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Commelina communis L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Commelina (family Commelinaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 233794) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 40 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319150-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Commelina barbata Bojer	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis f. alba Ti Chen	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis f. albiflora Makino	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis var. angustifolia Nakai	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis f. aureostriata MacKeever	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis f. caeruleopurpurascens Makino	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis var. ciliata Masam.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis f. ciliata (Masam.) Murata	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis var. communis	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis subsp. exserta Pennell	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis var. exserta (Pennell) F.G.Bernard	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina coreana H.Lév.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina polygama Roth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina vulgaris DC.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina willdenowii Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disecocarpus polygamus (Roth) Hassk.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Commelina communis var. ludens (Miq.) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-233794.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed