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Day Flower

Commelina benghalensis L.

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Commelina benghalensis (Day Flower) is a species of annual herb in the family Commelinaceae. They are native to Botswana, The Philippines, Sri Lanka, Japan, Somalia, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Lesotho, Guinea, Nepal, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, South Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Benin, Swaziland, Cameroon, Uganda, India, Malawi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Tanzania, Togo, Micronesia, Namibia, Pakistan, Gambia, Kenya, Rwanda, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Bhutan, and Zambia. Flowers are visited by Ceratina nyassensis, Apis cerana, and Honey bee.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980071
Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span ends within one year after germination, e.g. a winter annual germinating in the autumn and flowering in the spring (esp. in Mediterranean climates), approximately synonymous to therophyte, c.f. biennial, ephemeral, perennial, c.f. also of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic.
Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossarya_h.html#annual

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/933860

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/1694008

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/1227603

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/1861060

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/51537

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/1062947

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/932692

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2420477

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/1282988

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/223816

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/953987

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/337996

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2395170

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/934841

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2233387

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/226074

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/1269750

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/927384

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/1643084

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6942346

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/149590

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2363686

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q702

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3355338

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q974

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EOL has data for 18 attributes, including:

cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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India
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1269750
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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tropical
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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terrestrial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446
- Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
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life cycle habit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0002725
- Definition: Determined for type of life cycle being annual, biennial, perennial etc.
- Comment: The life cycle habit indicates the typical duration of an individual plant's life. Common values are annual, biennial, and perennial. Some plants have different durations depending on environment or location, so a plant can have more than one value.
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annual
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980071
- Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span ends within one year after germination, e.g. a winter annual germinating in the autumn and flowering in the spring (esp. in Mediterranean climates), approximately synonymous to therophyte, c.f. biennial, ephemeral, perennial, c.f. also of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic.
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossarya_h.html#annual
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native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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Sri Lanka
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1227603
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plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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herb
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
- Definition: whole plant herbaceous
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plant lifeform
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900022
- Definition: whole plant lifeform
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lithophyte
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1321691
- Definition: plants that grow in or on rocks
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population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Stable
produces
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0003000
- Definition: This organism produces this material or substance, either during its life or after death. A produces B if some process that occurs in A has output B.
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oxygen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15379
- Definition: molecular oxygen, O2
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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photoautotroph
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
- Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universität Berlin
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15534
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Day Flower. View this species on GBIF

Günter Baumann cc-by-nc-sa-3.0