somalia K003072995 Yes
Eba, T. [211] Ethiopia K003072981 Yes
Ebba, T. [232] Ethiopia K003072965 Yes
Ebba, T. [208] Ethiopia K003072971 Yes
Virgo, K. [7] Somalia K003073006 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [286] Sudan K003072930 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [s.n.] Sudan K003072935 Yes
[Thossely] [34] Sudan K003072941 Yes
Peck, E.F. [2] K003072997 Yes
Lea, J.D. [40] Sudan K003072929 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7037] Sudan K003072932 Yes
Broun, H.M.; Broun, A.S. [1480] Sudan K003072939 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [22610] Somalia K003073027 Yes
Alstrup, V.; Michelsen, A. [59] Somalia K003072999 Yes
Turton, D. [17] Ethiopia K003072970 Yes
Gilbert, M. [1205] Ethiopia K003072966 Yes
Ebba, T. [224] Ethiopia K003072977 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B11829] Somalia K003073026 Yes
Lock, J.M. [81/233] Sudan K003072923 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Bazara'a, M.; Guarino, L.; Kassim, N. [M10155] Yemen K003073020 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [6053] Somalia K003073000 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Fantahun Semon; Jensen, M.; Keneei, L. [8052] Ethiopia K003072991 Yes
Edwards, S.; Kebeda, E.; Bekele, E.; Negatu, L.; Ayehounie, S. [3802] Ethiopia K003072958 Yes
Pritchard, E.E. [79] Sudan K003072933 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Somalia K003072996 Yes
Wieland, R.G. [4502] Somalia K003073009 Yes
{Stower; Smith; Gilliland} [4043] Eritrea K003072956 Yes
Bent, J.T. [s.n.] Sudan K003072945 Yes
Rose Innes, R.; Dahir, A.M. [[ODA21]] Somalia K003073017 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. ; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E.; de Wilde, W. [10565] Ethiopia K003072962 Yes
Terry, P. [3382] Somalia K003073013 Yes
Kilian, N.; Lobin, W. [1672] Somalia K003073018 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B6902] Eritrea K003072953 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [179] Sudan K003072927 Yes
Pfund, J. [795] Sudan K003072940 Yes
Ebba, T. [210] Ethiopia K003072987 Yes
Parker, C. [E560] Ethiopia K003072978 Yes
Schimper, M.W. [380] Ethiopia K003072960 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [345] Sudan K003072926 Yes
Eba, T. [217] Ethiopia K003072975 Yes
Kuchar, P. [16959] Somalia K003073025 Yes
Parker, C. [E465] Ethiopia K003072979 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [331] Yemen K003073023 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7037] Sudan K003072946 Yes
Beckett, J.J. [386] Somalia K003073005 Yes
Ebba, T. [229] Ethiopia K003072986 Yes
Terry, P. [3352] Somalia K003073007 Yes
Carr, C.J. [829] Sudan K003072942 Yes
Pfund [188] Sudan K003072952 Yes
Eba, T. [210] Ethiopia K003072982 Yes
Terry, P. [3433] Somalia K003073012 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [22483] Somalia K003073004 Yes
Ebba, T. [211] Ethiopia K003072974 Yes
Maxwell Darling, R.C. [138] Sudan K003072924 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4591] Ethiopia K003072973 Yes
Pfund; [Kordofan] [367] Sudan K003072937 Yes
James; Thrupp [s.n.] Somalia K003073019 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [11188] Ethiopia K003072983 Yes
s.coll. [35] Yemen K003073021 Yes

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

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    • 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

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