Plant Details

Accepted name:: Commelina diffusa subsp. diffusa [Commelinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Commelina diffusa Burm.f.
Infraspecies:: 4

Commelina diffusa var. gigas (Small) Faden

Commelina diffusa subsp. montana J.K.Morton

Commelina diffusa var. parva Kayama

Commelina diffusa subsp. violacea Faden

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Commelina communis Engelm. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 38 (1843), nom. illeg.
Commelina agraria Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 38 (1843).
Commelina agraria var. prostrata (Kunth) Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 261 (1855).
Commelina agraria var. repens Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 261 (1855).
Commelina bangii Rusby Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 490 (1910).
Commelina caespitosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 178 (1820).
Commelina cajennensis Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 38 (1843), pro syn.
Commelina canariensis C.Sm. in C.L.von Buch, Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins.: 140 (1828).
Commelina cayennensis Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 105 (1792).
Commelina communis Walter Fl. Carol.: 68 (1788), nom. illeg.
Commelina diffusa var. major Kayama J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 53: 188 (2005).
Commelina formosa Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1830(July-Sept.): 366 (1830).
Commelina gracilis Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 1: 44 (1798).
Commelina gracilis var. glabrata C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 136 (1828).
Commelina nudiflora f. agraria (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Bull. Herb. Boissier 6(App. 1): 24 (1898).
Commelina nudiflora var. werneana (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 9 (1897).
Commelina obtusifolia Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 168 (1805).
Commelina ochreata Schauer Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 447 (1843).
Commelina pacifica Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 168 (1805).
Commelina pilosa Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 55 (1805).
Commelina pilosula Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 106 (1792).
Commelina prostrata Poepp. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 38 (1843), pro syn.
Commelina prostrata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 259 (1816).
Commelina sabatieri C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 146 (1881).
Commelina sellowii Schltdl. Index Seminum (HAL, Halensis) 1850: 7 (1850).
Commelina werneana Hassk. in G.Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 206 (1867).
Nephralles parviflora Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 70 (1837).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Commelina communis Engelm. ex Kunth	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Commelina diffusa Burm.f. subsp. diffusa	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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