Commelina aspera Benth.
var. opulens (C.B.Clarke) Faden

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Synonyms: Commelina opulens C.B. Clarke
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Status: Native
Description:
Notes: A newly created taxon and cited from Zimbabwe in FTEA (Faden, R., 2012:235).
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Habitat: In woodland, open forest and in shallow soils in rock crevices.
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Worldwide distribution: Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin,Cameroon, CAR, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia,Zimbabwe and Angola.
Zimbabwe distribution: ?
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Literature:

Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 236 - 238.


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Flora of Malawi: Commelina aspera var. opulens
Flora of Zambia: Commelina aspera var. opulens

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Commelina aspera
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Commelina aspera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Commelina aspera
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Commelina aspera
JSTOR Plant Science: Commelina aspera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Commelina aspera
Plants of the World Online: Commelina aspera
Tropicos: Commelina aspera
Wikipedia: Commelina aspera


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Commelina aspera var. opulens.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=228170, retrieved 22 November 2024

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