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Species profile—Commelina diffusa

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Commelinaceae → Commelina diffusa

Photo of Commelina diffusa () - Sharp, D.,Queensland Herbarium, DES (Licence: CC BY NC)
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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Commelinaceae
Scientific name
Commelina diffusa Burm.f.
WildNet taxon ID
10033
Alternate name(s)
wandering Jew
native wandering Jew
scurvy-weed
climbing dayflower
water grass
pond grass
French weed
spreading dayflower
scurvy weed
Australian commelina
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

Other resources

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=10033

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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