Biology:Commelina fasciculata

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Short description: Species of plant

Commelina fasciculata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Commelina
Species:
C. fasciculata
Binomial name
Commelina fasciculata
Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ovidia gracilis Commelina hispida var. gaudichaudii
  • Commelina glabra Baker
  • Hook. C.B.Clarke
  • Commelina nervosa Commelina hispida
  • Ruiz & Pav. Raf.
  • Commelina gracilis Ruiz & Pav.
  • Zucc. ex Ten. Commelina schoubertii

Comellina fasciculata is a species of herbaceous tropical plant in to the family Commelinaceae.[1] It is native to Bolivia and Peru and was described by Ruiz and Pavon in 1798.[2] It has a high chromosome number (2n= 180),[3] one of the highest numbers among the Monocots.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Commelina fasciculata Ruiz & Pav.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:172054-1. 
  2. Ruiz, Hipolito; Pavon, Jose (1798). Flora Peruviana et Chilensis - Volume 1 - Commelina. Madrid: Gabrills de Sancha. pp. 43–44. 
  3. Jones, Keith; Jopling, Carrol (April 1972). "Chromosomes and the Classification of the Commelinaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society of London 65 (2): 157. 
  4. Slanis, Alberto Carlos; Bulacio, Eva del V. (July 2007). "Commelina Fasciculata subsp. Chacoensis (Commelinaceae), nuevo taxón de Argentina". Darwiniana. Nueva Serie 45 (1): 88–91. ISSN 0011-6793. https://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S0011-67932007000100009&script=sci_arttext&utm_source=chatgpt.com. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13191060 entry