- Family: Commelinaceae Mirb.
Commelina Plum. ex L.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is Cosmopolitan.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Habit
- Annuals or perennials with thin or tuberous roots
- Leaves
- Leaves distichous or spirally arranged, blade sessile or petiolate, base usually oblique (sometimes symmetric)
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescences terminal and leaf-opposed, composed of 1–2 cymes enclosed in spathes, upper cyme lacking, vestigial or producing 1–several, usually male (occasionally some bisexual) flowers, lower cyme usually several-flowered; spathes with margins free or fused basally, often filled with a mucilaginous liquid
- Flowers
- Flowers bisexual and male, zygomorphic; sepals sepaline, free or the anterior 2 connate; petals free, posterior 2 large, clawed, usually blue (sometimes lavender, yellow, peach, apricot or white), anterior petal usually much smaller, sometimes different in colour; filaments all glabrous; stamens 3, anterior, the medial different in form and size from the others; staminodes (2–)3, shorter than the stamens, antherodes commonly 4–6-lobed; ovary 2- to 3-celled, dorsal cell 1-ovulate or obsolete; ventral cells 1-2-ovulate
- Fruits
- Capsules 2–3-celled (occasionally 1-celled), 1–5-seeded
- Seeds
- Seeds with a linear hilum and lateral embryotega.
- Distribution
- About 200 species, almost cosmopolitan, mainly tropical, most diverse in Africa.
- Note
- Measurements of spathes in this account refer to the folded spathe.
Native to:
Alabama, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Irkutsk, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Marquesas, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rhode I., Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Albania, Algeria, Ascension, Austria, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central American Pac, Chagos Archipelago, Chile Central, Christmas I., Connecticut, Cook Is., Czechoslovakia, Easter Is., Galápagos, Hawaii, Italy, Krym, Madeira, Maine, Marianas, Massachusetts, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Portugal, Québec, Society Is., Spain, St.Helena, Tokelau-Manihiki, Vermont, Yugoslavia
- Commelina acutispatha De Wild.
- Commelina acutissima Urb.
- Commelina africana L.
- Commelina agrostophylla F.Muell.
- Commelina albescens Hassk.
- Commelina albiflora Faden
- Commelina amplexicaulis Hassk.
- Commelina andamanica S.M.Joseph & Nampy
- Commelina appendiculata C.B.Clarke
- Commelina aquatica J.K.Morton
- Commelina arenicola Faden
- Commelina ascendens J.K.Morton
- Commelina aspera G.Don ex Benth.
- Commelina attenuata J.Koenig ex Vahl
- Commelina aurantiiflora Faden & Raynsf.
- Commelina auriculata Blume
- Commelina avenifolia J.Graham
- Commelina badamica Nandikar & Gurav
- Commelina bambusifolia Matuda
- Commelina barbata Lam.
- Commelina beccariana Martelli
- Commelina bella Oberm.
- Commelina benghalensis L.
- Commelina bequaertii De Wild.
- Commelina boissieriana C.B.Clarke
- Commelina bracteosa Hassk.
- Commelina bravoa Matuda
- Commelina cameroonensis J.K.Morton
- Commelina capitata Benth.
- Commelina caroliniana Walter
- Commelina catharinensis Hassemer, J.P.R.Ferreira, Funez & J.D.Medeiros
- Commelina chamissonis Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke
- Commelina chayaensis Faden
- Commelina ciliata Stanley
- Commelina clarkeana K.Schum.
- Commelina clavata C.B.Clarke
- Commelina clavatoides Nampy & S.M.Joseph
- Commelina communis L.
- Commelina congesta C.B.Clarke
- Commelina congestipantha López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja
- Commelina corbisieri De Wild.
- Commelina corradii Chiov. ex Chiarugi
- Commelina crassicaulis C.B.Clarke
- Commelina cufodontii Chiov.
- Commelina cyanea R.Br.
- Commelina dammeriana K.Schum.
- Commelina dekindtiana Fritsch
- Commelina demissa C.B.Clarke
- Commelina dianthifolia Redouté
- Commelina dielsii Herter
- Commelina diffusa Burm.f.
- Commelina disperma Faden
- Commelina droogmansiana De Wild.
- Commelina eckloniana Kunth
- Commelina elliptica Kunth
- Commelina ensifolia R.Br.
- Commelina erecta L.
