Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 269 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.T.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 122 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 277 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 508 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Commelina communis L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62): 59 misapplication: Commelina communis L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(80): 191

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 429 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 227 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 72 [secondary reference]

common name: Wandering Jew [n/a] common name: Scurvy-weed [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 175 [secondary reference]

common name: Scurvy Weed [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 9 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Commelinceae,Eriocaulaceae, Centrolepidaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 427, Fig. 548A [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Commelina lanceolata R.Br. legitimate

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 140 [secondary reference]

common name: Scurvy weed [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 21 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 3 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Commelina lanceolata R.Br. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 47

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Commelinaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 76, Fig. 12A [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Commelina communis L. legitimate common name: Wandering Jew [n/a]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Commelinaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 258-259, pl. 19 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 418-419, Fig. 67 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Port Jackson, New South Wales, R.Brown; holo: BM.

misapplication: Commelina communis L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62): 59 common name: Wandering Jew [n/a] common name: Forget-Me Not [n/a]

• Etymology: "So named from the Greek kyanos, a dark blue substance, in allusion to the flower colour."

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (2005), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 3 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Commelina diffusa Burm.f. legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Commelinaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 76, Fig. 12A

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Commelina cyanea R.Br. var. cyanea legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Commelina cyanea R.Br. f. cyanea legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Commelina cyanea R.Br. var. cynea orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Commelina cyanea var. verreauxii C.B.Clarke legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Commelina cyanea f. albiflora Domin legitimate misapplication: Commelina communis L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62): 59 misapplication: Commelina diffusa Burm.f. legitimate by Walsh, N.G. & Stajsic, V. (June 2007), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 8: 172

• APC Dist.: NSW, LHI, NI, Vic

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