Herbaria

Family

Commelinaceae

subfamily

Genus

Commelina L.

Species

Commelina benghalensis L.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

L.

citation

Sp.Pl. ed. 1: 41 (1753)

herbariaSynonyms

Commelina boissieriana sensu Tackh.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Ge)

CAIRC (Ge)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIRC

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (68)

CAIRC (3)

Habitat

Sandy and gravel soil

FlFrperiod

Jan.-March

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Hadaib هاد ايب

Hul'eeb هول ايب

Yadab ياداب

EnglishName

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Tropical and subtropical regions of the world

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

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

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