| Name | Commelina erecta Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Commelina Linnaeus |
| Contains | Commelina erecta var. angustifolia (Michaux) Fernald Commelina erecta f. crispa (Wooten) Fernald Commelina erecta var. deamiana Fernald Commelina erecta var. hamipila (C. Wright) Fernald Commelina erecta f. intercursa Fernald |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:172048-1 |
| Citation | 1753 Sp. Pl. 1: 41 |
| Holdings | 394 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Commelina erecta Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (244), 1913 (1), 1963 (1), 1983 (147), 2015 (1) |