Commelina eckloniana

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Commelina eckloniana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Commelina
Species:
C. eckloniana
Binomial name
Commelina eckloniana
Kunth, 1843 [1]
Synonyms

Commelina eckloniana is an herbaceous plant in the dayflower family with a broad distribution in Central and East Africa.

It ranges from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania in the east, west through Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, and Malawi, into the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. It is considered one of the most diverse species in Africa. Its distinctive characteristics include a fused spathe with sparse hairs, blue flowers with bilocular ovaries, and nearly square fruits containing four seeds that are roughly spherical. It currently contains five subspecies, and at times has been split into five separate species that mostly correspond to the currently recognised subspecies. However, some of the subspecies may be functioning as species, and further study is needed to resolve the question of species limits in this group. [7]

Subspecies [8]
  1. Commelina eckloniana subsp. claessensii(De Wild.) Faden - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
  2. Commelina eckloniana subsp. critica(De Wild.) Faden - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
  3. Commelina eckloniana subsp. echinosperma(K.Schum.) Faden - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia
  4. Commelina eckloniana subsp. eckloniana - Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini
  5. Commelina eckloniana subsp. nairobiensis(Faden) Faden - Kenya
  6. Commelina eckloniana subsp. thikaensisFaden - Kenya

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  1. Pycnostachys abyssinicaFresen. - Ethiopia
  2. Pycnostachys angolensisG.Taylor - Angola
  3. Pycnostachys batesiiBaker - Cameroon, Zaïre, Sudan, Uganda
  4. Pycnostachys chevalieriBriq. - Central African Republic
  5. Pycnostachys ciliataBramley - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
  6. Pycnostachys coeruleaHook. - East Africa from Ethiopia to Botswana; Madagascar
  7. Pycnostachys congensisGürke - Zaïre, Zambia
  8. Pycnostachys de-wildemanianaRobyns & Lebrun - East Africa from Burundi to Zimbabwe
  9. Pycnostachys deflexifoliaBaker - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  10. Pycnostachys descampsiiBriq. - Zaïre
  11. Pycnostachys elliotiiS.Moore - Zaïre, Uganda
  12. Pycnostachys eminiiGürke - from Cameroon to Ethiopia + Tanzania
  13. Pycnostachys erici-roseniiR.E.Fr - Zaïre, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda
  14. Pycnostachys goetzeniiGürke - Zaïre, Uganda, Rwanda
  15. Pycnostachys gracilisR.D.Good - Angola
  16. Pycnostachys graminifoliaPerkins - Tanzania
  17. Pycnostachys kassneriDe Wild - Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania
  18. Pycnostachys lancifoliaBramley - Tanzania
  19. Pycnostachys meyeriGürke - western + central Africa
  20. Pycnostachys nepetifoliaBaker - Kenya
  21. Pycnostachys niamniamensisGürke - South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda
  22. Pycnostachys orthodontaGürke - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania
  23. Pycnostachys parvifoliaBaker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi
  24. Pycnostachys prittwitziiPerkins - Zambia, Tanzania
  25. Pycnostachys pseudospeciosaBuscal. & Muschl. - Zaïre, Zambia
  26. Pycnostachys recurvataRyding - Ethiopia
  27. Pycnostachys reticulata(E.Mey.) Benth. - central + southern Africa
  28. Pycnostachys ruandensisDe Wild. - east-central Africa
  29. Pycnostachys schliebeniiMildbr. - east-central Africa
  30. Pycnostachys schweinfurthiiBriq - western + central Africa
  31. Pycnostachys speciosaGürke - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
  32. Pycnostachys sphaerocephalaBaker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaïre
  33. Pycnostachys stuhlmanniiGürke - central Africa
  34. Pycnostachys umbrosa(Vatke) Perkins - Kenya, Tanzania
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  36. Pycnostachys verticillataBaker - Zambia, Tanzania
<i>Commelina africana</i> Species of plant in the genus Commelina

Commelina africana, the common yellow commelina, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae. It is native to Sub‑Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, and the Arabian Peninsula, and has been introduced to India. It is occasionally consumed as a leaf vegetable, and occasionally fed to rabbits and pigs.

References

  1. ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund (1843). "Commelyna". Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum. Stuttgart: J.G. Cott. pp.  35–61.
  2. ↑ de Wildeman, Emile Auguste Joseph (1931). Plantae Bequaertianae, Études sur les Récoltes Botaniques du Dr. J. Bequaert, Chargé de Missions au Congo Belge (1913–1915). Vol. 5. Gand: J. Lechevalier. p. 173.
  3. ↑ de Wildeman, É. (1930). "Commelina". Contribution à l'étude de la Flore du Katanga, Supplément (PDF) (in French). Vol. 3. Bruxelles: D. Van Keerberghen. pp. 60–86.
  4. ↑ Schumann, Karl Moritz (1895). "Commelinaceae". In Engler, Adolf (ed.). Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete (in German). Vol. C. Berlin: D. Reimer. pp. 134–137.
  5. ↑ Lebrun, Jean; Taton, A.; Toussaint, L. (1948). Exploration du Parc National de la Kagera: Mission J. Lebrun (1937-1938). Vol. 1. Bruxelles: Institut des parcs nationaux du Congo belge. p. 28. OCLC   496042608.
  6. ↑ Faden, Robert B. (1994). "New Species of Commelina (Commelinaceae) from the Flora of Tropical East Africa". Novon. 4 (3): 224–235. doi:10.2307/3391646. JSTOR   3391646.
  7. ↑ Faden, Robert B. (2012), "Commelinaceae", in Beentje, Henk (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa , Richmond, Surrey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, pp. 182–187, ISBN   978-1-84246-436-6
  8. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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