Table 3 in We are the Crystal Gems: taxonomic revision of the gem-fruited species of Commelina L. (Commelinaceae, Commelinales) and their allies

Table 3. Diagnostic field characters for the gem-fruited species of the Commelina benghalensis group. CharactersCommelina obliquaCommelina pseudomonospermaCommelina rufipesGrowth formAscending to scramblingProstrate to scramblingProstrate to ascendingLeaf-sheath marginGlabrous to sparsely setose, hairs light brown to rustyGlabrous to setose, hairs light brown to rustyHirsute, hairs rusty to rusty-brownSpathePale greenish-white to greenish-white, sometimes margin fuchsia to vinaceous near the apex, externally glabrous to ciliate with hook-hairs, hairs hyaline, margin flat, apex acuminate, slightly falcatePale greenish-yellow to yellowish-green, generally suffused with fuchsia to vinaceous along the margin, externally glabrous, rarely with occasional hook-hairs, hairs hyaline, margin repandous, apex acuminate, slightly falcateLight green, base only basally connate, splitting open in fruit, truncate to subcordate, externally minutely villous with eventual cilia, hairs hyaline, cilia rusty to rusty-brown, margin flat, apex acute, straightPedicelSparsely puberulous to puberulous with minute hook-hairsSparsely puberulous with minute hook-hairsPuberulous with minute hook-hairsPaired petal limbWidely rhombic-reniform to reniform, white, base cordateWidely rhombic-reniform to reniform, pale lavender to light pink, base cordate,Rhombic to rotund, white, base round to subtruncateMedial petalLanceolate, margin revolute at mid-length, forming a medial constriction, white, apex acuteSpathulate to oblanceolate, cucullate, pale lavender to light pink, apex roundElliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, flat, white, apex obtuseAntherodesNarrowly hastate, minute pollen sacs between the upper and lower lobes present, upper lobes conspicuous, oblong, smaller than the lower, lower lobes oblanceolateSubtrapezoid, minute pollen sacs between the upper and lower lobes absent, upper lobes reduced, smaller than the lower, lower lobes reducedCordate, minute pollen sacs between the upper and lower lobes absent, upper lobes absent, lower lobes obovoidLateral anthersElliptic to ovateSubcordate to cordateSubcordateMedial antherWidely sagittate, connective saddle-shaped, pale yellowWidely sagittate, connective saddle-shaped, pale yellowWidely oblong to widely elliptic, connective oblong, yellowCapsules6–9 per spathe, widely ellipsoid to widely oblongoid2–4 per spathe, widely obovoid2–4 per spathe, subglobose to globose