Nyctaginaceae

Commicarpus Standl.

First published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 373 (1909)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Arizona, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Galápagos, Guatemala, Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, India, Iran, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1970-1995). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Boerhavia.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. 12373 (1909).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 12: 373 (1909).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Meikle in Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 36: 235–250 (1978).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bittrich & U. Kühn in Kubitzki et al., Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 2: 482 (1993)
  • Meikle in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin. 36: 235–249 (1978)
  • Stannard in F.Z. 9(1): 15 (1988)
  • in Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 12: 373 (1909)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 30, 1987 illegible [171] South Africa K000243813 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/