Commelina ellipticaKunth

WFO wfo-0000358780 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 7 separate observations

Commelina elliptica, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-07-19 / obs. 87352470
Commelina elliptica, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87345214
Commelina elliptica, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87352235
Commelina elliptica, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. d Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87352555
Commelina elliptica, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87345400
Commelina elliptica, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. f Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87352340
Commelina elliptica, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. g Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87345232

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Commelina elliptica is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NorthwestBoliviaColombiaPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Commelina elliptica, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Argentina Northwest AGW SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Colombia CLM
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Commelina hirsuta hort. ex Kunth
  • Commelina humilis Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke
  • Commelina karwinskiana hort. ex Kunth
  • Commelina karwinskii Mart. ex Kunth
  • Commelina orchioides Booth ex Lindl.
  • Commelina scapigera Hort.Berol.
  • Commelina variabilis Schlecht.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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