Commelinaceae
Commelina

Commelina albescens Hassk.

First published in G.Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 210 (1867)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Malawi, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to W. India. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • 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.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by R. B. Faden [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Pickering, H. & Awale, A. I. (2018). Introduction to plants in Central Somaliland. Ponte Invisibile, Redsea Cultural Foundation.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jafri, S.M.H. [s.n.] Pakistan K003070330 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1039] Tanzania K:SPC-03715.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [2632] Kenya K:SPC-06607.000 No
Tweedie [2267] Kenya K:SPC-03702.000 No
Ash [776] Ethiopia K:SPC-36438.000 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kinika [11098] Tanzania K:SPC-38412.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [336] Kenya K:SPC-01279.000 No
Schimper, W. [2268] Ethiopia K000345573 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [677] India K003070323 Yes
{Stocks} [3] India K003070329 Yes
s.coll. [677] India K003070325 Yes
Napper, D.M. [2001] Kenya K:SPC-00900.054 No
Rao, R.S. [102675] India K003070326 Yes
{Stocks} [s.n.] India K003070324 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13033] Kenya K:SPC-02185.000 No
Mathew, B. [6554] Kenya K:SPC-06049.207 No
Stocks, J.E. [21] India K003070328 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images