EPPO Global Database

Commelina erecta(COMER)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-12

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: COMER
  • Preferred name: Commelina erecta
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Asia (Yemen, Arabia), Africa (practically throughout), USA (except northwest), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Commelina caripensis Kunth
Commelina erecta subsp. erecta Linnaeus
Commelina gerrardii C.B. Clarke
Commelina martiana Seubert
Commelina sulcata Hoffmann
Commelina undulata R.Brown

Common names
Name Language
erect dayflower English
slender dayflower English
small-bracted dayflower English
aufrechte Commeline German
conutillo Spanish (CU)
flor de Santa Lucia Spanish (AR)
hierba de pollo Spanish
lochoch Spanish
ticuquito Spanish