- Commelina fluviatilis Brenan
- Commelina foliacea Chiov.
- Commelina forskaolii Vahl
- Commelina frutescens Faden
- Commelina gambiae C.B.Clarke
- Commelina gelatinosa Edgew.
- Commelina geniculata Desv.
- Commelina giorgii De Wild.
- Commelina gourmaensis A.Chev.
- Commelina grandis Brenan
- Commelina grossa C.B.Clarke
- Commelina haitiensis Urb. & Ekman
- Commelina heterosperma Blatt. & Hallb.
- Commelina hirsuta (Wight) Bedd.
- Commelina hispida Ruiz & Pav.
- Commelina hockii De Wild.
- Commelina holubii C.B.Clarke
- Commelina homblei De Wild.
- Commelina huillensis Welw. ex C.B.Clarke
- Commelina humblotii H.Perrier
- Commelina huntii M.Pell.
- Commelina imberbis Ehrenb. ex Hassk.
- Commelina indehiscens E.Barnes
- Commelina irumuensis De Wild.
- Commelina jaliscana Matuda
- Commelina jamesonii C.B.Clarke
- Commelina kapiriensis De Wild.
- Commelina kilanga De Wild.
- Commelina kisantuensis De Wild.
- Commelina kitaleensis Faden
- Commelina kituloensis Faden
- Commelina kotschyi Hassk.
- Commelina lanceolata R.Br.
- Commelina latifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Commelina leiocarpa Benth.
- Commelina littoralis M.C.Naik & Nandikar
- Commelina longicapsa C.B.Clarke
- Commelina longicaulis Jacq.
- Commelina longifolia Lam.
- Commelina loureiroi Kunth
- Commelina lukei Faden
- Commelina lukonzolwensis De Wild.
- Commelina luteiflora De Wild.
- Commelina luzonensis Elmer
- Commelina macrospatha Gilg & Ledermann ex Mildbr.
- Commelina macrosperma J.K.Morton
- Commelina maculata Edgew.
- Commelina madagascarica C.B.Clarke
- Commelina major H.Perrier
- Commelina martyrum H.Lév.
- Commelina mascarenica C.B.Clarke
- Commelina melanorrhiza Faden
- Commelina membranacea Robyns
- Commelina mensensis Schweinf.
- Commelina merkeri K.Schum.
- Commelina microspatha K.Schum.
- Commelina milne-redheadii Faden
- Commelina modesta Oberm.
- Commelina montigena H.Perrier
- Commelina mwatayamvoana P.A.Duvign. & Dewit
- Commelina neurophylla C.B.Clarke
- Commelina nigritana Benth.
- Commelina nivea López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja
- Commelina nyasensis C.B.Clarke
- Commelina obliqua Vahl
- Commelina oligotricha Miq.
- Commelina orchidophylla Faden & Layton
- Commelina paleata Hassk.
- Commelina pallida Willd.
- Commelina pallidispatha Faden
- Commelina paludosa Blume
- Commelina petersii Hassk.
- Commelina phaeochaeta Chiov.
- Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch ex Seub.
- Commelina polhillii Faden & M.H.Alford
- Commelina pseudopurpurea Faden
- Commelina pseudoscaposa De Wild.
- Commelina purpurea C.B.Clarke
- Commelina pycnospatha Brenan
- Commelina pynaertii De Wild.
- Commelina quarrei De Wild.
- Commelina queretarensis López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja
- Commelina quitensis Benth.
- Commelina ramosissima López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja
- Commelina ramulosa (C.B.Clarke) H.Perrier
- Commelina reflexa Rusby
- Commelina reptans Brenan
- Commelina reticulata Stanley
- Commelina reygaertii De Wild.
- Commelina rhodesica Norl.
- Commelina robynsii De Wild.
- Commelina roensis M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett
- Commelina rogersii Burtt Davy
- Commelina rosulata Faden & Layton
- Commelina ruandensis De Wild.
- Commelina rufipes Seub.
- Commelina rupestris Nandikar & Gurav
- Commelina rupicola Font Quer ex Emb. & Maire
- Commelina rzedowskii López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja
- Commelina saxatilis H.Perrier
- Commelina saxosa De Wild.
- Commelina scabra Benth.
- Commelina scandens Welw. ex C.B.Clarke
- Commelina scaposa C.B.Clarke ex De Wild. & T.Durand
- Commelina schinzii C.B.Clarke
- Commelina schliebenii Mildbr.
