Species Commelina africana
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Etymology of Commelina:
For Jan or Johannes Commelin (1629–1692) and his nephew Caspar Commelin (1667–1731), Dutch botanists, who wrote the two-volume work Horti medici amstelodamensis rariorum plantarum … descriptio et icones. Johannes Commelin opened the popular gardens in Amsterdam in 1682, initially called Hortus Medicus, but later Hortus Botanicus. He was a spice merchant who used his wealth and connections to build the Amsterdam botanical gardens into Europe’s leading centre for the study of botany in the late 17th century especially of exotic plants discovered by Europeans in the East Indies, Africa and the Americas. Commelin wrote much of the text for the aforementioned work and it was completed by his nephew Caspar Commelin (1667–1731) after this death.
Scientific name:
Commelina africana L.
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Protologue:
Sp. Pl. 1: 41 (1753)
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Year published:
1753
Scrambling perennial to 50 cm from a woody rootstock. Leaves oblong to linear, sometimes hairy. Flowers yellow, spathes folded, dry inside. Nov.--June. Near streams or lower slopes, SW, AP, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to Arabia and Madagascar).
Observations of Taxon
Commelina africana
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Commelina africana var. barberae
Name of observer:
Braam van Wyk & Sasa Malan (David)
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Date observed unknown
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Commelina africana var. krebsiana
Name of observer:
Braam van Wyk & Sasa Malan (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Commelina africana
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Commelina africana
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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