Commelina hirsuta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Commelinales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Commelinales

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Commelineae
Genus: Commelina
Species: Commelina hirsuta

Name

Commelina hirsuta (Wight) Bedd., Man. Nílagiri [H.B. Grigg] 122 (1880).

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Heterocarpus hirsutus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] vi. 29. t. 2067 (1853).
• Homotypic
• Commelina hirsuta (Wight) C.B.Clarke, Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 163 (1881), isonym.
• Commelina beddomei Nandikar & Gurav, Pl. Sci. Feed 4(1): 3 (2014), nom. illeg. nom. superfl

Homonyms

• Commelina hirsuta R.Br., Voy. Abyss. [Salt] Append. p. lxii (1814), nom. nud.
• Commelina hirsuta Willd. ex Spreng., Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 73 (1820), pro syn.
• Commelina hirsuta Link, Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 74 (1820), nom. inval.
• Commelina hirsuta Hochst., Flora 24(1 Intell.): 21 (1841), nom. nud. (see Cyanotis vaga)
• Commelina hirsuta Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 660 (1843), pro syn.
• Commelina hirsuta Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 344 (1850), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Beddome, R.H. 1880. in: A manual of the Nílagiri district in the Madras Presidency.
• Wight, R. 1853. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis: or figures of Indian plants. Vol. VI. Madras. BHL Reference page. 
• Nampy, S., Joseph, S.M. & Manudev, K.M. 2014. Lectotypification and further notes on the identity of Commelina hirsuta, an endemic Indian species of Commelinaceae. Phytotaxa 174(5): 291–295. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.174.5.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2022. Commelina hirsuta. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Commelina hirsuta. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 27 2022. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Commelina hirsuta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 27. Reference page.