Commelina diffusa

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Species Distribution Map
Family:COMMELINACEAE
Species:Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
Common Name:Creeping Dayflower; Spreading Dayflower
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, FACW (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCOMMELINACEAE - Spiderwort family
Genus Commelina
Species Commelina diffusa Burm. f. - Creeping Dayflower; Spreading Dayflower

Citation

Citation Commelina diffusa Burman f., Fl. Indica [N.L. Burman] 18, pl. 7, f. 2. 1768.
Basionym: **
Type: INDIA (?): Without data, Burman Herb. s.n. (lectotype: G). Lectotypified by Merrill, J. Arnold Arbor. 18: 65. 1937.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Commelina aquatica Commelina aquatica J. K. Morton, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 515, f. 12. 1956. GHANA
Commelina cayennensis Commelina cayennensis Richard, Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 105. 1792. FRENCH GUIANA: Without data, LeBlond s.n. (holotype: P).
Commelina cespitosa Commelina cespitosa Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 1: 178. 1820. BANGLADESH: Chittagong,
Commelina gigas Commelina gigas Small, Man. S.E. Fl. 264, 1503. 1933. FLORIDA: Palm Beach Co.: E shore of Lake Okeechobee, 9-10 May 1917, Small 8247 (holotype: NY).
Commelina ochreata Commelina ochreata Schauer, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 447. 1843. CHINA
Commelina pacifica Commelina pacifica Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 168. 1805.  
Commelina werneana Commelina werneana Hasskarl, in Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 206, 295. 1867.  
Commelina longicaulis Commelina longicaulis Jacquin, Collectanea 3: 234. 1791 ("1789"). VENEZUELA: Distrito Federal: Near Caracas (lectotype: Jacquin, Icon. Pl. Rar. 2: t. 294. 1797). Lectotypified by Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Monocot. 432. 1979.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Choctaw, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Etowah, Geneva, Greene, Houston, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lee, Madison, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Shelby, Sumter, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1879 - 1981

