Aneilema
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Aneilema is a genus of plant
in family Commelinaceae
. It contains the following species:
List may be incomplete.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Commelinaceae
Commelinaceae
Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with an estimated 650 species in 40 genera. Well known genera include...
. It contains the following species:
List may be incomplete.
- Aneilema aequinoctialeAneilema aequinoctialeAneilema aequinoctiale is a flowering shrub native to West and East Africa. It is sometimes referred to by its English common name, clinging aneilema, and in Yoruba, a language of West Africa, it may be referred to as ẹfĩajija....
, P.Beauv.Palisot de BeauvoisAmbroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois 27 July 1752 Arras - 21 January 1820 Paris, was a French naturalist.Palisot collected insects in Oware, Benin, Saint Domingue, and the United States, during the period 1786 – 1797. Trained as a botanist, Palisot published a significant... - Aneilema silvaticumAneilema silvaticumAneilema silvaticum is a species of plant in the Commelinaceae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
, BrenanJohn Patrick Micklethwait BrenanJohn Patrick Micklethwait Brenan was a British botanist. He was born June 19, 1917 in Chislehurst and died September 26, 1985 at Kew. He is buried at St. Anne's Church, Kew.... - Aneilema biflorumAneilema biflorumAneilema biflorum is a perennial herb in the Commelinaceae family. It grows in moist and shaded places, often near streams in eastern Australia. A ground covering plant, growing to 20 cm tall. White flowers occur between December and March. The wrinkled fruit is flattened, 4 mm long, with...
, R.Br. - Aneilema acuminatumAneilema acuminatumAneilema acuminatum is a species of herbaceous plant of Eastern Australia. Natural habitat is rainforest, riparian forest and moist areas within drier forests and woodlands.- Sources :...