Commelina aspera Benth.
var. opulens (C.B.Clarke) Faden
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Commelina opulens C.B. Clarke
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Native |
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Syntypes from Malawi and Angola |
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A newly created taxon and cited from Zambia in FTEA (Faden, R., 2012:235). |
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In woodland, open forest and in shallow soils in rock crevices. |
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Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin,Cameroon, CAR, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia,Zimbabwe and Angola. |
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| Literature:
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Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 236 - 238.
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Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2023).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Commelina aspera var. opulens. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=228170, retrieved 27 January 2023
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