Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Commelinales (22)
Family: Commelinaceae (22)(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