Details of record no: 95437

Commelina benghalensis L.

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Record details:

Date: 24 Jan 2005
Recorder(s):S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
Collector(s):S Bartsch
1826
Determiner(s):S Rügheimer
Confirmer(s):
Herbarium:WIND
Habitat:
Location: Caprivi: Caprivi strip, along Rundu-Katima road, between Divundu and Omega.
Location code(s):
Outing code:
Planted code: Not planted
Country: Namibia (Caprivi Strip)
Quarter Degree Square: 1822A2
Grid reference:
FZ Divisions (Flora Zambesiaca):
Current administrative provinces:
Altitude (metres): 1017
Notes: 25 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 25 cm high. Flowers small, blue, spathe valves fused at the base, bracts sparsely covered with bristly hairs. Leaves elliptic, scabrid, tapering into a long narrow cylinder at the base, ochna with red bristles along the margins. Stems erect, hairy, green. White sand. Under trees in shade.
Latitude, Longitude: -18.007780, 22.421390
Location Accuracy Code: 2

Map of species record


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Individual record no: 95437: Commelina benghalensis.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=95437, retrieved 28 March 2024

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