Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

1) Commelina africana L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Commelina africana Mirb., Commelina africana L. var. lancispatha C.B. Clarke, Dirtea africana (L.) Raf., Hedwigia africana (L.) Medik., Stickmannia africana (L.) Raf..

References regarding Commelina africana L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Historia et Commentationes Academiae Electoralis Scientiarum et Elegantiorum Literarum Theodoro-Palatinae (1790)
· Annales du muséum national d’histoire naturelle (1810)
· Flora Telluriana (1837)
· Flora Telluriana (1838)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2000)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)

2) Commelina africana L. var. africana is another plant having the following synonyms: Commelina africana var. barberae C.B. Clarke, Commelina africana var. polyclada Welw. ex C.B. Clarke, Commelina angolensis C.B. Clarke, Commelina bakueana A. Chev., Commelina bakueana A. Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Commelina beccariana Martelli, Commelina benghalensis Forssk., nom. illeg., Commelina cordifolia A. Rich., Commelina divaricata Vahl, Commelina edulis A. Rich., Commelina flava Salisb., Commelina lutea Moench, Commelina polyclada Welw. ex C.B. Clarke, Commelina subamplectens Hassk., Commelina welwitschii C.B. Clarke, Hedwigia africana (L.) Medik..

References regarding Commelina africana L. var. africana for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis (1794)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis (1805)
· Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae (1850)
· Commelinaceae Indicae (1870)
· Monographiae Phanerogamarum (1881)
· Florula Bogosensis
· Enumerazione delle Piante dei Bogos

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text (+19): Dzedza, Ndilia, Nioloniolo, Mutambananguru, Boutou, Sikayangaya, Shingayangaya, Linyororo, Igitezarucumu, Likolovega, Coha, Eshingayangaya, Naiteteyai, Nkongo, Uruteza, Khopo, Yellow commelina, Kikowe, Lekxopswana, Indangabana.

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