Commelinaceae

Genera 39 Accepted species 809 Documented here 160 Coverage 20%

We document 160 of the 809 accepted species in Commelinaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 24 of 39

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Tradescantia 40 82
Commelina 35 227
Murdannia 14 67
Cyanotis 10 51
Tripogandra 8 22
Aneilema 6 70
Tinantia 6 13
Callisia 5 14
Dichorisandra 5 58
Gibasis 5 14
Pollia 5 23
Floscopa 4 21
Cuthbertia 3 3
Elasis 2 2
Geogenanthus 2 3
Palisota 2 31
Amischotolype 1 28
Cartonema 1 7
Cochliostema 1 2
Coleotrype 1 10
Matudanthus 1 1
Pseudoparis 1 3
Thyrsanthemum 1 4
Weldenia 1 2

Genera we do not yet document 15 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.