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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Commelina
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Commelina aspera Benth.
Recognized by Flora of Zimbabwe
Commelina
Recognized by Flora of Zimbabwe
Commelina
Genus recognized by Eswatini Species List, Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, Pignatti, 1982, wikipedia FI, wikipedia CA, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Afghanistan Species List, Angola Species List, Austria Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Benin Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Chad Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Eritrea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Honduras Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Hungary Species List, India Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kenya Species List, Laos Species List, Lesotho Species List, Liberia Species List, Libya Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mali Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Mauritania Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, Nepal Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, North Korean Species List, Norway Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Reunion Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Rwanda Species List, Samoa Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, Somalia Species List, South Korea Species List, South Sudan Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Suriname Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Uruguay Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia HSB, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, Ceram Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, USDA PLANTS images, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Commelina Plum. ex L.

Alternative Names

Athyrocarpus leiocarpus (Benth.) Benth. & Hook. fil.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Callisia serrulata (Vahl) Christenh. & Byng
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina aequinoctialis Roem. & Schult.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina aequinoxialis P. Beauv.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina africana Mirb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina africana L.)
Commelina africana Vahl
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina africana L.)
Commelina alba Buch.-Ham.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina angustifolia Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina angustifolia Kellogg ex Curran
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina angustifolia Hort.Berol.)
Commelina aspera G. Don
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina assurgens Larrañaga
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina attenuata publ
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina attenuata B. Heyne
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina auriculata E. Mey.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina bahiensis Willd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina baidoensis Chiov.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina bakueana A. Chev.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina barbata Sieber
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina barbata Sieber ex C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina barbata Lam.)
Commelina benghalensis Vahl
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina benghalensis L.)
Commelina benghalensis Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina benghalensis L.)
Commelina bibracteata Wied-Neuw.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina boucheana Roem. & Schult.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina cajannensis Sieber
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina cajannensis Sieber ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina capitata Klotzsch
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina capitata Klotzsch ex C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina capitata Benth.)
Commelina cardiocephala Kunze
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina caroliniana Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina caroliniana Walter)
Commelina chamissonis Klotzsch
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina clandestina Mart. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina clarkeana De Wild. & T. Durand
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina clarkeana K.Schum.)
Commelina commelinoides Forssk.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina communis F. Muell.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina communis Roxb.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina communis Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina communis L.)
Commelina corradii Chiov.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina corradii Chiov. ex Chiarugi)
Commelina cyanantha Rojas
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina debilis Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina deficiens Herb. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina deficiens Van Houtte
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina deficiens Herb. ex Steud.)
Commelina dianthifolia (Delile)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina dianthifolia Redouté)
Commelina diffusa publ
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina diffusa Vahl
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina diffusa Burm.f.)
Commelina diffusa Willd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina diffusa Willd. ex Kunth
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina diffusa Zoll.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina dubia (Delile)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina dubia Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina dubia (Delile))
Commelina ecbinulata Lebrun & Taton
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina erecta Chapm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina erecta L.)
Commelina erecta Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina erecta L.)
Commelina erecta Thonn.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina erecta L.)
Commelina erecta Vahl
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina erecta L.)
Commelina esculenta Herb. Madr.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina esculenta Herb. Madr. ex Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina fastigiata Schltr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina firma Welw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina forskailii Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina geniculata Sessé & Moc.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina geniculata Ham.)
Commelina glabrata Kunth
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina gourmaca A. Chev.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina graminifolia Pav.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina graminifolia Pav. ex C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina graminifolia Sessé & Moc.)
Commelina graminifolia Sessé & Moc.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina grandiflora Ten.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina guaranitica C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina guaranitica C.B.Clarke ex Chodat & Hassl.)
Commelina harcocuskii Hort. Pillnitz.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina harcocuskii Hort. Pillnitz. ex Ten.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina hirsuta Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina hirsuta (Wight) Bedd.)
Commelina hirsuta R. Br.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina hirsuta Willd.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina hirsuta (Wight) Bedd.)
Commelina hoffmanni Hassk.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina huillensis Welw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina humilis Klotzsch
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina ignorata Kunth
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina imberbis Ehrenb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina japonica Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina karwinskiana Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina karwinskii Mart.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina lanuginosa B. Heyne ex Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina latifolia Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina latifolia Hochst. ex C. B. Clarke
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina longicaulis Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina longifolia Michx.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina longifolia Thwaites
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina loniceroides Engl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina lonqifolia Spreng.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina lunata Heyne
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina macrospatha Gilg & Ledermann
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina maculata Chiov.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina maculata Edgew.)
