| Source: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
 
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                            | Name: | Commelina L. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Sp. Pl.: 40. 1753 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Genus | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Lilianae
 Ordo - Commelinales
 Familia - Commelinaceae
 
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                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Allosperma Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Allotria Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ananthopus Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Athyrocarpus Schltdl. ex Benth., nom. illeg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Commelinopsis Pichon | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Dirtea Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Disecocarpus Hassk. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Erxlebia Medik. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Eudipetala Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Hedwigia Medik. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Heterocarpus Wight | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Isanthina Rchb. ex Steud. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Larnalles Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Lechea Lour. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Nephraeles Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Omphalotheca Hassk. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ovidia Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Phaeosphaerion Hassk. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Spathodithyros Hassk. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Trithyrocarpus Hassk. | 
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                          	| Included taxa: | Commelina benghalensis L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Commelina boissieriana C. B. Clarke | 
                          
                          	|  | Commelina chamissonis Klotzsch ex C. B. Clarke | 
                          
                          	|  | Commelina communis L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Commelina diffusa Burm. f. | 
                          
                          	|  | Commelina forsskalii Vahl | 
						  
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		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | Ca Eg Md Rf(C CS) Tcs Uk(U) [Ag] |