Commelina maculata
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643ff4232d08d078038740 |
| Scientific name | Commelina maculata |
| Authority | Edgew. |
| First published in | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 89 (1846) |
Description Top
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Commelina maculata is a type of herbaceous plant that belongs to the dayflower family and is commonly found in India, Burma, Bhutan, and southern China. It is typically found in forest margins, grasslands, roadsides, and moist ditches. This species is known for its short-stalked spathes with fused margins that usually grow in clusters of two or three and have flowers that barely protrude from the mouth of the spathe. It is very similar to another species, Commelina paludosa, and more research is needed to distinguish between the two. C. paludosa is characterized by larger and more numerous spathes that form a head of four to ten clusters, as well as larger leaves, a more upright growth habit, less branching, and thicker stems. In comparison, C. maculata has smaller heads of only two to three spathes, low-growing stems, numerous branches, slender stems that root at the nodes, and smaller leaves.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Commelina obliqua var. viscida | C.B.Clarke | Monogr. Phan. 3: 178. 1881 |
| Commelina paludosa var. viscida | (C.B.Clarke) R.S.Rao & Kammathy | Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3: 168 1961 publ. 1962 |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | وعلان مبقع |
| Chinese | 地地藕 |
| Chinese | 小竹叶菜 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Asia-temperate click to expand
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China
- China South-central
- Tibet
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China
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Asia-tropical click to expand
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Indian Subcontinent
- Assam
- East Himalaya
- India
- Nepal
- West Himalaya
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Indo-China
- Myanmar
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Malesia
- Malaya
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Indian Subcontinent
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000359894 |
| Tropicos | 50045655 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:172182-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-234025 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 3945256 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 2039275 |
| IPNI | 172182-1 |
| GBIF | 2764447 |
| Freebase | /m/0j9qc5z |
| EOL | 1122716 |
| Wikipedia | Commelina_maculata |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |