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Commelina diffusa Burm.f. 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 233842) with original publication details: Fl. Indica 18 1768.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:172020-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Commelina agraria Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina agraria var. prostrata (Kunth) Seub.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina agraria var. repens Seub.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina aquatica J.K.Morton	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina caespitosa Roxb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina cajennensis Kunth [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina canariensis C.Sm.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina cayennensis Rich.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis Engelm. ex Kunth [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina communis Walter [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina diffusa subsp. aquatica (J.K.Morton) Ogwal	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina diffusa var. cordispatha Rohweder	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina diffusa subsp. diffusa	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina diffusa var. diffusa	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Commelina diffusa f. glabra (G.Mey.) Rohweder	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina diffusa var. major Kayama	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina formosa Graham	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina glabra G.Mey.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina gracilis Ruiz & Pav.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina gracilis var. glabrata C.Presl	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina longicaulis Jacq.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina nudiflora f. agraria (Kunth) C.B.Clarke	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina nudiflora var. glabrata (G.Mey.) C.B.Clarke	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina nudiflora var. sellowiana (Kunth) Hicken	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Commelina nudiflora var. werneana (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina obtusifolia Vahl	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina ochreata Schauer	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina pacifica Vahl	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina pilosa Pers.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina pilosula Rich.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina prostrata Poepp. ex Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina prostrata Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina sellowiana Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Commelina werneana 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 diffusa var. gigas (Small) Faden	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Commelina diffusa subsp. scandens (Welw. ex C.B.Clarke) Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1

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-233842.

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