This is an alphabetically ordered list of Commelina species. The list includes all species accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPellegrini, M. O., Cornejo, X., de Morais, I. L., de Almeida, R. F., & Michelan, T. S. (2025). We are the Crystal Gems: taxonomic revision of the gem-fruited species of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae, Commelinales) and their allies. European Journal of Taxonomy, 1020(1), 1-94. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1020.3073
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Commelina acutispatha De Wild. Commelina acutissima Urb. Commelina africana L. Commelina agrostophylla F.Muell. Commelina albescens Hassk. Commelina albiflora Faden Commelina almandinaPellegrini Commelina amplexicaulis Hassk. Commelina appendiculata C.B.Clarke Commelina arenicola Faden Commelina ascendens J.K.Morton Commelina aspera G.Don ex Benth. Commelina attenuata K.D.Koenig ex Vahl Commelina aurantiiflora Faden & Raynsf. Commelina auriculata Blume Commelina avenifolia J.Graham
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Commelina bambusifolia Matuda Commelina bambusifolioides Matuda Commelina bangii Rusby Commelina barbata Lam. Commelina beccariana Martelli Commelina bella Oberm. Commelina benghalensis L. Commelina bequaertii De Wild. Commelina boissieriana C.B.Clarke Commelina bracteosa Hassk. Commelina bravoa Matuda
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Commelina cameroonensis J.K.Morton Commelina capitata Benth. Commelina caroliniana Walter Commelina chamissonis Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke Commelina chayaensis FadenFaden, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Commelin.: 178 (2012). Commelina ciliata Stanley Commelina clarkeana K.Schum. Commelina clavata C.B.Clarke Commelina clavatoides Nampy & S.M.Joseph Commelina coelestis Willd. Commelina communis L. Commelina congesta C.B.Clarke Commelina congestipatha López-Ferr. & al. Commelina corbisieri De Wild. Commelina corradii Chiov. ex Chiarugi Commelina crassicaulis C.B.Clarke Commelina cufodontii Chiov.Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 300-302 (1939) Commelina cyanea R.Br.
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Commelina dammeriana K.Schum. Commelina deflexa Rusby Commelina dekindtiana Fritsch Commelina demissa C.B.Clarke Commelina dianthifolia Delile Commelina diffusa Burm.f. Commelina disperma Faden Commelina droogmansiana De Wild.
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Commelina eckloniana Kunth Commelina elliptica Kunth in Humb. & al. Commelina ensifolia R.Br. Commelina erecta L.
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Commelina fasciculata Ruiz & Pav. Commelina fluviatilis Brenan Commelina foliacea Chiov. Commelina forskaolii Vahl Commelina frutescens Faden
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Commelina gambiae C.B.ClarkeA.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 146 (1881). Commelina gelatinosa Edgew. Commelina geniculata Desv. ex Ham. Commelina giorgii De Wild. Commelina gourmaensis A.Chev. Commelina grandis Brenan Commelina grossa C.B.Clarke Commelina guaranitica C.B.Clarke ex Chodat & Hassl.
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Commelina haitiensis Urb. & Ekman Commelina heterosperma Blatt. & Hallb. Commelina hispida Ruiz & Pav. Commelina hockii De Wild. Commelina holubii C.B.Clarke Commelina homblei De Wild. Commelina huillensis Welw. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina humblotii H.Perrier
I Commelina imberbis Ehrenb. ex Hassk. Commelina indehiscens E.Barnes Commelina irumuensis De Wild.
J Commelina jaliscana Matuda Commelina jamesonii C.B.Clarke
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Commelina kapiriensis De Wild. Commelina kilanga De Wild. Commelina kisantuensis De Wild. Commelina kitaleensis FadenFaden, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Commelin.: 226 (2012). Commelina kituloensis Faden Commelina kotschyi Hassk.G.Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 207 (1867).
