Dictyospermum conspicuum (Blume) J. K. Morton

The single collection from Yunnan, C. W. Wang 79431, has taller stems and larger leaves, but is sterile. It might be Dictyospermum ovalifolium Wight (from S and SE Asia and Australia), which differs in having only 2 fertile stamens.

Roots very slender. Rhizomes horizontal, with brown-yellow sheaths at nodes; branches penetrating base of leaf sheaths. Stems ascending or erect, 10--35(--70) cm; proximal internodes to 14 cm, glabrous. Leaves mostly aggregated at apex of stems; leaf sheath brown or brown-yellow, to 2.5 cm, glabrous or ciliate; proximal leaf blades very small, distal ones larger, elliptic, 7--17 × 2--5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, base attenuate into short petiole, apex shortly acuminate to caudate-acuminate. Panicle terminal, shorter than apical leaves, usually of several lax cincinni each to 5 cm; peduncle nearly absent or to 2 cm; panicle axis densely hooked puberulent; involucral bracts brown, less than 10 mm; bracts small, caducous; pedicels 3--5 mm, usually slightly curved, glabrous. Sepals boat-shaped, 2.5--3 mm, glabrous, persistent. Petals white. Fertile stamens 3; filaments glabrous. Capsule ovoid-globose, subtrigonous, 5--6 × ca. 4 mm, apex acute; pericarp yellow, shiny, crustaceous. Seeds brownish gray, oblong, planoconvex, radiate verrucose, crossed by a striate sculpture at equator. Fl. May--Jul, fr. until next May.

Hainan, ?SW Yunnan (Jinghong Xian) [India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].

Ravine forests or shaded and humid places; near sea level to 1200 m.

Commelina conspicua Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 4. 1827; Aneilema conspicuum (Blume) Kunth.

Dictyospermum conspicuum là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Commelinaceae. Loài này được (Blume) J.K.Morton mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1966.

网籽草（学名：Dictyospermum conspicuum）是鸭跖草科网籽草属的植物。分布于印度尼西亚、印度以及中国大陆的云南、海南等地，生长于海拔680米至1,200米的地区，一般生长在山谷林下及沟谷阴处，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。