Commelina paludosa

Commelinales and Zingiberales week : Commelinaceae- commelina benghalensis?:
Saw this commelina sp. in the forest of Mumbai in November 2010, is it C. benghalensis?

– Hello I m too confused because of the leaves of above posted plant. But my opinion is go with Commelina paludosa rather than Commelina forskalaei.
Commelina paludosa Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. 1: 2. 1827; Rao and Kammathy, JBNHS 59: 60, 1962.
Type: Java. Blume 807. (Herb. Lugd. Bat. 899. 2285-488)
Lectotype. Commelina obliqua Buch. –Ham. ex D. Don. Fl. Nepal. 45. 1825; Clarke In: Dc., Mon. Phan. 3: 178. 1881; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 372. 1892; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 3: 372. 1906; Fischer In: Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras, 1076. 1928, non Vahl, 1806. Commelina polyspatha Wight, Ic. t. 2066. 1853.
Erect-scrambling perennial herb. Stems often erect, simple or sometimes branched distally, to 1 m, glabrous or sparsely hispidulous. Leaves sessile; leaf sheath densely brown hispid at mouth and in a line on 1 side, sometimes either glabrous with only a few hairs at mouth or hirsute throughout; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 7–20 × 2–7 cm, glabrous on both surfaces or adaxially granular hairy and abaxially hirsute. Involucral bracts often 4–10, forming terminal heads, sessile, funnelform, c. 2 × 1.5–2 cm, glabrous, proximal margins connate, apex acute or shortly so. Cincinnus 1; peduncle c. 1.2 cm; flowers 1 to several, nearly included in involucral bracts; pedicels c. 7 mm, twisted. Sepals 3–6 mm, membranous. Petals blue, 4.5–8 mm. Capsule ovoid-globose, trigonous, c. 4 mm, 3-valved. Seeds 1 per valve, dark brown, ellipsoid, c. 3.5 mm, slightly flattened, finely reticulate; hilum linear-punctiform, embryotega lateral.
Flowering and Fruiting: August to February.
Distribution: C. paludosa is distributed in India, Sri Lanka, Burma and Tropical Africa (Faden, 2000).
Localities:  From forest borders of Dajipur, Borbet, Chandrapur (Maharashtra), Kankumbhi (Karnataka).
Ecology: It is common along forest margins. It prefers exposed or partially shady habitats.

Commelina ? from Hooghly 22/7/12 SK:

The plant in this thread is –

• more than 2 feet tall, not 1.5 feet as i have stated earlier, stem erect, suberect, branched
• leaves 10-15 cm x 3.5 cm

Commelina species available in the FoP & FoC are –

1. Commelina albescens Hassk. = leaves much smaller = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250064589 = REJECTED ?
2. Commelina subulate Roth. = leaves much narrower = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250064593 = REJECTED
3. Commelina auriculata Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae = leaves smaller = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001172 = REJECTED ?
4. Commelina diffusa N. L. Burman = leaves smaller = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=222000040 = REJECTED ?
5. Commelina communis Linnaeus, = leaves smaller = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027375 = REJECTED ?
6. Commelina benghalensis Linn. – leaves smaller = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=222000036 and = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=222000036 = REJECTED ?
7. Commelina maculata Edgeworth = “…. Commelina maculata is very similar to C. paludosa from which it differs in having stems creeping proximally, numerous branched, slender, rooting at nodes; leaves smaller, 4–10 × 1.5–2.5 cm; and involucral bracts fewer and smaller, often only 2 or 3 forming heads…” = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001173 = REJECTED ?
8. Commelina undulata R. Brown, Prodr. 270. 1810. = leaves smaller = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001175 = REJECTED ?
9. Commelina suffruticosa Blume = leaves slighly smaller = “…. Only one Chinese specimen was seen by the present authors.” = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001174 = REJECTED ?
10. Commelina paludosa Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae. 1: 2. 1827. = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200027376 and = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027376
11. an illustration = http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=60409&flora_id=2

Attaching some more images, recorded on the 23rd & 26th, this month.

Please, at least confirm this is a Commelina species.
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This plant seems to be Commelina paludosa

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This in Commelina paludosa Blume

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Attaching a new set from the same population at the same place, this time the flowers are fresh.

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Yes It is Commelina paludosa.

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Thank you very much for confirming the ID.
But FoI has different looking plant
http://www.flowersofindia.Swamp%20Dayflower.html.

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http://www.flowersofindia.Swamp%20Dayflower.html. is Commelina diffusa only.

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sk2015sept05/05 – Commelina maculata Edgew. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7)

Commelina paludosa Blume ???? : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)

Yes, For time being it appears to be!

It look likes Commelina paludosa 

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