List of Commelinaceae genera

This is a list of Commelinaceae genera as of 2010. This list includes all genera recognised as current by the Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

Genera list

Cartonema spicatum, as illustrated in Robert Brown's Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen
Inflorescence of Palisota pynaertii
Commelina lukei
A species of Tradescantia being visited by a wasp.
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora, the type species of Dichorisandra
Belosynapsis kewensis in cultivation
Cochliostema jacobianum
Aneilema aequinoctiale from Tanzania
Pollia japonica with the syrphid fly Episyrphus balteatus
Genus
Authority		 Year Classification Type species # of species Distribution
Cartonema
R.Br.[1] 		1810
  • Cartonematoideae
  • Cartonemateae
Cartonema spicatum
R.Br. 		11 Australia
Triceratella
Brenan[2] 		1961
  • Cartonematoideae
  • Triceratelleae
Triceratella drummondii
Brenan 		1 Zimbabwe & Mozambique
Palisota
Rchb. ex Endlicher[3] 		1836
Palisota ambigua
(P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke		 18 Africa
Streptolirion
Edgew.[4] 		1845
Streptolirion volubile
Edgew. 		1 or 2 Himalayas to Japan
Spatholirion
Ridl.[5] 		1896
Spatholirion ornatum
Ridl. 		3 Thailand to China
Aetheolirion
Forman[6] 		1962
Aetheolirion stenolobium
Forman 		1 Thailand
Belosynapsis
Hassk.[7] 		1871
Belosynapsis kewensis
Hassk. 		4 Madagascar,
India to New Guinea
Cyanotis
D.Don[8] 		1825
Cyanotis barbata
D.Don 		50 Paleotropics
Coleotrype
C.B.Clarke[9] 		1881
Coleotrype natalensis
C.B.Clarke		 9 Africa, Madagascar
Amischotolype
Hassk.[10] 		1863
Amischotolype glabrata[N 2]
Hassk. 		15 Central Africa,
India to New Guinea
Porandra
D.Y.Hong[11] 		1974
Porandra ramosa
D.Y.Hong 		3 China to Thailand
Siderasis
Raf.[12] 		1837
("1836")
Siderasis acaulis[N 3]
Raf. 		2-3 Brazil
Dichorisandra
J.C.Mikan[13] 		1820
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
J.C.Mikan 		25 Neotropics
Cochliostema
Lem.[14] 		1859
Cochliostema odoratissimum
Lem. 		2 Nicaragua to Ecuador
Geogenanthus[N 4]
Ule[15] 		1913
Geogenanthus wittianus[N 5]
(Ule) Ule 		5 Western South America
Plowmanianthus
Faden & C.R.Hardy[16] 		2004
Plowmanianthus perforans
Faden & C.R.Hardy 		5 Panama to
Amazonian Bassin
Tinantia
Scheidw.[17] 		1839
Tinantia fugax[N 6]
Scheidw. 		13 Texas to Neotropics
Thyrsanthemum
Pichon[18] 		1946
Thyrsanthemum floribundum
(M.Martens & Galeotti) Pichon 		3 Mexico
Gibasoides
D.R.Hunt[19] 		1978
Gibasoides laxiflora
(C.B.Clarke) D.R.Hunt 		1 Mexico
Weldenia
Schult.f.[20] 		1829
Weldenia candida
Schult.f. 		1 Mexico and Guatemala
Matudanthus
D.R.Hunt[19] 		1978
Matudanthus nanus
(M.Martens & Galeotti) D.R.Hunt 		1 Mexico
Elasis
D.R.Hunt[19] 		1978
Elasis hirsuta
(Kunth) D.R.Hunt 		1 Ecuador
Gibasis
Raf.[12] 		1839
Gibasis pulchella
(Kunth)Raf. 		11 Neotropics
Tradescantia
L.[21] 		1753
Tradescantia virginiana
L. 		70 New World
Callisia
Loefl.[22] 		1758
Callisia repens
(Jacq.) L. 		20 New World
Tripogandra
Raf.[12] 		1837
Tripogandra multiflora
(Sw.) Raf. 		22 Neotropics
Sauvallea
C.Wright[23] 		1871
Sauvallea blainii
C.Wright 		1 Cuba
Stanfieldiella
Brenan[24] 		1960 Stanfieldiella imperforata
(C.B.Clarke) Brenan 		4 Africa
Floscopa
Lour.[25] 		1790 Floscopa scandens
Lour. 		20 Pantropical
Buforrestia
C.B.Clarke[9] 		1881 Buforrestia mannii
C.B.Clarke 		3 West and Central Africa
Murdannia
Royle[26] 		1840 ("1839") Murdannia scapiflora[N 7]
(Roxb.) Royle 		50 Pantropcal
Anthericopsis
Engl.[27] 		1895 Anthericopsis fischeri[N 8]
Engl. 		1 East Africa
Tricarpelema
J.K.Morton[28] 		1966 Tricarpelema thomsonii[N 9]
(C.B.Clarke) J.K.Morton 		8 India to Southeast Asia
Pseudoparis
H.Perrier[29] 		1936 Pseudoparis cauliflora
H.Perrier 		2 or 3 Madagascar
Polyspatha
Benth.[30] 		1849 Polyspatha paniculata
Benth. 		3 Africa
Dictyospermum
Wight[31] 		1853 Dictyospermum montanum
Wight 		5 India and Sri Lanka
to New Guinea
Pollia
Thunb.[32] 		1781 Pollia japonica
Thunb. 		17 Pantropical
Aneilema
R.Br.[1] 		1810 Aneilema biflorum
R.Br. 		64 Pantropical
Rhopalephora
Hassk.[33] 		1864 Rhopalephora blumei[N 10]
Hassk. 		4 Madagascar, India to Fiji
Commelina
L.[21] 		1753 Commelina communis
L. 		170 Cosmopolitan
Tapheocarpa
Conran[34] 		1994 Tapheocarpa calandrinioides
(F.Muell.) Conran 		1 Australia

