- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317281-2
- Publication
- Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium Linnæi digesta, characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis, descriptionum antea evulgatarum adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens, necnon generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. London
- Collation
- 68
- Date of Publication
- Apr-Jun 1788
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Commelinaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- T.Walter s.n.
- Type Herbaria
- lectotype BM (WALTER HERB., P. 35 35
isotype UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER) - Distribution Of Types
- South Carolina (Southeastern U.S.A., Northern America)
Remarks
[Gandhi 2 Feb 1999] Faden cited the type collector as: Walter (or Fraser?) This taxon is native to the Indian subcontinent and introduced into the US ca. 200 years ago.
Links
- Same citation as
- Commelina caroliniana Walter, Fl. Carol. [Walter] 68 (1788).