List of Commelinaceae genera
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This is a list of Commelinaceae genera as of 2025. This list includes all genera recognised as current by the Kew's Plants of the World Online.[1]
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| Genus Authority |
Year | Classification | Type species | # of species | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartonema R.Br.[2] | 1810 |
| Cartonema spicatum R.Br. | 7 | Australia |
| Triceratella Brenan[3] | 1961 |
| Triceratella drummondii Brenan | 1 | Zimbabwe & Mozambique |
| Palisota Rchb. ex Endlicher[4] | 1836 | Palisota ambigua (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke | 31 | Africa | |
| Streptolirion Edgew.[5] | 1845 | Streptolirion volubile Edgew. | 2 | Himalayas to Japan | |
| Spatholirion Ridl.[6] | 1896 | Spatholirion ornatum Ridl. | 7 | China to Malaysia | |
| Aetheolirion Forman[7] | 1962 | Aetheolirion stenolobium Forman | 1 | Thailand | |
| Cyanotis D.Don[8] | 1825 | Cyanotis barbata D.Don | 51 | Paleotropics | |
| Coleotrype C.B.Clarke[9] | 1881 | Coleotrype natalensis C.B.Clarke | 10 | Africa, Madagascar | |
| Amischotolype Hassk.[10] | 1863 | Amischotolype glabrata[N 1] Hassk. | 28 | Central Africa, India to New Guinea | |
| Siderasis Raf.[11] | 1837 ("1836") | Siderasis acaulis[N 2] Raf. | 6 | Eastern Brazil | |
| Dichorisandra J.C.Mikan[12] | 1820 | Dichorisandra thyrsiflora J.C.Mikan | 57 | Neotropics | |
| Cochliostema Lem.[13] | 1859 | Cochliostema odoratissimum Lem. | 2 | Nicaragua to Ecuador | |
| Geogenanthus[N 3] Ule[14] | 1913 | Geogenanthus wittianus[N 4] (Ule) Ule | 3 | Western South America | |
| Plowmanianthus Faden & C.R.Hardy[15] | 2004 | Plowmanianthus perforans Faden & C.R.Hardy | 5 | Panama to Amazonian Bassin | |
| Tinantia Scheidw.[16] | 1839 | Tinantia fugax[N 5] Scheidw. | 13 | Texas to Neotropics | |
| Thyrsanthemum Pichon[17] | 1946 | Thyrsanthemum floribundum (M.Martens & Galeotti) Pichon | 4 | Mexico | |
| Weldenia Schult.f.[18] | 1829 | Weldenia candida Schult.f. | 2 | Mexico and Guatemala | |
| Matudanthus D.R.Hunt[19] | 1978 | Matudanthus nanus (M.Martens & Galeotti) D.R.Hunt | 1 | Mexico | |
| Sauvallia C.Wright ex Hassk.[20] | 1870 | Sauvallea blainii C.Wright | 1 | Cuba | |
| Elasis D.R.Hunt[19] | 1978 | Elasis hirsuta (Kunth) D.R.Hunt | 2 | Ecuador | |
| Gibasis Raf.[11] | 1839 | Gibasis pulchella (Kunth)Raf. | 14 | Neotropics | |
| Tradescantia L.[21] | 1753 | Tradescantia virginiana L. | 86 | New World | |
| Callisia Loefl.[22] | 1758 | Callisia repens (Jacq.) L. | 19 | Tropical and subtropical Americas | |
| Tripogandra Raf.[11] | 1837 | Tripogandra multiflora (Sw.) Raf. | 22 | Neotropics | |
| Stanfieldiella Brenan[23] | 1960 | Stanfieldiella imperforata (C.B.Clarke) Brenan | 4 | Africa | |
| Floscopa Lour.[24] | 1790 | Floscopa scandens Lour. | 21 | Pantropical | |
| Buforrestia C.B.Clarke[9] | 1881 | Buforrestia mannii C.B.Clarke | 3 | West and Central Africa and northern South America | |
| Murdannia Royle[25] | 1840 ("1839") | Murdannia scapiflora[N 6] (Roxb.) Royle | 61 | Pantropcal | |
| Tricarpelema J.K.Morton[26] | 1966 | Tricarpelema thomsonii[N 7] (C.B.Clarke) J.K.Morton | 8 | India to Southeast Asia | |
| Pseudoparis H.Perrier[27] | 1936 | Pseudoparis cauliflora H.Perrier | 2 or 3 | Madagascar | |
| Polyspatha Benth.[28] | 1849 | Polyspatha paniculata Benth. | 3 | Tropical Africa | |
| Dictyospermum Wight[29] | 1853 | Dictyospermum montanum Wight | 5 | India and Sri Lanka to New Guinea | |
| Pollia Thunb.[30] | 1781 | Pollia japonica Thunb. | 19 | Pantropical | |
| Aneilema R.Br.[2] | 1810 | Aneilema biflorum R.Br. | 66 | Pantropical | |
| Rhopalephora Hassk.[31] | 1864 | Rhopalephora blumei[N 8] Hassk. | 4 | Madagascar, India to Fiji | |
| Commelina L.[21] | 1753 | Commelina communis L. | 208 | Cosmopolitan | |
| Tapheocarpa Conran[32] | 1994 | Tapheocarpa calandrinioides (F.Muell.) Conran | 1 | Australia |
