Commelinaceae
Murdannia

Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 7: 189 (1952)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to W. Pacific. It is an annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has social uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Canary Is., Chad, Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Japan, Korea, Louisiana, Madeira, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Caledonia, New York, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Acharya, J., Banerjee, D. & Mukherjee, A. (2009). A contribution to the study of Commelinaceae R.Br. in Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalayas. Pleione 3(1): 18-27.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • López-Ferrari, A.R., Espejo-Serna, A. & Ceja-Romero, J. (2014). Flora de Veracruz 161: 1-127. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pandey, R.P. (2009). Floristic diversity of Ferrargunj forest area in South Andaman. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33: 747-768.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Takeuchi, W. (2005). Floristic notes from a holocene successional environment in Papuasia. Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 95-116.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
  • de Oliveira Pellegrini, M.O., Faden, R.B. & de Almeida, R.F. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Murdannia Royle (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys 74: 35-78.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 202 (1967)
  • in Kew Bull. 7: 189 (1952)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pandey, R.P. (2009). Floristic diversity of Ferrargunj forest area in South Andaman. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33: 747-768.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Takeuchi, W. (2005). Floristic notes from a holocene successional environment in Papuasia. Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 95-116.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
  • Wilder, G. P. (1934). The flora of Makatea CNV. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 120: 1-49.
  • de Oliveira Pellegrini, M.O., Faden, R.B. & de Almeida, R.F. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Murdannia Royle (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys 74: 35-78.
  • iNaturalist.org (2019-countinuously updated). iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Occurrence dataset http://www.inaturalist.org.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
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  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2019 Dalzell [s.n.] India K001325300 Type Yes
Put [4224] Thailand K002793472 Yes
Wight [s.n.] India K000854084 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [C.N.3027] Sri Lanka K002793183 Yes
Rao, R.S. [91280] India K002793146 Yes
Godefroy, M. [776] Cambodia K002793491 Yes
Cowan, J.M. [s.n.] India K002793131 Yes
Nguyen, V.D.; Vu, X.P.; Nguyen, T.C.; Bui, H.Q.; Kok, R.P.J.; Utteridge, T.M.A.; Moore, A.; Trudgen, M.; Briggs, M. [HNK-2147] Vietnam K002793489 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [5830] Burma K002793187 Yes
Put [1290] Thailand K002793481 Yes
Evrard, M. [2613] Vietnam K002793495 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002793172 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002793148 Yes
s.coll. [5496] K002793137 Yes
Sinclair, I.W.J.; Long, D.G. [4946] Bermuda K002793168 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002793120 Yes
s.coll. [5496] Malaysia K002793136 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002793119 Yes
Marcan, A. [2589] Thailand K002793474 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [s.n.] India K002793118 No
[Lammrahare] [241] Thailand K002793473 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nepal K002793139 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [5809] Burma K002793188 Yes
Trinidad and Tobago K:SPC-15126.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [5135] Sierra Leone K:SPC-04592.000 No
Williams; Stainton [8] Nepal K002793130 Yes
Arya, P. [s.n.] India K002793190 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26518] India K002793126 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [1358 A] K002793142 Yes
Amand, J. [s.n.] Indonesia K000291946 Type Yes
Put [3249] Thailand K002793498 Yes
s.coll. [410] India K002793193 Yes
[Hai Hoc] [233] Thailand K002793497 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1419] Thailand K002793492 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [s.n.] India K002793197 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J.; Saldanha, C.J. [76/207A] India K002793175 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [1078] Sierra Leone K:SPC-27520.000 No
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India K000854082 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [1359 A] India K002793132 Yes
Collins, E.E. [1912] Thailand K002793483 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19502] Thailand K002793484 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [5294] India K002793194 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [36607 C] India K002793134 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [10615] India K002793140 Yes
Put [4140] Thailand K002793482 No
Gamble, J.S. [21369] India K002793169 Yes
Wood, J.J. [s.n.] India K002793150 Yes
Marcan, A. [2589] Thailand K002793475 Yes
Naithani, B.D. [41937] India K002793129 Yes
van Beusekom, C.F.; Phengklai, C. [2511] Thailand K002793488 Yes
Bell [4362] India K002793196 Yes
Wallich [5210] K002793138 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [19375 B] India K002793195 Yes
