List of Commelinaceae genera

This is a list of Commelinaceae genera as of 2025. This list includes all genera recognised as current by the Kew's Plants of the World Online.[1]

Genera list

Genus
Authority 		Year Classification Type species # of species Distribution
Cartonema
R.Br.[2]		 1810
  • Cartonematoideae
  • Cartonemateae
 Cartonema spicatum
R.Br.		 7 Australia
Triceratella
Brenan[3]		 1961
  • Cartonematoideae
  • Triceratelleae
 Triceratella drummondii
Brenan		 1 Zimbabwe & Mozambique
Palisota
Rchb. ex Endlicher[4]		 1836
Palisota ambigua
(P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke		 31 Africa
Streptolirion
Edgew.[5]		 1845
Streptolirion volubile
Edgew.		 2 Himalayas to Japan
Spatholirion
Ridl.[6]		 1896
Spatholirion ornatum
Ridl.		 7 China to Malaysia
Aetheolirion
Forman[7]		 1962
Aetheolirion stenolobium
Forman		 1 Thailand
Cyanotis
D.Don[8]		 1825
Cyanotis barbata
D.Don		 51 Paleotropics
Coleotrype
C.B.Clarke[9]		 1881
Coleotrype natalensis
C.B.Clarke		 10 Africa, Madagascar
Amischotolype
Hassk.[10]		 1863
Amischotolype glabrata[N 1]
Hassk.		 28 Central Africa,
India to New Guinea
Siderasis
Raf.[11]		 1837
("1836")
Siderasis acaulis[N 2]
Raf.		 6 Eastern Brazil
Dichorisandra
J.C.Mikan[12]		 1820
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
J.C.Mikan		 57 Neotropics
Cochliostema
Lem.[13]		 1859
Cochliostema odoratissimum
Lem.		 2 Nicaragua to Ecuador
Geogenanthus[N 3]
Ule[14]		 1913
Geogenanthus wittianus[N 4]
(Ule) Ule		 3 Western South America
Plowmanianthus
Faden & C.R.Hardy[15]		 2004
Plowmanianthus perforans
Faden & C.R.Hardy		 5 Panama to
Amazonian Bassin
Tinantia
Scheidw.[16]		 1839
Tinantia fugax[N 5]
Scheidw.		 13 Texas to Neotropics
Thyrsanthemum
Pichon[17]		 1946
Thyrsanthemum floribundum
(M.Martens & Galeotti) Pichon		 4 Mexico
Weldenia
Schult.f.[18]		 1829
Weldenia candida
Schult.f.		 2 Mexico and Guatemala
Matudanthus
D.R.Hunt[19]		 1978
Matudanthus nanus
(M.Martens & Galeotti) D.R.Hunt		 1 Mexico
Sauvallia
C.Wright ex Hassk.[20]		 1870
Sauvallea blainii
C.Wright		 1 Cuba
Elasis
D.R.Hunt[19]		 1978
Elasis hirsuta
(Kunth) D.R.Hunt		 2 Ecuador
Gibasis
Raf.[11]		 1839
Gibasis pulchella
(Kunth)Raf.		 14 Neotropics
Tradescantia
L.[21]		 1753
Tradescantia virginiana
L.		 86 New World
Callisia
Loefl.[22]		 1758
Callisia repens
(Jacq.) L.		 19 Tropical and subtropical Americas
Tripogandra
Raf.[11]		 1837
Tripogandra multiflora
(Sw.) Raf.		 22 Neotropics
Stanfieldiella
Brenan[23]		 1960
Stanfieldiella imperforata
(C.B.Clarke) Brenan		 4 Africa
Floscopa
Lour.[24]		 1790
Floscopa scandens
Lour.		 21 Pantropical
Buforrestia
C.B.Clarke[9]		 1881
Buforrestia mannii
C.B.Clarke		 3 West and Central Africa and northern South America
Murdannia
Royle[25]		 1840 ("1839")
Murdannia scapiflora[N 6]
(Roxb.) Royle		 61 Pantropcal
Tricarpelema
J.K.Morton[26]		 1966
Tricarpelema thomsonii[N 7]
(C.B.Clarke) J.K.Morton		 8 India to Southeast Asia
Pseudoparis
H.Perrier[27]		 1936
Pseudoparis cauliflora
H.Perrier		 2 or 3 Madagascar
Polyspatha
Benth.[28]		 1849
Polyspatha paniculata
Benth.		 3 Tropical Africa
Dictyospermum
Wight[29]		 1853
Dictyospermum montanum
Wight		 5 India and Sri Lanka
to New Guinea
Pollia
Thunb.[30]		 1781
Pollia japonica
Thunb.		 19 Pantropical
Aneilema
R.Br.[2]		 1810
Aneilema biflorum
R.Br.		 66 Pantropical
Rhopalephora
Hassk.[31]		 1864
Rhopalephora blumei[N 8]
Hassk.		 4 Madagascar, India to Fiji
Commelina
L.[21]		 1753
Commelina communis
L.		 208 Cosmopolitan
Tapheocarpa
Conran[32]		 1994
Tapheocarpa calandrinioides
(F.Muell.) Conran		 1 Australia

Notes

  1. ^ The correct name for this species is Amischotolype mollissima (Blume) Hassk.
  2. ^ This name is illegitimate; the correct name is Siderasis fuscata (Lodd.) H.E.Moore.
  3. ^ This name was proposed as a replacement for Ule's own Chamaeanthus (Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 50:71, 1909, "1908"), which was predated by Chamaeanthus J.J.Sm. (Orch. Jav.:552, 1905), but the replacement Uleopsis had been published by Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde in the meantime (Just's Bot. Jahresber. 37(2):77, 1911, "1909" ). The correct name is Uleopsis, but is not in current use.
  4. ^ The currently used name for this species is Geogenanthus poeppigii (Miq.) Faden; the correct, but yet unpublished combination would be Uleopsis poeppigii.
  5. ^ A synonym of Tinantia erecta (Jacq.) Fenzl.
  6. ^ This species is currently treated as a synonym of Murdannia edulis (Stokes) Faden.
  7. ^ Now a synonym of Tricarpelema giganteum (Hassk.) H.Hara.
  8. ^ This species' correct name is Rhopalephora micrantha (Vahl) Faden.

References

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Note

  1. ^ The paper itself was published as Edgeworth, M. Pakenham (1846). "Descriptions of some unpublished Species of Plants from North-Western India". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 20 (1): 23–91. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1846.tb00410.x.
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