Herbaria

Family

Commelinaceae

subfamily

Genus

Commelina L.

Species

Commelina africana L. var. lancispatha C.B. Clarke

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

C.B. Clarke

citation

in Dyer, Fl. Cap.7:10(1897)

herbariaSynonyms

Commelina involcrosa A.Rich.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Ge)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (0)

Habitat

Wadi beds

FlFrperiod

November-April

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Hal-eeb هال ايب

EnglishName

Wandering jew/ Yellow commelina

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

T and S Africa, Madagascar and the Arabian Pennisula, 

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

LC (global)

DD (Egypt)

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm, V, and Drar. 1950. Flora of Egypt. Vol. 2:Bull.Fac.Sci. 28: 1-557

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L.2005.Commelinaceae in Flora of Egypt, vol 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15