Herbaria

Family

Commelinaceae

subfamily

Genus

Commelina L.

Species

Commelina forsskaolii Vahl

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Vahl

citation

Enum. Pl.2:172 (1805)

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Ge)

CAIRC (Ge)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIRC

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (30)

CAIRC (1)

Habitat

Sandy and Gravelly soil

FlFrperiod

Jan. - March

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Annual or short-lived perennial

herbariaArabicName

Hal'eeb هال ايب

Walan ولن

EnglishName

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Tropical Africa, Arabia, Socotra to S India

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

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

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

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

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