Commelina diffusa: 1 definition

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

1) Commelina diffusa Burm.f. 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 agraria Kunth, Commelina aquatica J.K. Morton, Commelina cayennensis Rich., Commelina cespitosa Roxb., Commelina diffusa Willd. ex Kunth, nom. illeg., Commelina diffusa Zoll. ex C.B. Clarke, nom. inval., Commelina diffusa var. cordispatha Rohweder, Commelina gracilis Ruiz & Pav., Commelina gracilis Hook., nom. illeg., Commelina longicaulis Jacq., Commelina nudiflora auct. non Linn., Commelina nudiflora Burm. f., Commelina nudiflora L., Commelina ochreata Schauer, Commelina pacifica Vahl, Commelina sellowiana Schltdl., Ovidia gracilis (Ruiz & Pav.) Raf..

References regarding Commelina diffusa Burm.f. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Indica (1768)
· Flora (1789)
· Collectanea (1791)
· Actes de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (1792)
· Enumeratio Plantarum (1806)
· Flora Indica (1820)
· Botanical Magazine (3047)
· Flora Telluriana (1836)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum (1843)
· Novorum Actorum Academia Caesareae LeopoldinaeCarolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum (1843)
· Monographiae Phanerogamarum (1881)
· Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier (1898)
· Journal of the Linnean Society Bot. (1903)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1937)
· Bot. Journal of the Linnean Society (1980)
· Lilloa (1998)

2) Commelina diffusa Burm.f. subsp. diffusa is another plant having the following synonyms: Commelina aquatica J.K. Morton, Commelina diffusa subsp. aquatica J.K. Morton, Commelina diffusa subsp. aquatica (J.K. Morton) J.K. Morton.

References regarding Commelina diffusa Burm.f. subsp. diffusa for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Memórias da Sociedade Broteriana (1993)

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