Checklist: Commelinaceae

COMMELINACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Zimbabwe.

To go to the main family page, click on the family name above.

Literature:
Faden, R. (2012) Commelinaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa
Malaise, P. (1988) Commelinaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV 119-142
Obermeyer, A.A. & Faden, R.B. (1985) Commelinaceae Flora of Southern Africa 4(2)
Van den Burg, J.W. & Bidault, E. (2020) Commelinaceae Flore du Gabon 55 1-88

Names


0912.000 CALLISIA Loefl.
Callisia repens L.
Callisia warszewicziana (Kunth & C.D. Bouché) D.R. Hunt
Hadrodemas warszewiczianum (Kunth & C.D. Bouché) H.E. Moore

909.000 DICHORISANDRA J.C. Mikan
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora J.C. Mikan

911.000 TRADESCANTIA L.
RHOEO Hance
SETCREASEA K. Schum. & Sidow
ZEBRINA Schnizl.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia albiflora Kunth
Tradescantia laekenensis L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey
Tradescantia pallida (Rose) Hunt
Setcreasea pallida Rose
Setcreasea purpurea Boom
Tradescantia sillamontana Matuda
Tradescantia spathacea Sw.
Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance
Tradescantia virginiana L.
Tradescantia zanonia (L.) Sw.
Campelia zanonia (L.) Kunth
Commelina zanonia L.
Tradescantia zebrina Bosse
Zebrina pendula Schnizl.
Tradescantia × andersoniana W. Ludw. & Rohweder

911.010 GIBASIS Raf.
Gibasis pellucida (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hunt

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants checklist: Commelinaceae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=60, retrieved 5 December 2025

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