# List of Commelinaceae genera

This is a list of Commelinaceae genera as of 2010. This list includes all genera recognised as current by the Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

## Genera list

| Genus Authority | Year | Classification | Type species | # of species | Distribution |
| Cartonema R.Br. | 1810 | CartonematoideaeCartonemateae | Cartonema spicatum R.Br. | 11 | Australia |
| Triceratella Brenan | 1961 | CartonematoideaeTriceratelleae | Triceratella drummondii Brenan | 1 | Zimbabwe & Mozambique |
| Palisota Rchb. ex Endlicher | 1836 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaePalisotineae | Palisota ambigua (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke | 18 | Africa |
| Streptolirion Edgew. | 1845 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeStreptoliriineae | Streptolirion volubile Edgew. | 1 or 2 | Himalayas to Japan |
| Spatholirion Ridl. | 1896 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeStreptoliriineae | Spatholirion ornatum Ridl. | 3 | Thailand to China |
| Aetheolirion Forman | 1962 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeStreptoliriineae | Aetheolirion stenolobium Forman | 1 | Thailand |
| Belosynapsis Hassk. | 1871 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeCyanotinae | Belosynapsis kewensis Hassk. | 4 | Madagascar, India to New Guinea |
| Cyanotis D.Don | 1825 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeCyanotinae | Cyanotis barbata D.Don | 50 | Paleotropics |
| Coleotrype C.B.Clarke | 1881 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeColeotrypineae | Coleotrype natalensis C.B.Clarke | 9 | Africa, Madagascar |
| Amischotolype Hassk. | 1863 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeColeotrypineae | Amischotolype glabrata Hassk. | 15 | Central Africa, India to New Guinea |
| Porandra D.Y.Hong | 1974 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeColeotrypineae | Porandra ramosa D.Y.Hong | 3 | China to Thailand |
| Siderasis Raf. | 1837 ("1836") | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeDichorisandrinae | Siderasis acaulis Raf. | 2-3 | Brazil |
| Dichorisandra J.C.Mikan | 1820 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeDichorisandrinae | Dichorisandra thyrsiflora J.C.Mikan | 25 | Neotropics |
| Cochliostema Lem. | 1859 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeDichorisandrinae | Cochliostema odoratissimum Lem. | 2 | Nicaragua to Ecuador |
| Geogenanthus Ule | 1913 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeDichorisandrinae | Geogenanthus wittianus (Ule) Ule | 5 | Western South America |
| Plowmanianthus Faden & C.R.Hardy | 2004 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeDichorisandrinae | Plowmanianthus perforans Faden & C.R.Hardy | 5 | Panama to Amazonian Bassin |
| Tinantia Scheidw. | 1839 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeThyrsanthemineae | Tinantia fugax Scheidw. | 13 | Texas to Neotropics |
| Thyrsanthemum Pichon | 1946 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeThyrsanthemineae | Thyrsanthemum floribundum (M.Martens & Galeotti) Pichon | 3 | Mexico |
| Gibasoides D.R.Hunt | 1978 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeThyrsanthemineae | Gibasoides laxiflora (C.B.Clarke) D.R.Hunt | 1 | Mexico |
| Weldenia Schult.f. | 1829 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeThyrsanthemineae | Weldenia candida Schult.f. | 1 | Mexico and Guatemala |
| Matudanthus D.R.Hunt | 1978 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeThyrsanthemineae | Matudanthus nanus (M.Martens & Galeotti) D.R.Hunt | 1 | Mexico |
| Sauvallea C.Wright | 1871 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeThyrsanthemineae | Sauvallea blainii C.Wright | 1 | Cuba |
| Elasis D.R.Hunt | 1978 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeTradescantiinae | Elasis hirsuta (Kunth) D.R.Hunt | 1 | Ecuador |
| Gibasis Raf. | 1839 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeTradescantiinae | Gibasis pulchella (Kunth)Raf. | 11 | Neotropics |
| Tradescantia L. | 1753 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeTradescantiinae | Tradescantia virginiana L. | 70 | New World |
| Callisia Loefl. | 1758 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeTradescantiinae | Callisia repens (Jacq.) L. | 20 | New World |
| Tripogandra Raf. | 1837 | CommelinoideaeTradescantieaeTradescantiinae | Tripogandra multiflora (Sw.) Raf. | 22 | Neotropics |
| Stanfieldiella Brenan | 1960 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Stanfieldiella imperforata (C.B.Clarke) Brenan | 4 | Africa |
| Floscopa Lour. | 1790 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Floscopa scandens Lour. | 20 | Pantropical |
| Buforrestia C.B.Clarke | 1881 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Buforrestia mannii C.B.Clarke | 3 | West and Central Africa |
| Murdannia Royle | 1840 ("1839") | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Murdannia scapiflora (Roxb.) Royle | 50 | Pantropcal |
| Anthericopsis Engl. | 1895 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Anthericopsis fischeri Engl. | 1 | East Africa |
| Tricarpelema J.K.Morton | 1966 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Tricarpelema thomsonii (C.B.Clarke) J.K.Morton | 8 | India to Southeast Asia |
| Pseudoparis H.Perrier | 1936 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Pseudoparis cauliflora H.Perrier | 2 or 3 | Madagascar |
| Polyspatha Benth. | 1849 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Polyspatha paniculata Benth. | 3 | Africa |
| Dictyospermum Wight | 1853 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Dictyospermum montanum Wight | 5 | India and Sri Lanka to New Guinea |
| Pollia Thunb. | 1781 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Pollia japonica Thunb. | 17 | Pantropical |
| Aneilema R.Br. | 1810 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Aneilema biflorum R.Br. | 64 | Pantropical |
| Rhopalephora Hassk. | 1864 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Rhopalephora blumei Hassk. | 4 | Madagascar, India to Fiji |
| Commelina L. | 1753 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Commelina communis L. | 170 | Cosmopolitan |
| Tapheocarpa Conran | 1994 | CommelinoideaeCommelineae | Tapheocarpa calandrinioides (F.Muell.) Conran | 1 | Australia |