- Commelina schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke
- Commelina shinsendaensis De Wild.
- Commelina sikkimensis C.B.Clarke
- Commelina singularis Vell.
- Commelina socorrogonzaleziae Espejo & López-Ferr.
- Commelina somalensis Chiov.
- Commelina spectabilis C.B.Clarke
- Commelina sphaerorrhizoma Faden & Layton
- Commelina standleyi Steyerm.
- Commelina stefaniniana Chiov.
- Commelina subcucullata C.B.Clarke
- Commelina subscabrifolia De Wild.
- Commelina subulata Roth
- Commelina suffruticosa Blume
- Commelina sulcatisperma Faden
- Commelina sylvatica De Wild.
- Commelina texcocana Matuda
- Commelina trachysperma Chiov.
- Commelina transversifolia De Wild.
- Commelina triangulispatha Mildbr.
- Commelina tricarinata Stanley
- Commelina tricolor E.Barnes
- Commelina trilobosperma K.Schum.
- Commelina tuberosa L.
- Commelina umbellata Schumach. & Thonn.
- Commelina undulata R.Br.
- Commelina ussilensis Schweinf.
- Commelina velutina Mildbr.
- Commelina vermoesenii De Wild.
- Commelina virginica L.
- Commelina welwitschii C.B.Clarke
- Commelina wightii Raizada
- Commelina zambesica C.B.Clarke
- Commelina zenkeri C.B.Clarke
- Commelina zeylanica Falkenb.
- Commelina zigzag P.A.Duvign. & Dewit
- Allosperma Raf.
- Allotria Raf.
- Ananthopus Raf.
- Athyrocarpus Schltdl. ex Benth.
- Commelinopsis Pichon
- Dirtea Raf.
- Disecocarpus Hassk.
- Erxlebia Medik.
- Eudipetala Raf.
- Hedwigia Medik.
- Heterocarpus Wight
- Isanthina Rchb. ex Steud.
- Larnalles Raf.
- Lechea Lour.
- Nephralles Raf.
- Omphalotheca Hassk.
- Ovidia Raf.
- Phaeosphaerion Hassk.
- Spathodithyros Hassk.
- Trithyrocarpus Hassk.
- English
- Wandering Jew
Commelina Plum. ex L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 1, 2001 | Ryan, P. [352], Cameroon | K000108811 | ||
Uganda | 2231.000 | |||
Verdcourt, B. [235], Tanzania | 4573.000 | |||
Dawkins, H.C. [374], Uganda | 4575.000 | |||
Tweedie, E.M. [4083], Kenya | 34086.000 | |||
Tweedie, E.M. [1350], Kenya | 38440.000 | |||
Tweedie, E.M. [1350], Kenya | 6049.079 | |||
Polhill, R. [1177], Tanzania | 3717.000 | |||
Jones [6], Argentina | 45484.000 | |||
Hunt, D.R. [7165], Mexico | 32925.000 | |||
Tweedie [693A], Kenya | 2226.000 | |||
Tweedie [468A], Kenya | 2227.000 | |||
Tweedie [580A], Kenya | 2229.000 | |||
Tweedie [753], Kenya | 2230.000 | |||
Bax, R.D. [P.], Tanzania | 2228.000 | |||
Bax, R.D. [E], Tanzania | 2232.000 | |||
Bax, R.D. [0], Tanzania | 2233.000 | |||
Scott, H., Ethiopia | 2234.000 | |||
Cribb, P. [10100], Tanzania | 37197.000 | |||
Cribb, P. [10535], Tanzania | 37244.000 | |||
Rico, L. [1609], Bolivia | K000295250 | |||
Rico, L. [1552], Bolivia | K000295291 | |||
Davis, A.P. [3116], Madagascar | 76553.000 | |||
Pollard, B.J. [1095], Cameroon | 77353.000 | |||
Gerard, P. [Cat. no. 8985], India | K001132021 | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8985], India | K001132022 | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8985], Nepal | K001132023 | |||
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8985] | K001132024 | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8982] | K001132016 | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8984], India | K001132019 | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8985], India | K001132020 | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8985] | K001132025 | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8985] | K001132026 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 40 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- F.T.A. 8: 33.
- Sp. Pl. 40 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by R. B. Faden [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
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