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Three new, endemic species of Commelinaceae from central and southern Somalia are described. Aneilema trispermum is unique in the genus in having capsules with three one-seeded locules. The annual, buff-orange-flowered Commelina arenicola differs from the annual C. subulata Roth and related perennials in having a capsule with an indehiscent dorsal locule. Commelina frutescens has a unique shrubby habit.
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Faden, R.B. New endemic species of Aneilema and Commelina (Commelinaceae) from Somalia. Brittonia 48, 544–550 (1996). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807874
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