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Commelina benghalensis

Day Flower
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LC
Least Concern
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
ver 3.1, 2017
NE
Not Evaluated
Malaysia Plant Red List
2010
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SSN 00654
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Taxonomy

  • Kingdom
    Plantae
  • Division
    Magnoliophyta
  • Class
    Liliopsida
  • Order
    Commelinales
  • Family
    Commelinaceae
  • Genus
    Commelina
  • Specific Epithet
    benghalensis L.
  • Synonym
    1. Commelina canescens Vahl
    2. Commelina cavaleriei H.Lév.
    3. Commelina cucullata L.
    4. Commelina delicatula Schltdl.
    5. Commelina mollis Jacq.
    6. Commelina poligama Fern.-Vill.
    7. Commelina procurrens Schltdl.
    8. Commelina radiciflora R.Br. ex C.B. Clarke
    9. Commelina rhizocarpa Afzel. ex C.B. Clarke
    10. Commelina senegalensis Ten.
    11. Commelina turbinata Vahl
    12. Commelina uncata C.B.Clarke
    13. Commelina villosiuscula Sol. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Vernacular Name
    1. Day Flower (English)
  • Residential
    Introduce
The taxonomic status is pending for approval

Description
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So far we know little about the species, apart from its appearance.

Habitats
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No Description Suitability Seasonality
1
Artificial - Aquatic → Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches
 Suitable Resident
2
Artificial - Aquatic → Irrigated Land [includes irrigation channels]
 Suitable Resident
3
Artificial - Aquatic → Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land
 Suitable Resident
4
Forest → Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland Forest
 Suitable Resident
5
Forest → Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane Forest
 Suitable Unknown
6
Savanna → Moist Savana
 Suitable Resident
7
Shrubland → Subtropical/Tropical Moist Shrubland
 Suitable Resident
References : http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3

Assessment
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Year Published Assessment Red List Category Version
2017 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Least Concern (LC)
3.1
2013 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Least Concern (LC)
3.1
2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Least Concern (LC)
N/A
2010 Malaysia Plant Red List
Not Evaluated (NE)
N/A

