Commelinaceae
Commelina
Commelina erecta

Commelina erecta subsp. livingstonii (C.B.Clarke) J.K.Morton

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 60: 184 (1967)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical & Subtropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1975 Sihvoner [51] Burkina Faso K000211789 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Sihvoner [156] Burkina Faso K000211790 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [77/586] Kenya K003074625 Yes
Volkens, G. [2147] Tanzania K003074654 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.W.; Kabuye, C.H.S. [70/384] Tanzania K003074661 Yes
Napier, E.R. [6350] Kenya K003074636 Yes
s.coll. [153] Kenya K003074624 Yes
Taiti, S. [s.n.] Kenya K003074631 Yes
Greenway; Kanuri [13163] Tanzania K:SPC-06049.039 No
Katende, A.B. [K693] Uganda K003074614 Yes
Ogwal, E.N. [119] Uganda K003074615 Yes
Ogwal, E.N. [119] Uganda K003074616 Yes
K000345637 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M.; Richards, M. [25420] Tanzania K003074655 Yes
Ward, E.H. [6818] Kenya K003074635 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.W.; Lye, K.; Lock, J.M. [69/1243] Uganda K003074613 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [1861] Kenya K003074628 Yes
s.coll. [B 8249] Botswana K001625407 Yes
Ford, J. [943] Tanzania K003074650 Yes
Bruce, G.M. [30] Tanzania K003074662 Yes
Thulin, M.; B. Mhoro [3167] Tanzania K003074664 Yes
Moore, A. [2] Tanzania K003074646 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [11] Tanzania K003074667 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [544] Kenya K003074637 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000345639 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M.; Arasululu, S. [26893] Tanzania K003074653 Yes
Haarer [1803] Tanzania K003074657 Yes
Wingfield, R. [3762A] Tanzania K003074659 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri; Braun, H. [13163] Tanzania K003074647 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Tanzania K003074652 Yes
Batty, M. (Mrs.) [863] Tanzania K003074663 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.W.; Lye, K. [69/1283] Uganda K003074612 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1010] Kenya K003074633 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000345636 Type Yes
Leippert [6443] Tanzania K003074649 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000345641 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haarer, A.E. [461] Tanzania K003074651 Yes
Pocs, S.; Pocs, T. [88053/N] Tanzania K003074658 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6007] Kenya K003074626 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000345638 Unknown Type Material Yes
Santini, S. [0896] Uganda K003074609 Yes
Tweedie [1693] Kenya K003074627 Yes
Graham, M.D.; Kavirondo, N. [2649] Kenya K003074629 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [3279A] Tanzania K003074666 Yes
[Golin Everard] [EAH11457] Kenya K003074623 Yes
Whyte [s.n.] Malawi K000743540 Lectotype Yes
Ford, J. [943] Tanzania K003074648 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [3279A] Tanzania K003074665 Yes
Haarer, A. [1803] Tanzania K003074656 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Opiko, B. [B672] Kenya K003074630 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1010] Kenya K003074632 Yes
Wilson, J. [616] Uganda K003074610 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.W. [70/47] Kenya K003074634 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K000345640 Unknown Type Material Yes
Musk, H. [96] Tanzania K003074660 Yes
Ogwal, E.N. [102] Uganda K003074611 Yes
Feb 29, 1896 Lea, J., H. M. [s.n.] South Africa Commelina livingstonii K000345669 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 29, 1896 Rehmann, A. [4866] South Africa Commelina livingstonii K000345670 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. [22038] Tanzania Commelina livingstonii K003074671 Yes
Chandler, P. [835] Uganda Commelina livingstonii K003074617 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [755] Tanzania Commelina livingstonii K003074673 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/1189] Kenya Commelina livingstonii K003074640 Yes
Zeyher [1729] South Africa Commelina livingstonii K000345671 Unknown Type Material Yes
Langdale-Brown, I. [1485] Uganda Commelina livingstonii K003074620 Yes
Tanner, R. [2160] Tanzania Commelina livingstonii K003074672 Yes
Williams, R.O. [184] Tanzania Commelina livingstonii K003074668 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [785] Tanzania Commelina livingstonii K003074674 Yes
Burchell, W., J. [2515] South Africa Commelina livingstonii K000345672 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burke [339] South Africa Commelina livingstonii K000345668 Unknown Type Material Yes
Langdale-Brown, I. [1776] Uganda Commelina livingstonii K003074622 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/526] Kenya Commelina livingstonii K003074642 Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa Commelina livingstonii K000345674 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chenery, E.M. [8] Uganda Commelina livingstonii K003074621 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa Commelina livingstonii K000345673 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. [25114] Tanzania Commelina livingstonii K003074675 Yes
Tweedie, E. [1693] Kenya Commelina livingstonii K:SPC-02209.000 No
Battiscombe, E. [215] Kenya Commelina livingstonii K003074645 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/1136] Kenya Commelina livingstonii K003074644 Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa Commelina livingstonii K000345675 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [40086A] Zimbabwe Commelina livingstonii K:SPC-02210.000 No
Williams, R.O. [195] Tanzania Commelina livingstonii K003074669 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/526] Kenya Commelina livingstonii K003074641 Yes
Thairu, N. [93] Kenya Commelina livingstonii K003074638 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K.; Rwaburindore, P. [Lye4525] Uganda Commelina livingstonii K003074619 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [162] Kenya Commelina livingstonii K003074639 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, Q.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR131] Kenya Commelina livingstonii K003074643 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1794] Tanzania Commelina livingstonii K003074670 Yes
Brown, E. [67] Uganda Commelina livingstonii K003074618 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1010] Kenya Commelina livingstonii K:SPC-01808.000 No
Oct 15, 1900 Cole, E. [s.n.] Somalia Commelina venusta K000345576 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 13, 1900 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique Commelina sphaerosperma K000345632 Type Yes
Oct 13, 1900 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique Commelina sphaerosperma K000345633 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 1900 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique Commelina sphaerosperma K000345634 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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