Commelina pallida var. parviflora Pav. ex C.B.Clarke., 1881

Pellegrini, Marco O. O., Cornejo, Xavier, Morais, Isa Lucia De, De Almeida, Rafael F. & Michelan, Thaisa S., 2025, We are the Crystal Gems: taxonomic revision of the gem-fruited species of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae, Commelinales) and their allies, European Journal of Taxonomy 1020, pp. 1-94 : 83

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1020.3073
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17206671
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scientific name	Commelina pallida var. parviflora Pav. ex C.B.Clarke.
status

Treatment

Commelina pallida var. parviflora Pav. ex C.B.Clarke. View in CoL

Commelina pallida var. parviflora Pav. ex C.B.Clarke ( Clarke 1881: 151) View in CoL . Syn. nov.

Etymology

From the Latin ʻ parvus ʼ (meaning ʻsmallʼ) + ʻ flora ʼ (meaning ʻflowerʼ), in reference to its small flowers.

Type material

MEXICO • s.loc.; s.dat.; fl., fr.; J.A. Pavón s.n.; lectotype: BM [ BM000938212 ]!, designated by Hassemer (2020); isolectotypes: BM [ BM000938207 , BM000938208 , BM000938210 , BM000938211 ] !.

Accepted species

Commelina tuberosa L.

Remarks

Commelina pallida var. parviflora was quickly reduced to a synonym after its publication, adding to the taxonomic confusion of this broadly circumscribed species. However, this taxon presents well-developed and flower-bearing upper cincinnus, which prevents it from being conspecific to either C. pallida or C. texcocana . Morphologically, it seems to be a member of the C. tuberosa species complex. However, we consider it premature to reestablish this name as accepted in the present study before all names and species from this very complex group are appropriately studied. Thus, we tentatively place it under the synonymy of C. tuberosa s. lat.