Collett, H. [281] India K002793128 Yes
s.coll. [3027] K002793184 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4506] Thailand K002793476 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2852] India K002793151 Yes
Squires, R.W. [143] Vietnam K002793490 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [24843 B] India K002793147 Yes
[Wenger] [343] India K002793124 Yes
Fisher, C.E.O. [1220] India K002793170 Yes
Put [2063] Thailand K002793479 Yes
[Hai Hoe] [135] Thailand K002793478 Yes
s.coll. [776] Vietnam K002793494 Yes
Calder, C.C.; Ramaswami, M.S. [87] India K002793189 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [50960] India K002793174 Yes
Larsen, K.; Santisuk, T.; Warncke, E. [3039] Thailand K002793486 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [849] Thailand K002793493 Yes
Gandhi, K.N. [H F P 2099] India K002793176 Yes
Alston, A.H.G. [2456] Sri Lanka K002793185 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [20682] India K002793144 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2852] India K002793149 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [21274 A] India K002793145 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4506] Thailand K002793477 Yes
[M. Godefray] [775] Vietnam K002793496 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] India K002793171 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19652] Thailand K002793499 Yes
Marcan, A. [2257] Thailand K002793480 Yes
s.coll. [410] India K002793192 Yes
van Beusekom, C.F.; Phengklai, C. [2651] Thailand K002793487 Yes
Banerjee, R.N. [18723] India K002793141 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [1961] India K002793127 Yes
s.coll. [5496] India K002793135 Yes
Sangkhachand, B. [277] Thailand K002793485 Yes
Deane, H. [s.n.] India K002793123 Yes
s.coll. [5492] India K002793186 Yes
Put [274] K002793500 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [23596] India K002793125 Yes
Wight [s.n.] India K000854083 Unknown Type Material Yes
Marriott, M.V. [94] India K002793191 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [9744 A] India K002793143 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [36569 B] India K002793133 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26517] India K002793122 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J.; Saldanha, C.J. [76/197] India K002793177 Yes
Gvile, D.P.M. [5832] Hong Kong Aneilema nudiflorum K002402027 Yes
Gvile, D.P.M. [6439] Hong Kong Aneilema nudiflorum K002402028 Yes
Mueller-Dombois, D. [69010820] Sri Lanka Commelina nudiflora K002404935 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burma Commelina nudiflora K002404927 Yes
Loher, A. [1946] Philippines Commelina nudiflora K003070781 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [15409] Philippines Commelina nudiflora K003070787 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [3415] Philippines Commelina nudiflora K003070785 Yes
Fénix, E. [s.n.] Philippines Commelina nudiflora K003070788 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [1360A] Burma Commelina nudiflora K002404930 Yes
Lace, J.H. [4933] Burma Commelina nudiflora K002404926 Yes
s.coll. [5523] Commelina nudiflora K002404925 Yes
Robertson, W.A. [22] Burma Commelina nudiflora K002404929 Yes
{Kostermans} [24171] Sri Lanka Commelina nudiflora K002404933 Yes
Branderhorst [49] Papua New Guinea Commelina nudiflora K003070820 Yes
Whitford, H.N. [408] Philippines Commelina nudiflora K003070783 Yes
Vachell, G.H. [83] China Commelina nudiflora K002404733 No
Cooray, R.G. [70032502R] Sri Lanka Commelina nudiflora K002404936 Yes
Gay, H. [556] Papua New Guinea Commelina nudiflora K003070816 Yes
[K. W. Ereland] [1] Papua New Guinea Commelina nudiflora K003070819 Yes
Weber, C.M. [1024] Philippines Commelina nudiflora K003070784 Yes
{Parish} [51] Burma Commelina nudiflora K002404928 Yes
Boden Kloss, C. [s.n.] Papua New Guinea Commelina nudiflora K003070822 Yes
Hollrung, M. [37] Papua New Guinea Commelina nudiflora K003070818 Yes
Soejarto, D.D.; Balasubramaniam, S. [s.n.] Sri Lanka Commelina nudiflora K002404937 Yes
McGregor, R.C. [195] Philippines Commelina nudiflora K003070786 Yes
Takeuchi, W. [10789] Papua New Guinea Commelina nudiflora K003070815 Yes
Darbyshire, P.J. [945] Papua New Guinea Commelina nudiflora K003070814 Yes
Simaga, J. [680] Papua New Guinea Commelina nudiflora K003070817 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [3422] Philippines Commelina nudiflora K003070780 Yes
Versteeg [517] Papua New Guinea Commelina nudiflora K003070821 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [346] Philippines Commelina nudiflora K003070782 Yes
Alston, A.H.G. [1685] Sri Lanka Commelina nudiflora K002404932 Yes
Fosberg, F.R.; Mueller-Dombois, D.; Wirawan, N.; Cooray, R.G.; Balakrishnan, N. [51144] Sri Lanka Commelina nudiflora K002404934 Yes
Boden Kloss, C. [s.n.] Papua New Guinea Commelina nudiflora K003070823 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5215] Aneilema debile K001120168 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5215] Burma Aneilema debile K001120169 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5215] Aneilema debile K001120167 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gvile, D.P.M. [3075] Hong Kong Aneilema malabaricum K002402025 Yes
Gvile, D.P.M. [3681] Hong Kong Aneilema malabaricum K002402023 Yes
D. P. M. [Gvile] [3550] Hong Kong Aneilema malabaricum K002402024 Yes
Gvile, D.P.M. [5346] Hong Kong Aneilema malabaricum K002402022 Yes
Gvile, D.P.M. [2841] Hong Kong Aneilema malabaricum K002402026 Yes
Carrick, J. [JC1442] Malaysia Murdannia malabarica K002793372 Yes

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