Commelina montana K. Schum.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina montana K. Schum. ex Engl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina multicaulis Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina nigritana Baker
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina nilagirica Steud.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina nitens Hort. Pilinitz.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina nitens Hort. Pilinitz. ex Ten.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina obliqua Buch.-Ham.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina obliqua Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina orchioides Booth
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina orchioides Roth
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina orchioides Roth ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina pallida De Wild.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina pallida Willd.)
Commelina pallida Schltdl.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina paludosa Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina paludosa Blume)
Commelina paniculata Hill
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina paniculata Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina paniculata Hill)
Commelina persicariifolia Wight
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina phalangoides Crantz
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina pilosa Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch ex Seub.)
Commelina pseudo-zanonia Kunth
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina puberula Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina pubescens Hornem.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina pubescens Klotzsch
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina pubescens Klotzsch ex C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina pubescens Hornem.)
Commelina pubinervis Hassk.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina radiciflora R. Br.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina rafinesquei Kunth
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina rara Roxb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina rara Roxb. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina repens Roxb. & H. Heyne
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina rhizocarpa Afzel.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina rorigera Fisch.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina rorigera Fisch. ex Ten.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina rotusta Kunth
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina rubens Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina rumphii Kostel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina rupicola Font Quer
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina rupicola Font Quer ex Emb. & Maire)
Commelina rupiphraga Koidz.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina salicifolia Bojer
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina scandens Welw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina scapigera Hort. Berol.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina scaposa C. B. Clarke
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina schimperiana Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina schoubertii Zucc.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina semi-ovata Buch.-Ham.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina setosa Wight
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina speciosa Heller
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina spirata Koen.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina spirata Koen. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina striata Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina striata Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina subaurantiaca Hochst.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina sulcata Hoffmanns.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina sulcata Willd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina tuberosa Billb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina tuberosa Billb. ex Beurl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina tuberosa L.)
Commelina tuberosa Burm.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina tuberosa Burm. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina tuberosa L.)
Commelina undulata Benth.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina vaginata Heyne
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina vaginata Heyne ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Commelina vaginata Sonn.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina vaginata Sonn. ex C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina vaginata Heyne ex Steud.)
Commelina villosiuscula Sol.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Commelina virginica G. Forst.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina virginica L.)
Commelina wightii Rao Rolla
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Commelina wightii Raizada)
Disecocarpus kotschyi Hassk.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Larnalles dichotoma Raf.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Larnalles glauca Raf.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Phaeosphaerion leiocarpum (Benth.) Hassk.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia biflora Willd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Allosperma Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Allotria Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ananthopus Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Athyrocarpus Schltdl. ex Benth.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Commelina L. 1753
Authority according to NCBI
Commelinopsis Pichon
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Dirtea Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Disecocarpus Hassk.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Erxlebia Medik.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Eudipetala Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Hedwigia Medik.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Heterocarpus Wight
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Isanthina Rchb. ex Steud.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Larnalles Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Lechea Lour.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Nephralles Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Omphalotheca Hassk.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ovidia Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Phaeosphaerion Hassk.
Phaeosphaerion Hassk.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Spathodithyros Hassk.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Trithyrocarpus Hassk.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

dayflower preferred

Arabic

وعلان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Kommelina preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

комелина preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

鸭跖草属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

křížatka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Soljot preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Tagblumen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

קומלינה preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hindi

कनकाऊवा preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Erba Miseria preferred
Recognized by Pignatti, 1982

Japanese

ツユクサ属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

닭의장풀속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

കോമെലിന preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

dagblomslekta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

برگ‌بیدی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Komelina preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Коммелина preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sango

Vinndoli preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Himmelsblommor preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tongan

Mohuku vai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Gün çiçeği preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Upper Sorbian

Módrjenk preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Chi Thài lài preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

وعلان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

کوملینا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

鸭跖草属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

鸭跖草属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

鴨跖草屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

鴨跖草屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

鴨跖草屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Commelina

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Commelina (this page)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Commelina Plum. ex L. (this page)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Commelina (this page)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Commelina (this page)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Commelina (this page)

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Commelina L. (this page)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Embryophyta siphonogama
Angiospermae
Monocotyledoneae
Enantioblastae
Commelinaceae
Commelinoideae
Commelineae
Commelina (this page)