Tradescantia brevifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Commelinales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Commelinales

Tradescantia brevifolia (Torr.) Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 5 (1895).

Basionym
- Tradescantia leiandra var. brevifolia Torr. in W.H.Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 225 (1858).
Homotypic
- Zebrina leiandra C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 318 (1881).
- Treleasea brevifolia (Torr.) Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 5: 207 (1899).
- Neotreleasea brevifolia (Torr.) Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 6 (1903).
- Setcreasea brevifolia (Torr.) Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 294 (1911).
Heterotypic
- Tradescantia leiandra var. ovata J.M.Coult., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 50 (1890).
- Setcreasea ovata (J.M.Coult.) Faruqi, Celarier & Mehra, Rhodora 64: 70 (1962).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León) Regional: Southern Central USA Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Rose, J.N. 1895. Report on a collection of plants made in the states of Sonora and Colima, Mexico, by Dr. Edward Palmer, in the years 1890 and 1891. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 1: 293–434. BHL Reference page. : 3: 5.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tradescantia brevifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tradescantia brevifolia. Published online. Accessed: October 31 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Tradescantia brevifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 October 2019.

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