Commelina virginica L.

COMMELINACEAE

- Spiderwort family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Commelina virginica L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 61 (1762)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Virginia dayflower

English name: erect dayflower

Spanish name: hierba del pollo

Italian name: Erba miseria della Virginia

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Commelina deficiens Hook.
= Commelina longifolia Michx.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Commelina
Species:

Page counter: 403 ( AVG: 222.21 / 291.326 )

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Commelina virginica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Arcipelago delle Canarie, Isola di Tenerife, Puerto de la Cruz, ai margini della strada presso l'Orto botanico. , Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Commelina virginica
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 459.

Commelina virginica
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. - Not copyrighted image

Commelina virginica
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image

Commelina virginica
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 458.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), USA+ (Puerto Rico)

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Map for Commelina virginica L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Commelinantia anomala (Torr.) Tharp [96]
2) Commelinopsis persicariifolia (Delile) M. Pichon [90]
3) Comocladia glabra (Schult.) Spreng. [340]
4) Conami portoricensis (Kuntze) Britton [131]
5) Condalia lycioides (A. Gray) Weberb. var. canescens (A. Gray) Trel. [130]
6) Condaliopsis lycioides (A. Gray) Suess. [92]
7) Coniocybe nivea (Hoffm.) Arnold [141]
8) Conioselinum cnidiifolium (Turcz.) A.E. Porsild [203]
9) Conoclinium coelestinum (L.) DC. [308]
10) Conringia orientalis (L.) Dumort. [2202]

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