Commelina

Commelina L. 1753 Himmelsblomssläktet
C. tuberosa, himmelsblomma
Familj	Commelinaceae
Ordning	Commelinales
Överordning	Monocotyledonae
Underklass	Angiospermae
Rike	Plantae

Himmelsblomssläktet omfattar ungefär 200 arter i familjen himmelsblomsväxter. Växterna i släktet är fleråriga örter. Blomknopparna omges av stödblad. Blommorna har tre kronblad men ibland är ett av dessa mindre framträdande. Den vanligaste blomfärgen är blå. Utbredningsområdet är i tropiskt och subtropiskt klimat. Några arter odlas som prydnadsväxter.

Arter

Commelina acutispatha Commelina acutissima Commelina africana - gul himmelsblomma Commelina agrostophylla Commelina albescens Commelina albiflora Commelina amplexicaulis Commelina andamanica Commelina appendiculata Commelina aquatica Commelina arenicola Commelina ascendens Commelina aspera Commelina attenuata Commelina aurantiiflora Commelina auriculata Commelina avenifolia Commelina badamica Commelina bambusifolia Commelina barbata Commelina beccariana Commelina bella Commelina benghalensis - indisk himmelsblomma Commelina bequaertii Commelina boissieriana Commelina bracteosa Commelina bravoa Commelina cameroonensis Commelina capitata Commelina caroliniana Commelina catharinensis Commelina chamissonis Commelina chayaensis Commelina ciliata Commelina clavata Commelina clavatoides Commelina communis - liten himmelsblomma Commelina congesta Commelina congestipantha Commelina corbisieri Commelina corradii Commelina crassicaulis Commelina cufodontii Commelina cyanea Commelina dammeriana Commelina dekindtiana Commelina demissa Commelina dianthifolia Commelina dielsii Commelina diffusa Commelina disperma Commelina droogmansiana Commelina eckloniana Commelina elliptica Commelina ensifolia Commelina erecta Commelina fluviatilis Commelina foliacea Commelina forskaolii Commelina frutescens Commelina gambiae Commelina gelatinosa Commelina geniculata Commelina giorgii Commelina gourmaensis Commelina grandis Commelina grossa Commelina haitiensis Commelina heterosperma Commelina hirsuta Commelina hispida Commelina hockii Commelina holubii Commelina homblei Commelina huillensis Commelina humblotii Commelina huntii Commelina imberbis Commelina indehiscens Commelina irumuensis Commelina jaliscana Commelina jamesonii Commelina kapiriensis Commelina kilanga Commelina kisantuensis Commelina kitaleensis Commelina kituloensis Commelina kotschyi Commelina lanceolata Commelina latifolia Commelina leiocarpa Commelina littoralis Commelina longicapsa Commelina longicaulis Commelina longifolia Commelina loureiroi Commelina lukei Commelina lukonzolwensis Commelina luteiflora	Commelina luzonensis Commelina macrospatha Commelina macrosperma Commelina maculata Commelina madagascarica Commelina major Commelina martyrum Commelina mascarenica Commelina melanorrhiza Commelina membranacea Commelina mensensis Commelina merkeri Commelina microspatha Commelina milne-redheadii Commelina modesta Commelina montigena Commelina mwatayamvoana Commelina neurophylla Commelina nigritana Commelina nivea Commelina nyasensis Commelina obliqua Commelina oligotricha Commelina orchidophylla Commelina paleata Commelina pallida Commelina pallidispatha Commelina paludosa Commelina petersii Commelina phaeochaeta Commelina platyphylla Commelina polhillii Commelina pseudopurpurea Commelina pseudoscaposa Commelina purpurea Commelina pycnospatha Commelina pynaertii Commelina quarrei Commelina queretarensis Commelina quitensis Commelina ramosissima Commelina ramulosa Commelina reflexa Commelina reptans Commelina reticulata Commelina reygaertii Commelina rhodesica Commelina robynsii Commelina roensis Commelina rogersii Commelina rosulata Commelina ruandensis Commelina rufipes Commelina rupestris Commelina rupicola Commelina rzedowskii Commelina saxatilis Commelina saxosa Commelina scabra Commelina scandens Commelina scaposa Commelina schinzii Commelina schliebenii Commelina schweinfurthii Commelina shinsendaensis Commelina sikkimensis Commelina singularis Commelina socorrogonzaleziae Commelina somalensis Commelina spectabilis Commelina sphaerorrhizoma Commelina standleyi Commelina stefaniniana Commelina subcucullata Commelina subscabrifolia Commelina subulata Commelina suffruticosa Commelina sulcatisperma Commelina sylvatica Commelina texcocana Commelina trachysperma Commelina transversifolia Commelina triangulispatha Commelina tricarinata Commelina tricolor Commelina trilobosperma Commelina tuberosa - himmelsblomma Commelina umbellata Commelina undulata Commelina ussilensis Commelina velutina Commelina vermoesenii Commelina virginica Commelina welwitschii Commelina wightii Commelina zambesica Commelina zenkeri Commelina zeylanica Commelina zigzag
Arter med oklar placering
Commelina clarkeana De Wild. & T.Durand
Synonymer
C. angustissima → Commelina subulata C. bambusifolioides → Commelina obliqua C. bangii → Commelina diffusa C. bianoensis → Commelina neurophylla C. carsonii → C. schweinfurthii ssp. carsonii C. ceciliae → C. schweinfurthii ssp. ceciliae C. claessensii → C. eckloniana ssp. claessensii C. clarkeana K.Schum. → Commelina acutispatha C. coelestis → Commelina tuberosa C. critica → C. eckloniana ssp. critica C. cuneata → Commelina zambesica C. echinosperma → C. eckloniana ssp. echinosperma C. echinulata → C. eckloniana ssp. echinosperma C. elgonensis → Commelina schweinfurthii C. fasciculata → Commelina tuberosa C. firma → Commelina aspera C. guaranitica → Commelina erecta C. kilimandscharica → Commelina benghalensis	C. lagosensis → C. bracteosa var. lagosensis C. livingstonii → C. erecta ssp. livingstonii C. mathewsii → Commelina obliqua C. minor → Commelina communis C. nairobiensis → C. eckloniana ssp. nairobiensis C. obscura → Commelina benghalensis C. opulens → C. aspera var. opulens C. praecox → Commelina scaposa C. pyrrhoblepharis → Commelina benghalensis C. rufociliata → Commelina benghalensis C. sabatieri → Commelina diffusa C. schomburgkiana → Commelina longicaulis C. stolzii → Commelina schweinfurthii C. thomasii → Commelina acutispatha C. vanderystii → Commelina scandens C. vilavelhensis → Commelina obliqua C. villosa → Commelina erecta

Synonymer

• Athyrocarpus Schltdl. 1855
• Phaeosphaerion Hassk. 1866

Referenser

• Mabberley, D. J.: Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 2008 (eng). ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4 (hardback). Libris. 
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• POWO. "Plants of the World Online". Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 2022-04-29.
• IPNI (2022). International Plant Names Index. Published on the Internet https://www.ipni.org, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. [Retrieved 2022-04-29].
• SKUD, Svensk kulturväxtdatabas (SLU) - himmelsblomssläktet - https://skud.slu.se/nav/taxa - I tryckt form: Aldén, Björn; Ryman, Svengunnar; Hjertson, Mats Våra kulturväxters namn: ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm, 2009. ISBN 978-91-540-6026-9