Commelinaceae
Commelina

Commelina benghalensis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 41 (1753), nom. cons.
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Canary Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cuba, Egypt, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madeira, New South Wales, North Carolina, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Vanuatu, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Acharya, J., Banerjee, D. & Mukherjee, A. (2009). A contribution to the study of Commelinaceae R.Br. in Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalayas. Pleione 3(1): 18-27.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hassemer, G. (2019). Further advances to the nomenclatural, taxonomic and geographic knowledge of the New World Commelina (Commelinaceae): toward a continental treatment. Phytotaxa 400: 89-122.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2020). Flore du Gabon 55: 1-137. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.
  • Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea). Phytotaxa 171: 1-78.
  • Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 208
  • C. B. Cl. in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 159 (1881)
  • F.T.A. 8: 41
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 55: 519 (1956)
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 176 (1967)
  • Saunders, Handb. W. Afr. Fl. 96 (1958).
  • Sousa in Anais Junta Inv. Col. 5: 49 (1950)
  • Sp. Pl. 41 (1753)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Barger, T.W. & al. (2012). New and noteworthy records for the flora of Alabama. Castanea 77: 257-269.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Berhaut, J. (1988). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 9: 1-522. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fosberg, F.R. (1957). The Maldive islands, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin 58: 1-37.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sheppard, C.R.C. & Seaward, M.R.D. (eds.) (1999). Ecology of the Chagos archipelago: 1-350. Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing, Otley.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by R. B. Faden [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
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  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2010 Cheek, M. [11855] Cameroon K000199746 Yes
Aug 1, 2009 Chancellor, R.J. [12] Uganda K:SPC-02195.000 No
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13537] Cameroon K000580291 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Biye, E. [29] Cameroon K000108404 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9015] Cameroon K000108403 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Schimper, W. [591] Ethiopia K000345575 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Lousha [1597] Ethiopia K000345574 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1998 Buzgo, M. [782] Cameroon K000746706 Yes
Nov 1, 1996 Etuge, M. [3579] Cameroon K000746705 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Schimper. W. [2269] Ethiopia K000345564 Type Yes
Sep 9, 1988 Volkens, G. [2267] Tanzania K000345580 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 20, 1952 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K000345598 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 20, 1952 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K000345599 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pollard, B.J.; Etuge, M.; et al. [627] Cameroon K001422445 Yes
Chandler, P. [2193] Uganda K003074205 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9231] Zambia K001573935 Yes
Tweedie [781] Uganda K003074174 Yes
James, E.P. [s.n.] Uganda K003074208 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8980] K001131999 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hutchinson, W.J. [s.n.] Philippines K003070776 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K003070705 Yes
Tweedie [2302] Kenya K003074249 Yes
Tweedie [2302] Kenya K:SPC-24914.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8980] K001131996 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9826] Tanzania K:SPC-04545.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8980] Burma K001132005 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johnston, H.B. [675] Uganda K003074203 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8625] Zambia K001573956 Yes
{Koorders} [27315ß] Indonesia K003070700 Yes
Polhill, S.F. (Mrs.); Polhill, E. [173] Kenya K003074230 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [637] Uganda K:SPC-04546.000 No
Mathew, B.F. [6283] Kenya K003074222 Yes
Ogwal, E.N. [114] Uganda K003074191 Yes
Dummer, R. [1382] Uganda K003074202 Yes
Chandler, P. [113] Uganda K003074194 Yes
Volkens, G. [2254] Tanzania K000345579 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1746] Cameroon K:SPC-03703.000 No
Chancellor, R.J. [4] Uganda K003074180 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6031] Kenya K003074245 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [4942] Uganda K003074175 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6020] Kenya K003074248 Yes
Martin, W.H.R. [211] Kenya K003074224 Yes
Ogwal, E.N. [138] Uganda K003074210 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6030] Kenya K003074242 Yes
Timberlake, J.R. [223] Kenya K003074250 Yes
Ogwal, E.N. [122] Uganda K003074190 Yes
Polhill, E. [110] Kenya K003074236 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B.; Newbould, J. [3491] Kenya K003074217 Yes
Jarrett, T. [503] Uganda K003074181 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P452] Uganda K003074184 Yes
Lewis, W.H. [5961] Kenya K003074238 Yes
Mamit, J.D. [S.41089] Malaysia K003070703 Yes
Darbyshire, P.J. [729] Papua New Guinea K003070793 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8980] K001131998 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ogwal, E.N. [123] Uganda K003074188 Yes
Tweedie [4056] Kenya K003074233 Yes
