taxonID	type	description	language	source
56921368D8A351A1370E584400098673.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In the state of Rio de Janeiro it is especially common in disturbed areas of drier regions inland or near the coast, being common in restingas (i. e. sandbank vegetation), and as a weed in agricultural fields (Fig. 2).	en	Pellegrini, Marco Octavio de Oliveira, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2017): Synopsis of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, reveals a new white-flowered species endemic to Brazil. PhytoKeys 78: 59-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932
A169316B5F2F598E89C3288CC0B63135.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Tropical and subtropical regions of the world, being very common in shady disturbed areas such as road sides, gardens and forest margins, and in agricultural fields. It is also found growing on the edge of wet paddy fields, ponds, ditches and stream sides (Fig. 2).	en	Pellegrini, Marco Octavio de Oliveira, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2017): Synopsis of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, reveals a new white-flowered species endemic to Brazil. PhytoKeys 78: 59-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932
BDF74D8B91BE079922384A96A19FFA91.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Tropical and subtropical regions of the world, being common in disturbed areas of drier regions inland or near the coast, commonly found in restingas or in urban areas (Fig. 2).	en	Pellegrini, Marco Octavio de Oliveira, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2017): Synopsis of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, reveals a new white-flowered species endemic to Brazil. PhytoKeys 78: 59-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932
9A9912369BFF51DD995C13A0A351622D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Commelina rufipes Seub. affinis, sed ab ea spathis depressum-ovatum vel sub-cordato, basi adnata, petalo inferioris auriculata, ovarium sparse nigro-papillose, capsulae ellipsoide dehicens, parda, seminibus libera differt.	en	Pellegrini, Marco Octavio de Oliveira, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2017): Synopsis of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, reveals a new white-flowered species endemic to Brazil. PhytoKeys 78: 59-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932
9A9912369BFF51DD995C13A0A351622D.taxon	description	Description. Herbs 15 - 35 cm tall, perennial, terrestrial. Roots thin, fibrous, cream colored to light yellow, glabrous or minutely pubescent with absorbent hairs. Stems decumbent, apex ascending, becoming trailing or straggling, rooting only near the base; internodes 2.2 - 11.1 cm long, green, minutely velutine to minutely pilose, with line of uniseriate hairs opposite to the leaves, hairs hyaline. Leaves distichously-alternate, distributed along the stem, sessile; sheaths 1.4 - 2.6 cm long, pilose, hairs hyaline, margins densely setose, with a line of setose hairs opposite to the leaves, hairs rusty to rusty-brown; blades 3.3 - 9.1 x (0.9 -) 1.6 - 2.3 (- 3.3) cm, chartaceous, adaxially dark-green to green, abaxially light-green to light-green tinted vinaceous to completely vinaceous, drying olive-green on both sides, lanceolate to ovate lanceolate, rarely ovate, adaxially scabrous, abaxially minutely villous, pilose along the midvein, hairs hyaline, base obtuse, rarely cuneate, margins green, scabrous, apex acuminate; midvein conspicuous, impressed adaxially, prominently obtuse abaxially, secondary veins (2 -) 4 - 6 pairs, adaxially conspicuous, abaxially inconspicuous. Inflorescences 1 - 4, terminal or apparently so, peduncles 1.3 - 5.5 mm, rarely inconspicuous, puberulous with hook hairs throughout, hairs hyaline; spathes 0.7 - 2 x 1.4 - 3.2 cm, depressed ovate to subcordate, usually slightly falcate, base connate for 3 - 6 mm, cordate to truncate, margin green to vinaceous, minutely pilose along the edge, hairs hyaline, sometimes also ciliate, cilia rusty to rusty-brown, apex acute, internally light-green, glabrous, veins inconspicuous, externally green, minutely villous with eventual cilia, hairs hyaline, cilia rusty to rusty-brown, veins inconspicuous, becoming conspicuous when dry; upper cincinnus 2 - 5 - flowered, flowers male, very rarely bisexual, peduncle (0.7 -) 1.7 - 2.4 cm long, exserted from the spathe, commonly arcuate at post-anthesis, sparsely to densely puberulous with hook hairs, sometimes of 2 heights, hairs hyaline; lower cincinnus 2 - 4 - flowered, flowers mainly bisexual, sometimes male, peduncle 0.5 - 1 cm, glabrous or sparsely puberulous with minute hook hairs. Flowers bisexual or male, zygomorphic, 6.5 - 9 mm diam.; pedicel 1 - 4 mm long, light green, glabrous, reflexed and slightly elongate in fruit; sepals hyaline white to hyaline light-green, glabrous, persistent in fruit, upper sepal 3,4 - 4,2 x 1,1 - 1,4 mm, elliptic, cucullate, round apex, lower sepals 4.1 - 5.3 x 2.2 - 2.6 mm, obovate, cucullate, connate, round apex; paired petals 6.2 - 6.9 x 4.9 - 5.4 mm, clawed, limb broadly rhomboid to