Commelina fasciculata

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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| genus = Commelina

| species = fasciculata

| authority = Ruiz & Pav.

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Comellina fasciculata is an herbaceous tropical plant native to Peru and belonging to the family Commelinaceae. It was described by Ruiz and Pavon in 1798.{{cite book | last1= Ruiz | first1= Hipolito | last2= Pavon | first2= Jose |date= 1798 | title= Flora Peruviana et Chilensis - Volume 1 - Commelina | location= Madrid | publisher= Gabrills de Sancha | pages= 43–44}} It is particularly interesting because of its very high chromosome number (2n= 180),{{cite journal | last1= Jones | first1= Keith | last2= Jopling | first2= Carrol | date= April 1972 | title= Chromosomes and the Classification of the Commelinaceae | journal= Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society of London | volume= 65 | issue= 2 | page= 157 }} one of the highest numbers among the Monocots.{{Cite journal |last1=Slanis |first1=Alberto Carlos |last2=Bulacio |first2=Eva del V. |date=July 2007 |title=Commelina Fasciculata subsp. Chacoensis (Commelinaceae), nuevo taxón de Argentina |url=https://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S0011-67932007000100009&script=sci_arttext&utm_source=chatgpt.com |journal=Darwiniana |series=Nueva Serie |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=88–91 |issn=0011-6793}}