Commelina erecta subsp. livingstonii
Also known as: Commelina kagerensis Lebrun & Taton +6 more
- Commelina kagerensis Lebrun & Taton
- Commelina livingstonii C.B.Clarke
- Commelina livingstonii var. villosa C.B.Clarke
- Commelina pilosissima Hutch.
- Commelina sphaerosperma C.B.Clarke
- Commelina subalbescens Berhaut
- Commelina venusta C.B.Clarke
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies
- Botanical Family: Commelinaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.
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Commelina erecta subsp. livingstonii is a rhizomatous plant belonging to the Commelinaceae family. Indigenous to Africa and Temperate Asia, this subspecies is primarily associated with seasonally dry tropical conditions. It is a naturally occurring subspecies of Commelina erecta, which is linked below, along with other subspecies of this species.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE
Regions (WGSRPD)
Arabian Peninsula, East Tropical Africa, Macaronesia, Northeast Tropical Africa, South Tropical Africa, Southern Africa, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
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