Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Commelinaceae Mirb.
Commelina ensifolia 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 (1873) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62)
60
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(80)
191
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7
83
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
Clarke, C.B. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. & Candolle, A.C.P. (1881) , Commelinaceae. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3
188
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"ins. Sinus Carpentaria (R. Brown n. 5733; ...)"
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
122
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1883) , A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora
555
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3
6
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889) , Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants
205
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1890) , Catalogue of the Indigenous and Naturalised Plants of Queensland
49
[secondary reference]
Moore, C. (1893) , Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales
436
[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)
509
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85)
509
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Commelina chamissonis Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke legitimate
by Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85)
508
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
by Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
by Bailey, F.M. (1883) , A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889) , Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
by Bailey, F.M. (1890) , Catalogue of the Indigenous and Naturalised Plants of Queensland
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62)
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(80)
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
by Moore, C. (1893) , Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales
Black, J.M. (1922) , Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1
103
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1
180
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
by Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology
213
[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]
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 Grass [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. 548B
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
47
[secondary reference]
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]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Commelinaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
76
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
common name:
Wandering Jew [n/a]
common name:
Scurvy Grass [n/a]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Commelinaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region
1020-1021, Fig. 306F
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Commelinaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4
259
[secondary reference]
common name:
Scurvy Grass [n/a]
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]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia
202
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
130
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
common name:
Wandering Jew [n/a]
common name:
Scurvy Grass [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Commelyna ensifolia F.Muell. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Commelina ensifolia R.Br. var. ensifolia legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Commelina ensifolia var. pubescens C.B.Clarke legitimate
misapplication:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1948) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2 reprint, 1
misapplication:
Commelina undulata R.Br. legitimate
by Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1
APC Comment:
Circumscription of this taxon in Qld includes Commelina undulata.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
