Commelina communis

Characteristics
Angiosperms (Monocots)
COMMELINACEAE
Commelina
Commelina communis L.
Asiatic Dayflower; Common Dayflower
Herb
Annual
Vascular
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Not Native FAC (NWPL)
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Classification
Commelinales
Commelina
Commelina communis L. - Asiatic Dayflower; Common Dayflower
Citation
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358061>Commelina communis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 40–41. 1753.</a>
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<a href=http://linnean-online.org/847/>Without data (lectotype: LINN 65.1). Lectotypified by Faden & Reveal, in C.E. Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 36. 1993.</a>
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Commelina communis - Richard Buckner -
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Commelina communis, spathe - Richard Buckner -
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