Commelina rufipes Seub. var. glabrata (D.R. Hunt) Faden & D.R. Hunt (Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74: 122. 1987.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native?)[], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), South America (native), Common Names: Cohítre blanco (Puerto Rico), Tradescantia (Puerto Rico), Synonyms: Athyrocarpus persicariifolius sensu Britton & P. Wilson, non Hemsl. (Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 144. 1923.), Commelinopsis glabrata D.R. Hunt (Kew Bull. 36: 195. 1981.), Commelinopsis persicariifolia (Delile) Pichon (Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 227. 1946.), Tradescantia portoricensis Bello (Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 122. 1883.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and M.T. Strong. 2005. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 1-415. 2). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 5). The International Plant Names Index (IPNI). 2008. Website: www.ipni.org 6). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 20 Jul 09 |