Commelinaceae
Murdannia

Murdannia spirata (L.) G.Brückn.

First published in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 15a: 173 (1930)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Florida, Samoa

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • 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.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Koyama, T.M.; Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [13949] Sri Lanka K002793096 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [29438] Vietnam K002793561 Yes
Squires, R.W. [90] Vietnam K002793559 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [77/75] Sri Lanka K002793090 Yes
Belcher, R.O. [667] Burma K002793097 Yes
Poilane, M. [s.n.] K002793556 Yes
s.coll. [C. P. 2329] Sri Lanka K002793094 Yes
Balansa, B. [250] China K002793560 Yes
Squires, R.W. [145] Vietnam K002793558 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [77/219] Sri Lanka K002793092 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [73/82] Sri Lanka K002793098 Yes
Lindhard, E. [75] Thailand K002793557 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jayasuria, M. [4630] Sri Lanka K002793099 Yes
Koyama, T.M. [13397] Sri Lanka K002793095 Yes
Soejarto, D.D. [4838] Sri Lanka K002793089 Yes
Bernardi [14328 A] Sri Lanka K002793093 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [29380] Vietnam K002793562 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [76/631] Sri Lanka K002793091 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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