Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Commelinaceae Mirb.
Commelina cyanea R.Br. , legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805
269
[tax. nov.]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
122
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
277
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85)
508
[secondary reference]
misapplication:
Commelina communis L. legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62)
misapplication:
Commelina communis L. legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(80)
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
429
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4)
227
[secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1980) , Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1
72
[secondary reference]
common name:
Wandering Jew [n/a]
common name:
Scurvy-weed [n/a]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales
175
[secondary reference]
common name:
Scurvy Weed [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
9
[secondary reference]
Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Commelinceae,Eriocaulaceae, Centrolepidaceae. Flora of Central Australia
427, Fig. 548A
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Commelina lanceolata R.Br. legitimate
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986) , List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4)
140
[secondary reference]
common name:
Scurvy weed
[n/a]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26
21
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (18 October 1987) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5
3
[secondary reference]
misapplication:
Commelina lanceolata R.Br. legitimate
by Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Commelinaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
76, Fig. 12A
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Commelina communis L. legitimate
common name:
Wandering Jew [n/a]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Commelinaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4
258-259, pl. 19
[secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
418-419, Fig. 67
[secondary reference]
Type:
"Port Jackson, New South Wales, R.Brown; holo: BM.
misapplication:
Commelina communis L. legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62)
common name:
Wandering Jew [n/a]
common name:
Forget-Me Not [n/a]
Etymology:
"So named from the Greek kyanos , a dark blue substance, in allusion to the flower colour."
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest
303
[secondary reference]
Jessup, L.W. (2005) , Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 3 Changes to names or status of taxa
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Commelina diffusa Burm.f. legitimate
by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Commelinaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Commelina cyanea R.Br. var. cyanea legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Commelina cyanea R.Br. f. cyanea legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Commelina cyanea R.Br. var. cynea orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Commelina cyanea var. verreauxii C.B.Clarke legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Commelina cyanea f. albiflora Domin legitimate
misapplication:
Commelina communis L. legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62)
misapplication:
Commelina diffusa Burm.f. legitimate
by Walsh, N.G. & Stajsic, V. (June 2007) , A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 8
APC Dist.:
NSW, LHI, NI, Vic