Biodiversity Experts
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Profile
Ahmad Aldrie Amir (Dr.)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Vascular
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Conservation
  • Ecosystems
  • Environment
  • Evolution
  • Forest
  • History
  • Law and Policy
  • Management
  • Marine & Coastal
  • Protected Areas
  • Science
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
  • SEA
  • W
Alona Cuevas Linatoc (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
  • Vascular
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • PM
  • W
Anisah Lee Abdullah (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
  • Coral Reefs
  • Vascular
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Conservation
  • Ecosystems
  • Environment
  • Geoinformatics
  • Management
  • Marine & Coastal
  • Protected Areas
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Water
  • PM
  • SBH
Asyraf Mansor (Dr.)
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
  • Palms
  • Vascular (Ecology)
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • Ecosystems
  • Environment
  • Evolution
  • Forest
  • PM
Avelinah Julius (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • PM
  • SBH
Chan Yoke Mui (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Palms (Ecology)
  • Vascular (Ecology)
  • Conservation
  • Biodiversity
  • Forest
  • Genetics
  • PM
Cheah Yih Horng (Mr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Moss
  • Vascular
  • Biodiversity
  • Systematics
  • PM
Chew Ming Yee (Ms.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
Chong Ju Lian (Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
  • Mammals (Ecology)
  • Vascular (Ecology)
  • Invasive Alien Species
  • Protected Areas
  • Digital Sequence Information (DSI)
  • Marine & Coastal
  • Climate Change
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
  • SEA
  • W
E. Soepadmo (Prof.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
  • SEA
Joanne Tan Pei Chih (Ms.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular
  • PM
John Baptist Sugau (Mr.)
Department of Forestry Peninsular Malaysia (JPSM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • SBH
  • SWK
Kartini Binti Saibeh (Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
  • Vascular
  • Agriculture
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • SBH
Lau Kah Hoo (Mr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular
  • Ginger
  • Conservation
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
  • SEA
Lillian Chua Swee Lian (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular
  • Conservation
  • PM
Lim Chung Lu (Mr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • PM
Mahani Bt. Mansor Clyde (Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Vascular
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
Mohamad Azani Alias (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • Vascular
  • Vascular
  • Amphibians
  • Amphibians
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • Climate Change
  • Protected Areas
  • Forest
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
  • SEA
Mohd Fahmi Abu Bakar (Ts. Dr.)
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)
  • Vascular
  • Digital Sequence Information (DSI)
  • Evolution
  • Genetics
  • Molecular
  • Systematics
  • PM
Mohd Nazre Salleh @ Japri (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
  • Vascular
  • Biodiversity
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
  • SEA
Mohd Norfaizal Ghazalli (Dr.)
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI)
  • Vascular
  • Pitcher plants
  • Agriculture
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • Ecosystems
  • Science
  • Systematics
  • Taxonomy
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
  • SEA
Nadiah Idris (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • SBH
  • SWK
Nazahatul Anis Amaludin (Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
  • Vascular (Ecology)
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • PM
Nor Ezzawanis Abdullah Thani (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • Digital Sequence Information (DSI)
  • PM
Norzielawati Bt. Salleh (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular
  • Biodiversity
  • Forest
  • Molecular
  • PM
Nur Kyariatul Syafinie Abdul Majid (Ms.)
Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
  • Vascular (Ecology)
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Conservation
  • Forest
  • Protected Areas
  • PM
Nur Supardi Md Noor (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Palms
  • Vascular
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Conservation
  • Ecosystems
  • Environment
  • Forest
  • Management
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
  • SEA
  • W
Ong Poh Teck (Mr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • Orchids
  • PM
Rafidah Abdul Rahman (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • PM
Richard Chung Cheng Kong (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
Rusea Go (Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
  • Orchids (Taxonomy)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • Vascular (Ecology)
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • Environment
  • Forest
  • Management
  • Protected Areas
  • Climate Change
  • Invasive Alien Species
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
Sam Yen Yen (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • Ginger
  • PM
  • SWK
Saw Leng Guan (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
  • SEA
Shamsul Khamis (Dr.)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • Taxonomy
Siti Aishah Abdullah (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
  • Vascular
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
  • SEA
Siti Munirah Mat Yunoh (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • Marine & Coastal
  • PM
Suhaida Mustafa (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular (Ecology)
  • Conservation
  • PM
Syahida Emiza Suhaimi (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
Syazwani Bt. Azeman (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular
  • Biodiversity
  • Forest
  • Science
  • PM
Tam Sheh May (Dr.)
Taylor's University
  • Orchids
  • Vascular
  • Biodiversity
  • Data Analysis
  • Evolution
  • Genetics
  • Molecular
  • PM
Tan Swee Lian (Dr.)
Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM)
  • Vascular (Ecology)
  • Agriculture
  • Biodiversity
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
Ummul Nazrah Abdul Rahman (Ms.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • PM
Wendy Yong Sze Yee (Ms.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular
  • Conservation
  • Biodiversity
  • PM
Yao Tze Leong (Mr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Vascular
  • Biodiversity
  • Ecosystems
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
Yong Kien Thai (Dr.)
University of Malaya (UM)
  • Moss
  • Vascular (Taxonomy)
  • Ferns (Taxonomy)
  • Protected Areas
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • Evolution
  • Taxonomy
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
  • SEA
PM - Peninsular Malaysia; SBH - Sabah; SWK - Sarawak; SEA - Southeast Asia; W - World;

References
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Book
  1. Hussain, A.G., Normah, M.N. & Hussin, K. (2015). Nature’s Medicine: A collection of Medicinal Plants from Malaysia’s Rainforest, Volume 1, Issue/No. a. Landskap Malaysia, Malaysia. pp. 374.
Chapter in book
  1. Life-cycle and Flowering Habits. In Van Balgooy, M.M.J., Low, Y.W. & Wong, K.M. (Eds.), Spot-Characters for the Identification of Malesian Seed Plants. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd. pp. 146-154.
Legislation
  1. Bioinvasion and Global Environmental Governance : The Transnational Policy Network on Invasive Alien Species
Online
  1. Di Dario, F.IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved November 30, 2016, from http://www.iucnredlist.org

Publications
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Nature’s Medicine: A collection of Medicinal Plants from Malaysia’s Rainforest, Volume 1 (a), 11/2015

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Acknowledgements :- Ms. Aida Salihah Binti Abu Bakar, Mrs. Aziemah Binti Kinan, Ms. Mira Farzana Binti Mohamad Mokhtar, Ms. Nurfadzilah Bt Azmi, Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Mr. Tan Kok Kiat

Species Citation :- Commelina benghalensis. Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Accessed via https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/654. [Retrieved 04 October 2023].

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