NEW ENDEMIC SPECIES OF ANEILEMA AND COMMELINA (COMMELINACEAE) FROM SOMALIA

Authors
FADEN RB
Citation
Rb. Faden, NEW ENDEMIC SPECIES OF ANEILEMA AND COMMELINA (COMMELINACEAE) FROM SOMALIA, Brittonia, 48(4), 1996, pp. 544-550
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Brittonia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0007196X
Volume
48
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
544 - 550
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-196X(1996)48:4<544:NESOAA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Three new, endemic species of Commelinaceae from central and southern Somalia are described. Aneilema trispermum is unique in the genus in h aving capsules with three one-seeded locules. The annual, buff-orange- flowered Commelina arenicola differs from the annual C. subulata Roth and related perennials in having a capsule with an indehiscent dorsal locule. Commelina frutescens has a unique shrubby habit.