rhomboid-reniform, 4.7 - 5.3 x 4.9 - 5.4 mm, white, apex rounded, base cordate, claw 1.6 - 2 mm, white to tinted vinaceous, medial petal 3.1 - 4 x 1 - 1.4 mm, sessile, obovate to oblong-obovate, with 2 auricles near the middle, cucullate, concolorous with or slightly paler than the paired petals; staminodes 3, subequal, filaments 3 - 3.6 mm long, tinted vinaceous, antherodes 6 - lobed, 1 - 1.2 x 1.2 - 1.4 mm, yellow with tiny light-yellow pollen sacs; lateral stamen filaments gently sigmoid, geniculate distal to the middle, 5.6 - 6.6 mm long, white, anthers elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 1.2 - 1.4 x 0.9 - 1.2 mm, yellowish-orange to cream-orange with margins tinted purple, pollen yellowish-orange to cream-orange; medial stamen filament straight or arcuate-decurved, decurved at the apex, 2.2 - 2.8 mm long, white to tinted vinaceous, anther 1.5 - 2.2 x 1 - 1.8 mm, broadly elliptic to broadly oblong-elliptic, strongly curved, held near the antherodes, yellow-orange to cream-orange, connective purple to dark-purple, pollen yellowish-orange to cream-orange; ovary oblong-ellipsoid, ca. 1 - 1.3 x 0.6 - 0.7 mm, 5 - ovulate, glabrous, sparsely papillose, papillae black, style exceeding or equaling the stamens, sigmoid, strongly recurved apically, 8 - 11.3 mm, white, stigma trilobate, white. Capsules 1 - 2 per spathe, 5.5 - 8.1 x 3.8 - 5 mm, obovoid, constricted between the seeds, brown to light brown, glabrous, sparsely papillose, papillae black, 3 - locular, 2 - valved, dorsal locule 1 - seeded, indehiscent, ventral locules 2 - seeded. Seeds slightly dimorphic, dark brown with orange-brown verrucae, farinose, farina peach-colored; dorsal locule seed strongly adhered to the capsule wall, ellipsoid, strongly dorsiventrally compressed, ventrally flattened, not cleft towards the embryotega, 3.4 - 4.2 x 2.8 - 3.3 mm, testa shallowly foveolate, embryotega semilateral, relatively inconspicuous, without a prominent apicule, hilum linear, 1 / 2 the length of the seed; ventral locule seeds free from the capsule wall, ellipsoid, truncate at one end, ventrally flattened, not cleft towards the embryotega, 2.7 - 3.4 x 2 - 2.4 mm, testa foveolate, embryotega semilateral, relatively inconspicuous, without a prominent apicule, hilum linear, 1 / 2 the length of the seed.	en	Pellegrini, Marco Octavio de Oliveira, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2017): Synopsis of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, reveals a new white-flowered species endemic to Brazil. PhytoKeys 78: 59-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932
9A9912369BFF51DD995C13A0A351622D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named after the British botanist Dr. David R. Hunt, in honor of his extensive contribution to Commelinaceae systematics worldwide, especially for his contributions to Tradescantieae and the " Phaeosphaerion group " of Commelina.	en	Pellegrini, Marco Octavio de Oliveira, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2017): Synopsis of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, reveals a new white-flowered species endemic to Brazil. PhytoKeys 78: 59-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932
9A9912369BFF51DD995C13A0A351622D.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Commelina huntii was collected in moist and shaded nebular forests, generally near water bodies, in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo, in elevations from 800 to 1,700 m above sea level (Fig. 5). In very rare cases it can also be found in open sometimes disturbed areas.	en	Pellegrini, Marco Octavio de Oliveira, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2017): Synopsis of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, reveals a new white-flowered species endemic to Brazil. PhytoKeys 78: 59-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932
711EAE26293AE4A9727FC31EC8D4956D.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Mexico to Argentina being very common in shady disturbed areas such as road sides, gardens and forest margins, and in agricultural fields. It is less commonly found growing in drier regions and rocky outcrops (Fig. 2).	en	Pellegrini, Marco Octavio de Oliveira, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2017): Synopsis of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, reveals a new white-flowered species endemic to Brazil. PhytoKeys 78: 59-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932
C28C8B88885E5A219CD8B345A5247CE2.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Mexico to Southeastern Brazil, being found in the understory of preserved rainforests, in the Amazon and Atlantic domains, as well as in gallery forests in the Cerrado biome. It is a rare species in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes, with most of its collections being from the Amazon Forest.	en	Pellegrini, Marco Octavio de Oliveira, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2017): Synopsis of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, reveals a new white-flowered species endemic to Brazil. PhytoKeys 78: 59-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.11932
