PLANTS Profile for Murdannia nudiflora (nakedstem dewflower)

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Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan
nakedstem dewflower

Symbol:

MUNU

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Commelinaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I

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Line Drawing of Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan

Commelina nudiflora

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 457. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan

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Synonyms:
Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan

	ANNU8	Aneilema nudicaule (Burm. f.) G. Don
	ANNU9	Aneilema nudiflorum (L.) Sweet
	CONU7	Commelina nudiflora L.

Distribution:
Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan

View 10 genera in Commelinaceae, 5 species in Murdannia

Classification:
Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Commelinales
Family	Commelinaceae – Spiderwort family
Genus	Murdannia Royle – murdannia
Species	Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan – nakedstem dewflower

Introduced Information:
Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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FAC,FACW

FAC

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FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39146.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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