Commelina benghalensis, L. Nanyeni 1258--Namibia. Neuhof-Kowas Farm. 28 Mar 2018. DSC03989 (3).JPG
Native to 80 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into Alabama, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Canary Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cuba, Egypt, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madeira, New South Wales, North Carolina, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Vanuatu, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Namibia, Windhoek District, Khomas Region
-22.739167, 18.001083
Location Remarks
Pepperkorrel 294 Farm. Off M51, c. 500 m east of junction with road 1482, then 1.3 km northeast on road 1472 Acacia woodland on a small limestone hill east of the farm buildings. 1479 m elev.
Collectors
Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Notes
In the shade of limestone fragments and under the acacias.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Commelinales
Family
Commelinaceae
Genus
Commelina
Specific Epithet
benghalensis
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#236,944 of 335,497
Top 71%
Extinction probability
5%