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Commelina lanceolata R.Br. Commelina latifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich. Commelina leiocarpa Benth. Commelina longicapsa C.B.Clarke Commelina longifolia Lam. Commelina loureiroi Kunth Commelina lukei Faden Commelina lukonzolwensis De Wild. Commelina luteiflora De Wild. Commelina luzonensis Elmer
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Commelina macrospatha Gilg & Ledermann ex Mildbr. Commelina macrosperma J.K.Morton Commelina maculata Edgew. Commelina madagascarica C.B.Clarke Commelina major H.Perrier Commelina martyrum H.Lév. Commelina mascarenica C.B.Clarke Commelina mathewsii (C.B.Clarke) Faden & D.R.Hunt Commelina melanorrhiza Faden Commelina membranacea Robyns Commelina mensensis Schweinf. Commelina merkeri K.Schum. Commelina microspatha K.Schum. Commelina milne-redheadii Faden Commelina minor Y.N.Lee & Y.C.Oh Commelina modesta Oberm. Commelina montigena H.Perrier Commelina mwatayamvoana P.A.Duvign. & Dewit
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Commelina neurophylla C.B.Clarke Commelina nigritana Benth. Commelina nivea López-Ferr. & al. Commelina nyasensis C.B.Clarke
O Commelina obliqua Vahl Commelina oligotricha Miq. Commelina orchidophylla Faden & Layton
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Commelina paleata Hassk. in Miq. Commelina pallida Willd. Commelina pallidispatha Faden Commelina paludosa Blume Commelina petersii Hassk. Commelina phaeochaeta Chiov. Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch ex Seub. Commelina polhillii Faden & M.H.Alford Commelina pseudopurpurea Faden Commelina pseudoscaposa De Wild. Commelina purpurea C.B.Clarke Commelina pycnospatha Brenan Commelina pynaertii De Wild.
Q Commelina quarrei De Wild. Commelina queretarensis López-Ferr. & al. Commelina quitensis Benth.
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Commelina ramosissima López-Ferr. & al. Commelina ramulosa (C.B.Clarke) H.Perrier Commelina reptans Brenan Commelina reticulata Stanley Commelina reygaertii De Wild. Commelina rhodesica Norl. Commelina robynsii De Wild. Commelina rogersii Burtt DavyJ. S. Afr. Bot. 4: 125 (1938) Commelina rosulata Faden & Layton Commelina ruandensis De Wild. Commelina rufipes Seub. in Mart. & al. Commelina rupicola Font Quer ex Emb. & Maire in Jahand. & al.Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 952 (1941) Commelina rzedowskii López-Ferr. & al.
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Commelina sp. sandstone Commelina saxatilis H.Perrier Commelina saxosa De Wild. Commelina scabra Benth. Commelina scandens Welw. ex C.B.Clarke Commelina scaposa C.B.Clarke Commelina schinzii C.B.Clarke in T.Durand & SchinzConsp. Fl. Afric. 5: 428 (1894) 1893 Commelina schliebenii Mildbr. Commelina schomburgkiana Klotzsch in R.H.Schomb.Reis. Br.-Guiana: 1064 (1841) Commelina schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke Commelina shinsendaensis De Wild. Commelina sikkimensis C.B.Clarke Commelina singularis Vell.Fl. Flumin.: 31 (1829) Commelina socorrogonzaleziae Espejo & López-Ferr. Commelina somalensis Chiov.Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 168-169 (1916) Commelina spectabilis C.B.Clarke Commelina sphaerorrhizoma Faden & Layton Commelina standleyi Steyerm. Commelina stefaniniana Chiov. Commelina subcucullata C.B.Clarke Commelina subscabrifolia De Wild. Commelina subulata Roth Commelina suffruticosa Blume Commelina sugariae Pellegrini Commelina sulcatisperma FadenFaden, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Commelin.: 167 (2012). Commelina sylvatica De Wild.
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Commelina texcocana Matuda Commelina trachysperma Chiov. Commelina transversifolia De Wild. Commelina triangulispatha Mildbr. Commelina tricarinata Stanley Commelina tricolor E.Barnes Commelina trilobosperma K.Schum. Commelina tuberosa L.
U Commelina umbellata Schumach. & Thonn.Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 21 (1827) Commelina undulata R.Br. Commelina ussilensis Schweinf.
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Commelina velutina Mildbr. Commelina vermoesenii De Wild. Commelina vilavelhensis Corrêa da Maia, Cervi & TardivoCorrêa da Maia, Cervi & Tardivo, Fontqueria 56: 294 (2012). Commelina villosa C.B.Clarke Commelina virginica L.
W Commelina welwitschii C.B.Clarke Commelina wightii Raizada
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Commelina zambesica C.B.Clarke Commelina zenkeri C.B.Clarke Commelina zeylanica Falkenb.Bot. Jahresber. (Just) 4: 406 (1876) Commelina zigzag P.A.Duvign. & Dewit
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