Notes

  1. ↑ The paper itself was published as Edgeworth, M. Pakenham (1846). "Descriptions of some unpublished Species of Plants from North-Western India". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20 (1): 23–91. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1846.tb00410.x.
  2. ↑ The correct name for this species is Amischotolype mollissima (Blume) Hassk.
  3. ↑ This name is illegitimate; the correct name is Siderasis fuscata (Lodd.) H.E.Moore.
  4. ↑ This name was proposed as a replacement for Ule's own Chamaeanthus (Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 50:71, 1909, "1908"), which was predated by Chamaeanthus J.J.Sm. (Orch. Jav.:552, 1905), but the replacement Uleopsis had been published by Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde in the meantime (Just's Bot. Jahresber. 37(2):77, 1911, "1909" ). The correct name is Uleopsis, but is not in current use.
  5. ↑ The currently used name for this species is Geogenanthus poeppigii (Miq.) Faden; the correct, but yet unpublished combination would be Uleopsis poeppigii.
  6. ↑ A synonym of Tinantia erecta (Jacq.) Fenzl.
  7. ↑ This species is currently treated as a synonym of Murdannia edulis (Stokes) Faden.
  8. ↑ The correct name for this species is Anthericopsis sepalosa (C.B.Clarke) Engl.
  9. ↑ Now a synonym of Tricarpelema giganteum (Hassk.) H.Hara.
  10. ↑ This species' correct name is Rhopalephora micrantha (Vahl) Faden.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen (in Latin). London: R. Taylor & Co. pp. 270–271.
  2. ↑ Brenan, J.P.M. (1961). "Triceratella: a new genus of Commelinaceae from Southern Rhodesia". Kirkia 1: 14–19.
  3. ↑ Endlicher, Stephan, ed. (1837). Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorumet in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel (in Latin). Vienna: Fr. Beck University. p. 125.
  4. ↑ "June 3". Proceedings of the Linnean Society 1 (26): 252–254. 1845. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1845.tb01000-26.x. (Paper summary)[N 1]
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  6. ↑ Forman, L.L. (1962). "Aëtheolirion, a New Genus of Commelinaceae from Thailand, with Notes on Allied Genera". Kew Bulletin 26 (2): 209–221. JSTOR 4118819.
  7. ↑ Hasskarl, C. (1871). "De Commelinaceis quibusdam noveis". Flora 54 (17): 257–267.
  8. ↑ Don, David (1825). Prodromus Florae Nepalensis. London: J.Gale. p. 45.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Clarke, C.B. (1881). "Commelinaceae". In de Candolle, Alphonse; de Candolle, Casimir. Monographiaea Phanerogamarum (in Latin) 3. Paris: G.Masson. pp. 113–324.
  10. ↑ Hasskarl, J.K. (1863). "Adumbrationes Commelinacearum quarundam, quas in Africae orientalis littore, Mozambique reperit Prof. Peters et amplius in hujus opere "Reise etc." descripsit". Flora (in Latin) 46 (25): 385–393.
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Rafinesque (1836). Flora Telluriana (in Latin) 3. Philadelphia: H. Probasco. p. 67.
    • Gibasis, p. 2:16
    • Siderasis, p. 3:67
    • Tripogandra, p. 2:16
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  15. ↑ Ule, E. (1913). "Berichtigung". Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (in German) 11 (31-33): 524. doi:10.1002/fedr.19130113107.
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  34. ↑ Conran, J.G. (1994). "Tapheocarpa (Commelinaceae) a new Australian genus with hypogeous fruits". Australian Systematic Botany 7 (6): 585–589. doi:10.1071/SB9940585.

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