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The genus Commelina is in the family Commelinaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Commelina

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Commelina acutispatha De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina acutissima Urb.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina africana L.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina agrostophylla F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina albescens Hassk.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina albiflora Faden	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina amplexicaulis Hassk.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina angustissima K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina appendiculata C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina arenicola Faden	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina ascendens J.K.Morton	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina aspera G.Don ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina attenuata K.D.Koenig ex Vahl	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina aurantiiflora Faden & Raynsf.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina auriculata Blume	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina avenifolia J.Graham	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina bambusifolia Matuda	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina bambusifolioides Matuda	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina bangii Rusby	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina barbata Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina beccariana Martelli	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina bella Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina benghalensis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina bequaertii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina bianoensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina boissieriana C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina bracteosa Hassk.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina bravoa Matuda	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina cameroonensis J.K.Morton	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina capitata Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina caroliniana Walter	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina carsonii C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina cecilae C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina chamissonis Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina ciliata Stanley	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina claessensii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina clarkeana K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina clavata C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina coelestis Willd.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina communis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina congesta C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina congestipantha López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina corbisieri De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina corradii Chiov. ex Chiarugi	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina crassicaulis C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina critica De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina cufodontii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina cuneata C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina cyanea R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina dammeriana K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina deflexa Rusby	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina dekindtiana Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina demissa C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina dianthifolia Delile	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina diffusa Burm.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina disperma Faden	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina droogmansiana De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina echinosperma K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina echinulata Lebrun & Taton	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina eckloniana Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina elgonensis Bullock	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina elliptica Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina ensifolia R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina erecta L.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina fasciculata Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina firma Welw. ex C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina fluviatilis Brenan	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina foliacea Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina forsskalii Vahl	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina frutescens Faden	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina gelatinosa Edgew.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina geniculata Ham.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina giorgii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina gourmaensis A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina grandis Brenan	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina grossa C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina guaranitica C.B.Clarke ex Chodat & Hassl.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina haitiensis Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina heterosperma Blatt. & Hallb.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina hispida Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina hockii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina holubii C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina homblei De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina huillensis Welw. ex C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina humblotii H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina imberbis Ehrenb. ex Hassk.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina indehiscens E.Barnes	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina irumuensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina jaliscana Matuda	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina jamesonii C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina kapiriensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina kilanga De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina kilimandscharica K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina kisantuensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina kituloensis Faden	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina lagosensis C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina lanceolata R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina latifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina leiocarpa Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina livingstonii C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina longicapsa C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina longifolia Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina loureiroi Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina lukei Faden	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina lukonzolwensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina luteiflora De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina luzonensis Elmer	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina macrospatha Gilg & Ledermann ex Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina macrosperma J.K.Morton	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina maculata Edgew.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina madagascarica C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina major H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina martyrum H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina mascarenica C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina mathewsii (C.B.Clarke) Faden & D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina melanorrhiza Faden	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina membranacea Robyns	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina mensensis Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina merkeri K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina microspatha K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina milne-redheadii Faden	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina minor Y.N.Lee & Y.C.Oh	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina modesta Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina montigena H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina mwatayamvoana P.A.Duvign. & Dewit	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina nairobiensis Faden	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina neurophylla C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina nigritana Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina nivea López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina nyasensis C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina obliqua Vahl	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina obscura K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina oligotricha Miq.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina opulens C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina orchidophylla Faden & Layton	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina paleata Hassk.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina pallida Willd.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina paludosa Blume	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina petersii Hassk.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina petiolata Abeyw.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina phaeochaeta Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch ex Seub.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina polhillii Faden & M.H.Alford	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina praecox T.C.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina pseudopurpurea Faden	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina pseudoscaposa De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina purpurea C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina pycnospatha Brenan	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina pynaertii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina pyrrhoblepharis Hassk.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina quarrei De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina queretarensis López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina quitensis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina ramosissima López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina ramulosa (C.B.Clarke) H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina reptans Brenan	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina reticulata Stanley	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina reygaertii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina rhodesica Norl.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina robynsii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina rogersii Burtt Davy	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina rosulata Faden & Layton	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina ruandensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina rufipes Seub.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina rufociliata C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina rupicola Font Quer ex Emb. & Maire	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina rzedowskii López-Ferr., Espejo & Ceja	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina sabatieri C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina saxatilis H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina saxosa De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina scabra Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina scaposa C.B.Clarke ex De Wild. & T.Durand	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina schinzii C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina schliebenii Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina schomburgkiana Klotzsch	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina shinsendaensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina sikkimensis C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina singularis Vell.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina socorrogonzaleziae Espejo & López-Ferr.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina somalensis Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina spectabilis C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina sphaerorrhizoma Faden & Layton	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina standleyi Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina stefaniniana Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina stolzii Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina subcucullata C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina subscabrifolia De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina subulata Roth	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina suffruticosa Blume	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina sylvatica De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina texcocana Matuda	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina thomasii Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina trachysperma Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina transversifolia De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina triangulispatha Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina tricarinata Stanley	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina tricolor E.Barnes	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina trilobosperma K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina tuberosa L.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina umbellata Schumach. & Thonn.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina undulata R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina ussilensis Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina vanderystii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina velutina Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina vermoesenii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina villosa C.B.Clarke ex Chodat & Hassl.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina virginica L.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina welwitschii C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina wightii Raizada	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina zambesica C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina zenkeri C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina zeylanica Falkenb.	Accepted		WCSP
Commelina zigzag P.A.Duvign. & Dewit	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 566 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Commelina. Of these 214 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 121 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Commelina. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 566 species names for the genus Commelina recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	214	37.8%
◕	Synonym	321	56.7%
◕	Unplaced	25	4.4%
◕	Unassessed	6	1.1%

All names

The status of the 687 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Commelina recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	237	34.5%
◕	Synonym	419	61.0%
◕	Unplaced	25	3.6%
◕	Unassessed	6	0.9%

Of these names,

• 27 are recorded as invalid
• 33 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 566 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Commelina, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	214	308	0	0	522	92.2%
	Medium confidence	0	13	0	0	13	2.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	25	6	31	5.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Commelina, are as follows: