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Zuloaga
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2008
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).
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<paragraph id="8BDC36A4FFE2F504CBD9872194B40F92" blockId="4.[136,1452,520,1553]" box="[189,766,628,653]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CBD9872197690F92" bold="true" box="[189,291,628,653]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Habitat:</emphasis>
—Open areas, such as
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504C946872194310F92" box="[546,635,628,653]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">cerrado</emphasis>
grasslands.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDC36A4FFE2F504CBD987CD96A50FCA" blockId="4.[136,1452,520,1553]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CBD987CD97FF0FAE" bold="true" box="[189,437,664,689]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Conservation status:</emphasis>
—Least Concern (LC). This species has a wide distribution and is fairly common through its range.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDC36A4FFE2F504CBD987B592600ECE" blockId="4.[136,1452,520,1553]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CBD987B597430FE6" bold="true" box="[189,265,736,761]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Notes:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C634D27FFE2F504CA4287B594610FE6" authorityName="Klotzsch ex Schomburgk" authorityYear="1849" box="[294,555,736,761]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Commelina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="platyphylla">
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CA4287B594610FE6" box="[294,555,736,761]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Commelina platyphylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was first published by
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B55FFE2F504C84A87B5920C0FE6" author="Schomburgk, M. R." box="[814,1094,736,761]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" refId="ref7462" refString="Schomburgk, M. R. (1849) Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840 - 1844. Vol. 3. J. J. Weber, Leipzig, 1260 pp. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 51509" type="book" year="1849">Schomburgk (1849: 897)</bibRefCitation>
for
<collectingCountry id="F3747634FFE2F504CF1087B592850FE6" box="[1140,1231,736,761]" name="Guyana" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Guyana</collectingCountry>
;
<materialsCitation id="3B0B3CF9FFE2F504CFBD87B597F60ECE" collectionCode="R, H, I, B" country="Guyana" county="Therefore" location="This" municipality="Seubert's" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="lectotype">
however, the name was not validly published since it lacked a diagnosis and description (Art. 38.1; see also Art. 38.3).
<location id="8EBC607FFFE2F504CFAA8651934A0E02" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CA87B2FFE2F504CBEC85F5932B0B0E:8EBC607FFFE2F504CFAA8651934A0E02" box="[1230,1280,772,797]" country="Guyana" county="Therefore" municipality="Seubert's" name="This" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">This</location>
name was later validly published by
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B55FFE2F504CA15867D94180E5E" author="Seubert, M. A." box="[369,594,808,833]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" pagination="233 - 270" refId="ref7520" refString="Seubert, M. A. (1855) Commelinaceae. In: Martius, C. F. P. von &amp; Eichler, A. W. (Eds.) Flora Brasiliensis. Vol. 3 (1). F. Fleischer, Munich and Leipzig, pp. 233 - 270, tabs. 32 - 37. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 454" type="book chapter" year="1855">Seubert (1855: 262)</bibRefCitation>
, who indicated the material was collected by “[
<collectionCode id="ED72AE61FFE2F504CF3A867D923F0E5E" box="[1118,1141,808,833]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">R</collectionCode>
.
<collectionCode id="ED72AE61FFE2F504CF1D867D92D80E5E" box="[1145,1170,808,833]" country="Finland" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15618" name="University of Helsinki" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" type="Herbarium">H</collectionCode>
.] Schomburgk in
<collectingCountry id="F3747634FFE2F504CE31867D93E60E5E" box="[1365,1452,808,833]" name="Guyana" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Guyana</collectingCountry>
anglica”, and cited it could also occur in northern
<collectingCountry id="F3747634FFE2F504C9C9861994BF0E7A" box="[685,757,844,869]" name="Brazil" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Brazil</collectingCountry>
.
<location id="8EBC607FFFE2F504C99A8619956A0E7A" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CA87B2FFE2F504CBEC85F5932B0B0E:8EBC607FFFE2F504C99A8619956A0E7A" box="[766,800,844,869]" country="Guyana" county="Therefore" municipality="Seubert's" name="No" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">No</location>
further information was given on the type specimen.
<location id="8EBC607FFFE2F504CE09861997FF0E96" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CA87B2FFE2F504CBEC85F5932B0B0E:8EBC607FFFE2F504CE09861997FF0E96" country="Guyana" county="Therefore" municipality="Seubert's" name="Since Johann Friedrich Klotzsch" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Since Johann Friedrich Klotzsch</location>
was in
<location id="8EBC607FFFE2F504C976862594120E96" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CA87B2FFE2F504CBEC85F5932B0B0E:8EBC607FFFE2F504C976862594120E96" box="[530,600,880,905]" country="Guyana" county="Therefore" municipality="Seubert's" name="Berlin" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Berlin</location>
when both
<location id="8EBC607FFFE2F504C986862595C90E96" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CA87B2FFE2F504CBEC85F5932B0B0E:8EBC607FFFE2F504C986862595C90E96" box="[738,899,880,905]" country="Guyana" county="Therefore" municipality="Seubert's" name="Schomburgk's" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Schomburgks</location>
and
<collectingMunicipality id="6BB8ACDEFFE2F504C8DA8625926C0E96" box="[958,1062,880,905]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Seuberts</collectingMunicipality>
names were published it is likely his specimens were there too.
<collectingCounty id="62BD4E28FFE2F504CAB886C194000EB2" box="[476,586,916,941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Therefore</collectingCounty>
<collectionCode id="ED72AE61FFE2F504C93686C194110EB2" box="[594,603,916,941]" country="Romania" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14415" name="&amp;quot;Alexandru Ioan Cuza&amp;quot; University" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" type="Herbarium">I</collectionCode>
designate here the specimen on a sheet kept at
<collectionCode id="ED72AE61FFE2F504CF1086C192CD0EB2" box="[1140,1159,916,941]" country="Germany" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15534" name="Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" type="Herbarium">B</collectionCode>
(B-100247303;
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) as
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for
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<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CA7986ED97F60ECE" box="[285,444,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">C. platyphylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="3B0B3CF9FFE2F504CAAF86ED926C0ECE" box="[459,1062,952,977]" collectionCode="K" country="Guyana" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="isolectotype">
a duplicate (
<typeStatus id="54D88806FFE2F504C93786ED94940ECE" box="[595,734,952,977]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" type="isolectotype">isolectotype</typeStatus>
) is kept at
<collectionCode id="ED72AE61FFE2F504C83D86ED95270ECE" box="[857,877,952,977]" country="United Kingdom" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15867" name="Royal Botanic Gardens" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" type="Herbarium">K</collectionCode>
(K-000363253)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDC36A4FFE2F504CBD9868993D40906" blockId="4.[136,1452,520,1553]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">
The authorship of
<taxonomicName id="4C634D27FFE2F504CAEF868994600EEA" authorityName="Klotzsch ex Schomburgk" authorityYear="1849" box="[395,554,988,1013]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Commelina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="platyphylla">
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CAEF868994600EEA" box="[395,554,988,1013]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">C. platyphylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been erroneously presented in recent literature such as
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B55FFE2F504CFA0868996990906" author="Fernandez, E. &amp; Cayola, L." pageId="4" pageNumber="105" pagination="515 - 519" refId="ref6613" refString="Fernandez, E. &amp; Cayola, L. (2014) Commelinaceae Mirb. In: Jorgensen, P. M., Nee, M. H., Beck, S. G., Arrazola, S. &amp; Saldias, M. (Eds.) Catalogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Bolivia. Vol. 1. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol. 127. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, pp. 515 - 519." type="book chapter" year="2014">Fernández &amp; Cayola (2014)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B55FFE2F504CA6D815594530906" author="Hassemer, G. &amp; Ferreira, J. P. R. &amp; Funez, L. A. &amp; Aona, L. Y. S." box="[265,537,1024,1049]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" pagination="144 - 156" refId="ref6816" refString="Hassemer, G., Ferreira, J. P. R., Funez, L. A. &amp; Aona, L. Y. S. (2016 b) Identity and typification of Commelina vilavelhensis (Commelinaceae), and typification of C. robusta and C. scabrata. Phytotaxa 260: 144 - 156. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 260.2.4" type="journal article" year="2016">
Hassemer
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CA1B815597FD0906" box="[383,439,1024,1049]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">et al.</emphasis>
(2016b)
</bibRefCitation>
, and the databases IPNI (http://www.ipni.org) and Tropicos (http://tropicos.org).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDC36A4FFE2F504CBD9817197E3089E" blockId="4.[136,1452,520,1553]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">
The name
<taxonomicName id="4C634D27FFE2F504CA56817194210922" authorityName="Clarke" authorityYear="1881" box="[306,619,1060,1085]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Commelina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="platyphylla" variety="balansae">
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CA568171979A0922" box="[306,464,1060,1085]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">C. platyphylla</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504C962817194210922" box="[518,619,1060,1085]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">balansae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was published by
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B55FFE2F504C85C817192450922" author="Clarke, C. B." box="[824,1039,1060,1085]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" pagination="1 - 8" refId="ref6111" refString="Clarke, C. B. (1881) Commelinaceae. In: Candolle, A. L. P. P. de &amp; Candolle, A. C. P. de (Eds.) Monographiae Phanerogamarum. Vol. 3. G. Masson, Paris, pp. 113 - 324, tabs. 1 - 8. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 45961" type="book chapter" year="1881">Clarke (1881: 177)</bibRefCitation>
, originally spelled “
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CF8A817193180922" box="[1262,1362,1060,1085]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Balansai</emphasis>
”, based on plants collected in
<collectingCountry id="F3747634FFE2F504CAE1811D97A4097E" box="[389,494,1096,1121]" name="Paraguay" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3747634FFE2F504CA9F811D9407097E" box="[507,589,1096,1121]" name="Bolivia" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Bolivia</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F3747634FFE2F504C9EC811D94A6097E" box="[648,748,1096,1121]" name="Uruguay" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Uruguay</collectingCountry>
. He described this variety as differing from
<taxonomicName id="4C634D27FFE2F504CF82811D93CD097E" authorityName="Klotzsch ex Schomburgk" authorityYear="1849" box="[1254,1415,1096,1121]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Commelina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="platyphylla">
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CF82811D93CD097E" box="[1254,1415,1096,1121]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">C. platyphylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by “foliis obtusis; seminibus oblongis”. Later,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B55FFE2F504C91381399558099A" author="Herter, W. G. F." box="[631,786,1132,1157]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" pagination="129 - 155" refId="ref6891" refString="Herter, W. G. F. (1940) Plantae uruguayenses novae vel criticae. Revista Sudamericana de Botanica 6: 129 - 155." type="journal article" year="1940">Herter (1940)</bibRefCitation>
raised this entity to species rank, without any explanation regarding this change. The protologue (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B55FFE2F504C92881C5955F09B6" author="Clarke, C. B." box="[588,789,1168,1193]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" pagination="1 - 8" refId="ref6111" refString="Clarke, C. B. (1881) Commelinaceae. In: Candolle, A. L. P. P. de &amp; Candolle, A. C. P. de (Eds.) Monographiae Phanerogamarum. Vol. 3. G. Masson, Paris, pp. 113 - 324, tabs. 1 - 8. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 45961" type="book chapter" year="1881">Clarke 1881: 177</bibRefCitation>
) provided the following information concerning the type: “
<collectingCountry id="F3747634FFE2F504CBF681E196B709D2" box="[146,253,1204,1229]" name="Paraguay" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
(Balansa n. 593, floribus albis);
<collectingRegion id="49A7F846FFE2F504C91D81E194AE09D2" box="[633,740,1204,1229]" country="Paraguay" name="Asuncion" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Asuncion</collectingRegion>
(Gilbert).
<collectingCountry id="F3747634FFE2F504C80481E195FC09D2" box="[864,950,1204,1229]" name="Bolivia" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Bolivia</collectingCountry>
; in Andibus prope Chiquitos (DOrbigny n. 942).
