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Taxon: Genus Commelina L. (1753) (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1753
Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1753a. Sp. Pl. 1: 40.
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Types

Type of: Commelinaceae (Family) Mirb. (1804), nom. cons. Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994: App. IIB (p. 103).
Type of: Commelineae (Tribe) Dumort. (1829)
Type, by subsequent designation: Commelina communis L. (1753) Ref: Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2. 1 : 457. [7 Jun 1913]. [new]

Variants

Not validly published name: Commelina (Genus) C. Plumier, nom. inval.
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