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Commelina africana L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Commelina (family Commelinaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 233679) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 41 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171880-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Commelina africana var. africana	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina africana var. polyclada Welw. ex C.B.Clarke	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina bakueana A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina benghalensis Forssk. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina divaricata Vahl	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina edulis A.Rich.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina flava Salisb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina lutea Moench	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina polyclada Welw. ex C.B.Clarke	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina subamplectens Hassk.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dirtea africana (L.) Raf.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hedwigia africana (L.) Medik.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Stickmannia africana (L.) Raf.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Commelina africana var. karooica (C.B.Clarke) Govaerts	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Commelina africana var. krebsiana (Kunth) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	11
Commelina africana var. lancispatha C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	7
Commelina africana var. mannii (C.B.Clarke) Brenan	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-233679.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed