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|accepted_name=Tinantia
|accepted_authority=Scheidweiler
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Allgemeine Gartenzeitung
|place=7: 365. 1839
|year=1839
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Commelinantia
|authority=Tharp
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Tinantia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Commelinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tinantia]]</div></div>
|etymology=for Fran&ccedil;ois Tinant, Luxemburger forester
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 171
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual. <b>Roots</b> thin. <b>Leaves</b> spirally arranged; blade occasionally sessile [usually petiolate], glaucous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or terminal and axillary, 1[–several] elongate cyme[s], [occasionally axillary and perforating sheaths], subtended by spathaceous bract; bract leaflike; bracteoles persistent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual [bisexual and staminate], bilaterally symmetric; pedicels well developed; sepals distinct, subequal; petals distinct, unequal, not clawed, proximal petal small [large], distal 2 blue or blue-violet [white to pink], equal, large; stamens 6, all fertile, polymorphic; proximal 3 stamens long, lateral filaments bearded; medial glabrous, anthers large; distal 3 stamens short, filaments densely bearded, anthers small; filaments connate basally; ovary 3-locular; ovules 2–several per locule, 1-seriate. <b>Capsules</b> 3-valved, 3-locular. <b>Seeds</b> 2–several per locule; hilum linear; embryotega lateral. <b>x</b> = 13, 14, 16, 17.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tex.;tropical America;especially Mexico to Nicaragua.
|discussion=<p>The reproductive features of B. C. Tharp’s two species of Commelinantia (1922) clearly link them with <i>Tinantia</i> (O. Rohweder 1962). My research indicates that although some attributes, including pollen and chromosome number, can still be used to separate Commelinantia from <i>Tinantia</i>, these characters are not of sufficient import to merit separate generic status.</p><!--
--><p>Species ca. 14 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=anderson1936b
|text=Anderson, E. and K. Sax. 1936. A cytological monograph of the American species of Tradescantia. Bot. Gaz. 97: 433--476. Jetton
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=castro1978a
|text=Castro, K. 1978. The Biology of Commelinantia anomala. M.S. thesis. Angelo State University.
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|id=rohweder1962a
|text=Rohweder, O. 1962. Zur systematischen Stellung der Commelinaceen-Gattung Commelinantia Tharp. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 75: 51--56.
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|id=simpson1986b
|text=Simpson, B. B., J. L. Neff, and G. Dieringer. 1986. Reproductive biology of Tinantia anomala (Commelinaceae). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 113: 149--158.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=tharp1922a
|text=Tharp, B. C. 1922. Commelinantia, a new genus of the Commelinaceae. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 269--275.
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name=Tinantia
|authority=Scheidweiler
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Commelinantia
|basionyms=
|family=Commelinaceae
|distribution=Tex.;tropical America;especially Mexico to Nicaragua.
|reference=anderson1936b;castro1978a;rohweder1962a;simpson1986b;tharp1922a
|publication title=Allgemeine Gartenzeitung
|publication year=1839
|special status=
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|genus=Tinantia
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