Wiltshire, F.M. [3A(3)] Kenya K003074246 Yes
Ogwal, E.N. [125] Uganda K003074187 Yes
Ogwal, E.N. [[130]] Uganda K003074192 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [8269] Philippines K003070777 Yes
Ogwal, E.N. [107] Uganda K003074176 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8980] India K001132002 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [202] K003070701 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P3230] Uganda K003074186 Yes
[Eadvi Yiti] [YITI8] Uganda K003074177 Yes
McDonald, J.A.; Sunaryo [4497] Indonesia K003070706 Yes
s.coll. [22] K003070697 Yes
Mathew, B. [6581] Kenya K:SPC-06049.172 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8980] K001132007 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerfoot, O. [4941] Uganda K003074178 Yes
Rose, F. [10028] Uganda K003074211 Yes
Tweedie [787] Kenya K003074241 Yes
Ogwal, E.N. [123] Uganda K003074189 Yes
Chandler, P. [1113] Uganda K003074195 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [755] Uganda K:SPC-02192.000 No
Ogwal, E.N. [138] Uganda K003074209 Yes
Verdcourt [827] Uganda K003074193 Yes
Etuge, M. [1613] Cameroon K000108405 Yes
Verdcourt, B.; Polhill, R.M. [305] Kenya K:SPC-04547.000 No
Verdcourt [755] Uganda K003074171 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [18220] Philippines K003070778 Yes
Wallace, A.R. [s.n.] K003070698 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6129] Kenya K003074240 Yes
Kahurananga, J.; Kibui, K. [2857] Kenya K003074237 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [344] Philippines K003070773 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [761] Kenya K003074231 Yes
Lind, E. (Dr.) [421] Uganda K003074199 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8980] Burma K001132004 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13181] Kenya K003074223 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8980] K001132006 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [5590] Kenya K003074218 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [74] Tanzania K:SPC-02190.000 No
Lind, E. (Dr.) [424] Uganda K003074198 Yes
Kuswata; Soepadmo [201] Indonesia K003070696 Yes
Loher, A. [1945] Philippines K003070775 Yes
Pearson, A.A. [P.53] Christmas Island K003070707 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P2764] Uganda K003074185 Yes
Cheek, M. [11112] Cameroon K000199749 Yes
Powell, D.A. [328] Christmas Island K003070708 Yes
Roscoe, J. [s.n.] Uganda K003074183 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [4944] Uganda K003074179 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1091] Tanzania K:SPC-03727.000 No
Mathew, B.F. [6611] Kenya K003074219 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [969] Kenya K:SPC-12960.000 No
Chancellor, R.J. [4] Uganda K:SPC-02188.000 No
Carter, S.; B.Stannard [503] Kenya K003074214 Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [983] Kenya K:SPC-02193.000 No
Harger, R.; Napier, E.R. [32] Kenya K003074239 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [1053] Kenya K003074243 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6835] Kenya K003074221 Yes
Froggatt, J.L. [30] Papua New Guinea K003070792 Yes
Shillito, E.H. (Mrs.) [97] Uganda K003074213 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8980] K001131997 Unknown Type Material Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1043] Tanzania K:SPC-03783.000 No
Bally; Smith, A.R. [B14831] Kenya K003074215 Yes
Faden, A. [87/55] Kenya K003074232 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [2340] Kenya K003074235 Yes
Powell, J.A. [[Illegible]] Christmas Island K003070709 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [4486] Uganda K003074200 Yes
Lörzing, J.A. [12948] Indonesia K003070702 Yes
Hazel, C. [93] Uganda K003074182 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8980] K001131995 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harker, K.W. [139] Uganda K003074207 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [D637] Uganda K003074173 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jaeger, P.M.L. [7123] Kenya K003074225 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6581] Kenya K003074220 Yes
{Merrill} [s.n.] Philippines K003070772 Yes
[T. Walliand] [288] Uganda K003074206 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8980] India K001132008 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lewis, W.H. [5996] Uganda K003074172 Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [3116] Kenya K:SPC-06049.197 No
Barnes, E. [1501] India K:SPC-26173.000 No
Timberlake, J.R. [223] Kenya K003074251 Yes
Bax, R.D. [A.] Tanzania K:SPC-02189.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [4056] Kenya K:SPC-34077.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8980] K001132000 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dummer, R. [811] Uganda K003074201 Yes
Tweedie [3116] Kenya K003074228 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8980] Nepal K001132003 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lye [9102] Kenya K003074227 Yes
Tanzania K:SPC-06049.107 No
Newbould, J.G.B.; Newbould, J. [3167] Kenya K003074216 Yes
Dummer, R. [811] Uganda K003074204 Yes
Moseley [s.n.] Philippines K003070774 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jaeger, P.M.L. [7071] Kenya K003074226 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [2340] Kenya K003074234 Yes
Motley, J. [358] Indonesia K003070699 Yes
Lucas, G.Ll. [270] Kenya K:SPC-23372.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8980] K001132001 Unknown Type Material Yes
Symes, Y.E. [432] Uganda K003074197 Yes
Symes, Y.E. [432] Uganda K003074212 Yes
Darbyshire, P.J. [658] Papua New Guinea K003070794 Yes
Brodhurst-Hill [331] Kenya K003074247 Yes
Davis, D. [33] Kenya K003074244 Yes
Chandler, P. [1131] Uganda K003074196 Yes
George, R. [S.43100] Malaysia K003070704 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9900] Tanzania K:SPC-02191.000 No
Ritchie [751] India Commelina hirsuta K000795238 Yes

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