Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2616)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2519)
Class: Liliopsida (388)
Order: Commelinales (21)
Family: Commelinaceae (21)(family description)
Genus: Commelina (5)
Epithet: kotschyi Hassk. (1)
kotschyi => in honor of Theodor Kotschy (1813–1866), Austrian botanist and plant collector in North African and western Asia