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Accession Data:

Commelina coelestis Willd.

  • Common Name: Day Flower, Widow's Tears, Blue Spiderwort
  • Family: Commelinaceae R. Br.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico to C. America

  • USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600073
  • Source: Chiltern 381F
  • Accession Date: 08-30-2016
  • Bench: 3311 - NEOB: Cycads
    • Currently: active - new growth
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-09-2020

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Commelinales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Commelinaceae
  • SubFamily: Commelinoideae
  • Tribe: Commelineae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 30, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 30, 2016.
  3. Plants for a Future. Last accessed on Tuesday, 28 May, 2019.

data regenerated on Thu, 13 May 2021 11:27:31 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Commelinaceae

Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Commelineae

  • Commelina coelestis

Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Tradescantieae

  • Dichorisandrinae: Cochliostema odoratissimum
  • Dichorisandrinae: Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
  • Dichorisandrinae: Geogenanthus poeppigii
  • Palisotinae: Palisota barteri
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia fragrans
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia gentlei var. elegans
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia navicularis
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia warszewicziana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia crassifolia var. acaulis W/C
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia pallida
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia sillamontana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia spathacea
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia x Andersoniana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina
  • Tradescantiinae: Tripogandra multiflora
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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