<collectingCountry id="F3747634FFE2F504CBA8818D976409EE" box="[204,302,1240,1265]" name="Uruguay" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Uruguay</collectingCountry>
(Aug. de St-Hilaire n. 2566 partim, et n. 2567 partim; Lorentz n. 603 partim)”; all these gatherings are to be regarded as
<typeStatus id="54D88806FFE2F504CAE681A997AE080A" box="[386,484,1276,1301]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
(Art. 9.5). As the first element mentioned, and being clearly in accordance with the description in the protologue, I chose a
<typeStatus id="54D88806FFE2F504C92B807594FC0826" box="[591,694,1312,1337]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
from the
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504C84D807595FD0826" box="[809,951,1312,1337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">
Balansa
<specimenCount id="9D65FD2DFFE2F504C8E9807595FD0826" box="[909,951,1312,1337]" count="593" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" type="generic">593</specimenCount>
</emphasis>
specimens. Considering that Charles Baron Clarke worked for many years in Kew, I designate here a sheet kept at K (K-000363250;
<figureCitation id="13582A21FFE2F504CFE2801192830842" box="[1158,1225,1348,1373]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[136,229,1956,1977]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,190,1931]" captionTargetId="figure-13@6.[151,1436,190,1931]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Lectotype of Commelina platyphylla var. balansae (B. Balansa 593, K-000363250). Published with permission of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Available online at: http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000363250." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13687579" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13687579/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
) as
<typeStatus id="54D88806FFE2F504CF9E8011932B0842" box="[1274,1377,1348,1373]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
for
<taxonomicName id="4C634D27FFE2F504CEF6801197E8089E" authorityName="Clarke" authorityYear="1881" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Commelina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="platyphylla" variety="balansae">
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CEF68011974C089E" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">C. platyphylla</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CA59803D97E8089E" box="[317,418,1384,1409]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">balansae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDC36A4FFE2F504CBD980D9932B0B0E" blockId="4.[136,1452,520,1553]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">
<taxonomicName id="4C634D27FFE2F504CBD980D9942D08BA" authorityName="Clarke" authorityYear="1881" box="[189,615,1420,1445]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Commelina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="platyphylla" variety="balansae">
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CBD980D9978C08BA" box="[189,454,1420,1445]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">Commelina platyphylla</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504C96680D9942D08BA" box="[514,615,1420,1445]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">balansae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has already been regarded as a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C634D27FFE2F504CF0880D9934708BA" authorityName="Klotzsch ex Schomburgk" authorityYear="1849" box="[1132,1293,1420,1445]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Commelina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="platyphylla">
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CF0880D9934708BA" box="[1132,1293,1420,1445]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">C. platyphylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in taxonomic literature (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B55FFE2F504CB9880E597F708D6" author="Bacigalupo, N. M." box="[252,445,1456,1481]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" pagination="87 - 103" refId="ref5800" refString="Bacigalupo, N. M. (1964) Estudio sobre las Commelinaceae argentinas, I. Darwiniana 13: 87 - 103." type="journal article" year="1964">Bacigalupo 1964</bibRefCitation>
) and check lists (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B55FFE2F504C9E480E5951508D6" author="Zuloaga, F. O. &amp; Morrone, O. &amp; Belgrano, M. J. &amp; Marticorena, C. &amp; Marchesi, E." box="[640,863,1456,1481]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" pagination="295 - 301" refId="ref7821" refString="Zuloaga, F. O., Morrone, O., Belgrano, M. J., Marticorena, C. &amp; Marchesi, E. (2008) Commelinaceae. In: Zuloaga, F. O., Morrone, O., Belgrano, M. J., Marticorena, C. &amp; Marchesi, E. (Eds.) Catalogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Vol. 1. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol. 107. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, pp. 295 - 301." type="book chapter" year="2008">
Zuloaga
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504C98180E5955708D6" box="[741,797,1456,1481]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">et al.</emphasis>
2008
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B55FFE2F504C80E80E592DC08D6" author="Fernandez, E. &amp; Cayola, L." box="[874,1174,1456,1481]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" pagination="515 - 519" refId="ref6613" refString="Fernandez, E. &amp; Cayola, L. (2014) Commelinaceae Mirb. In: Jorgensen, P. M., Nee, M. H., Beck, S. G., Arrazola, S. &amp; Saldias, M. (Eds.) Catalogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Bolivia. Vol. 1. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol. 127. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, pp. 515 - 519." type="book chapter" year="2014">Fernández &amp; Cayola 2014</bibRefCitation>
); however, some authors have accepted it as a separate taxon (
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504C9418081941E08F2" box="[549,596,1492,1517]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">e.g.,</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B55FFE2F504C938808194B908F2" author="Barreto, R. C." box="[604,755,1492,1517]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" refId="ref5824" refString="Barreto, R. C. (1997) Levantamento das especies de Commelinaceae R. Br. nativas do Brasil. Ph. D. thesis. Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 490 pp." type="book" year="1997">Barreto 1997</bibRefCitation>
). Having had the opportunity to compare the
<typeStatus id="54D88806FFE2F504CF8A8081936608F2" box="[1262,1324,1492,1517]" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">types</typeStatus>
, I found no characters that permit to separate these two and therefore I agree with its synonymisation under
<taxonomicName id="4C634D27FFE2F504CFDF80AD93100B0E" authorityName="Klotzsch ex Schomburgk" authorityYear="1849" box="[1211,1370,1528,1553]" class="Liliopsida" family="Commelinaceae" genus="Commelina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Commelinales" pageId="4" pageNumber="105" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="platyphylla">
<emphasis id="B917EAB6FFE2F504CFDF80AD93100B0E" box="[1211,1370,1528,1553]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="105">C. platyphylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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