New York Metropolitan Flora

Family: Commelinaceae

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Last Modified 02/01/2013

List of Commelinaceae Genera

Tradescantia Commelina

References to Commelinaceae

  • Anderson, E. 1936. Hybridization in American tradescantias. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 23: 511-525.
  • Anderson, E. 1938. Hybridization in Tradescantia. Amer. J. Bot. 25: 396-402.
  • Anderson, E. 1934. A cytological analysis of self-sterility in Tradescantia. Bot. Gaz. 95: 609-621.
  • Anderson, E.; Diehl, D. G. 1932. Contributions to the Tradescantia problem. J. Arnold Arbor. 13: 213-231.
  • Anderson, E.; Sax, K. 1936. A cytological monograph of the American species of Tradescantia. Bot. Gaz. 97: 433-476.
  • Anderson, E.; Woodson, R. E. 1935. The species of Tradescantia indigenous to the United States. Contr. Arnold Arbor. 9: 1-132.
  • Brashier, C. K. 1966. A revision of Commelina (Plum.) L. in the U.S.A. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 93: 1-19.
  • Darlington, C. D. 1929. Chromosome behavior and structural hybridity in the Tradescantiae I. J. Genet. 21: 207-286.
  • Evans, T. M. et.al. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in the Commelinaceae: I. A cladistic analysis of morphological data. Syst. Bot. 25: 668-691.
  • Evans, T. M. et.al. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships in the Commelinaceae: II. A cladistic analysis of the rbcL sequences and morphology. Syst. Bot. 28: 270-292.
  • Faden, R. B. 1993. The misconstrued and rare species of Commelina (Commelinaceae) in the eastern United States. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80: 208-218.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2000. Flora of North America. Volume 22. Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae (in part), and Zingiberidae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. , 352 pages. (ISBN 0195137299)
  • Hardy, C. R. et.al. 2009. Floral organogenesis and the developmental basis for pollinator deception in the asiatic dayflower, Commelina communis (Commelinaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 96: 1236-1244.
  • Hubricht, L. 1941. Vicinism in Tradescantia. Amer. J. Bot. 28: 957.
  • Hunt, D. R. 1980. Sections and series in Tradescantia. American Commelinaceae: IX. Kew Bull. 35: 437-442.
  • Owens, S. J.; Kimmins, F. M. 1981. Stigma morphology in Commelinaceae. Ann. Bot. (London) 47: 771-784.
  • Pennell, F. W. 1937. Commelina communis in the eastern United States. Bartonia 19: 19-22.
  • Pennell, F. W. 1938. What is Commelina communis? Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 90: 31-39.
  • Robertson, C. 1892. Flowers and insects. VII. Bot. Gaz. 17: 65-71.
  • Sinclair, C. B. 1968. Pollination, hybridization, and isolation factors in the erect tradescantias. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 95: 232-240.
  • Sinclair, C. B. 1967. Studies on the erect tradescantias. Ph.D. Thesis Missouri Univ., Columbia,
  • Tucker, G. C. 1989. The genera of Commelinaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 70: 97-130.
  • Ushimaru, A. et.al. 2007. Colored floral organs influence pollinator behavior and pollen transfer in Commelina communis (Commelinaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 94: 249-258.