Commelina diffusa
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643ff3eca08ff726258802 |
| Scientific name | Commelina diffusa |
| Authority | Burm.f. |
| First published in | Fl. Indica : 18 (1768) |
Description Top
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Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Commelina communis | Walter | Fl. Carol. 68. 1788 (1788) |
| Commelina nudiflora var. werneana | (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke | Fl. Cap. 7: 9. 1897 |
| Commelina nudiflora var. sellowiana | (Kunth) Hicken |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | spreading dayflower |
| English | birdbill dayflower |
| English | climbing dayflower |
| English | creeping day flower |
| Arabic | وعلان منتشر |
| Bambara | nkɛɛrɛnworo |
| Bengali | চিত্রপত্রী |
| Malayalam | വാഴപ്പടത്തി |
| Marathi | केनी |
| Sinhala | මහ ගිරාපලා |
| Thai | ผักปลาบนา |
| Vietnamese | thài lài trắng |
| Chinese | 节节木贼 |
| Chinese | 竹节花 |
| Chinese | 竹仔菜 |
| Chinese | 節節草 |
| Chinese | 节节草 |
| Chinese | 竹节菜 |
| Chinese | 竹节草 |
Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
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| Commelina diffusa subsp. diffusa | Unknown | |
| Commelina diffusa subsp. violacea | Faden | Taxon 52: 832 (2003) |
Varieties (abbr. var.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
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| Commelina diffusa var. gigas | (Small) Faden | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80: 213 (1993) |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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East Tropical Africa
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Macaronesia
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- Madeira
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Middle Atlantic Ocean
- Ascension
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Northeast Tropical Africa
- Chad
- Ethiopia
- Sudan
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South Tropical Africa
- Angola
- Malawi
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Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Cape Provinces
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- Namibia
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West Tropical Africa
- Benin
- Burkina
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Mali
- Niger
- Nigeria
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- Togo
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West-central Tropical Africa
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Gulf Of Guinea Islands
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- Zaïre
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Central America
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Northern South America
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Southern South America
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Western South America
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Brazil
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000358648 |
| Flora of Alabama | 3843 |
| USDA Plants | CODI5 |
| Tropicos | 8300012 |
| INPN | 446169 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:172020-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-233842 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 212154 |
| Observations.org | 197722 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 428226 |
| NBN Atlas | NHMSYS0000457434 |
| Nature Serve | 2.150962 |
| IUCN Red List | 177028 |
| IPNI | 172020-1 |
| iNaturalist | 240101 |
| iNaturalist | 160818 |
| GBIF | 2764202 |
| Freebase | /m/03d4f7k |
| EPPO | COMDI |
| EOL | 1122770 |
| Elurikkus | 298833 |
| USDA GRIN | 311533 |
| Wikipedia | Commelina_diffusa |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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