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000004016 Mobile 01 Sep 1970 LeLong, Michel G.
5546		 USAM
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
AUA000040568 Cullman 8 Oct 1915 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Commelina Diffusa Burm. F.
AMAL00014810 Tallapoosa 18 Oct 2006 Barger, T. Wayne
436		 AMAL
Commelina diffusa Burm. f. var. diffusa
TROY000033025 Butler 10 Sep 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22513		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman
TROY000009999 Monroe 20 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18227		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman
AUA_ACC_56621 Pike 21 Oct 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9427		 AUA
Commelina Diffusa Burm. F.
UWAL0001790 Montgomery 16 Sep 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21588		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
UNA00036141 Tuscaloosa 01 Nov 1981 Horn, Charles N.
459		 UNA
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L. subsp. tetraphyllum
USAM000004015 Mobile 27 Sep 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4764		 USAM
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
UNA00012581 Tuscaloosa _ _ 1879 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
UNA00036187 Greene 26 Sep 1964 Harper, Roland M.
4553		 UNA
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L. subsp. tetraphyllum
AMAL00015130 Sumter 26 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12789		 AMAL
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
AMAL00023067 Covington 14 Sep 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4896		 AMAL
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
UNA00012582 Jefferson 03 Aug 1879 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
JSU106125 Shelby 23 Sep 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10938		 JSU
Commelina diffusa Burman
UNA00036186 Mobile 08 Sep 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D779		 UNA
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
AUA000032688 Covington 14 Sep 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4896		 AUA
Commelina Diffusa Burm. F.
UNA00012580 Mobile _ Oct 1878 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
AUA_ACC_64281 Conecuh 11 Sep 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14690		 AUA
Commelina Diffusa Burm. F.
AUA_ACC_55361 Pike 6 Dec 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9471		 AUA
Commelina Diffusa Burm. F.
TROY000009996 Conecuh 11 Sep 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14690		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman
SAMF0001213 Tuscaloosa 26 Aug 1962 Deramus, Rebecca
219		 SAMF
Commelina diffusa Burman
AUA_ACC_35492 Jefferson 28 Jul 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1746		 AUA
Commelina Diffusa Burm. F.
UWAL0035580 Mobile 22 May 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3186		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
AMAL00019768 Mobile 03 Feb 2013 Horne, Howard E.
1969		 AMAL
Commelina diffusa Burman
UWAL0047256 Autauga 16 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1231		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
JSU106122 Etowah 05 Oct 1996 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4504		 JSU
Commelina diffusa Burman
AMAL00011893 Washington 13 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18637		 AMAL
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
TROY000032695 Pike 11 Oct 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21640		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman
TROY000024751 Calhoun 14 Nov 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12359		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman
AUA_ACC_56483 Pike 24 Sep 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9986		 AUA
Commelina Diffusa Burm. F.
UWAL0016822 Mobile 03 Feb 2013 Horne, Howard E.
1969		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burman
TROY000009997 Crenshaw 30 Sep 1999 Diamond, Alvin R.
11619		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman
AUA_ACC_3504 Lee 8 Feb 1962 Gramlich, Jim
 AUA
Commelina Diffusa Burm. F.
AMAL00019555 Monroe 11 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
793		 AMAL
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
UNA00069692 Lauderdale 09 Oct 2008 Webb, David
6862		 UNA
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
UWAL0003511 Calhoun 14 Nov 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12359		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
TROY000048258 Autauga 05 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1331		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
JSU106127 Tuscaloosa 22 Jul 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10793		 JSU
Commelina diffusa Burman
UWAL0002843 Pike 11 Oct 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21640		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burman
TROY000033918 Houston 08 Oct 2011 Senn, Whitney
85		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman
UWAL0035895 Blount 14 Sep 2013 Anderson, Kelly
493		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burmann f.
UNA00036161 Mobile _ Oct 1890 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L. subsp. tetraphyllum
UWAL0012666 Monroe 11 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
793		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
AUA_ACC_17643 Lee 24 Jul 1969 Miller, L.C.
139		 AUA
Commelina Diffusa Burm. F.
TROY000009998 Geneva 27 Oct 1999 MacDonald, John R.
13711		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman
USAM000004013 Mobile 15 Sep 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9481		 USAM
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
AUA_ACC_17645 Coffee 24 Jul 1969 Simonds, E.P.
072		 AUA
Commelina Diffusa Burm. F.
UWAL0043998 Baldwin 04 Aug 2000 Nation, N. Fred
450		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
UWAL0053253 Madison 24 Oct 2020 Finzel, Brian
s.n.		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
UNA00036191 Shelby 09 May 1981 Horn, Charles N.
253		 UNA
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
TROY000036526 Bullock 18 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1006		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
UWAL0013067 Bullock 18 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1006		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burman
UWAL0003510 Sumter 26 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12789		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
AMAL00019844 Monroe 25 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13642		 AMAL
Commelina diffusa Burman
UWAL0012641 Monroe 25 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13642		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
UNA00036131 Tuscaloosa s.d. Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L. subsp. tetraphyllum
JSU106124 Jefferson 23 Sep 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10919		 JSU
Commelina diffusa Burman
UNA00036181 Mobile 16 Oct 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
D1026		 UNA
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
TROY000034065 Montgomery 30 Oct 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22679		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman
AUA_ACC_62069 Choctaw 21 Oct 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1244		 AUA
Commelina Diffusa Burm. F.
UWAL0054335 Baldwin 06 Jul 2022 Keener, Brian R.
12522.5		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
UNA00036126 Tuscaloosa 09 Sep 1955 Harper, Roland M.
4337		 UNA
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
UWAL0010106 Montgomery 20 Oct 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22679		 UWAL
Commelina diffusa Burman
TROY000048210 Autauga 05 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1331		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
USAM000004014 Baldwin 06 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7338		 USAM
Commelina diffusa Burman f.
TROY000032040 Montgomery 16 Sep 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21588		 TROY
Commelina diffusa Burman
AMAL00012799 Calhoun 14 Nov 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12359		 AMAL
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
ALNHS00001482 Monroe 11 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#793		 ALNHS
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
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