Commelina dielsii Herter (1940:149)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Commelina erecta f. dielsii (Herter) Bacig. in Hickenia 2(31): 136 (1995)
Conservation Status
Last (and only) record: 1878 (González & Hassemer, 2020)
Rediscovered after 140 years (González & Hassemer, 2020)
Distribution
Argentina & Uruguay
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Herter, W. G. F. (1940). Plantae uruguayenses novae vel criticae. Revista Sudamericana de Botánica 6: 129-155.
Other references:
González, Andrés and Hassemer, Gustavo. (2020). Not extinct after all: rediscovery of Commelina dielsii (Commelinaceae) after 140 years, and first record of this species in Uruguay. Phytotaxa 438(3): 199-206. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.438.3.4
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Hassemer, G. (2018). Taxonomic and geographic notes on the neotropical Commelina (Commelinaceae). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 73: 23-53.