Tradescantia fluminensis

Tradescantia fluminensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Tradescantieae
Subtribus: Tradescantiinae
Genus: Tradescantia
Sectio: T. sect. Austrotradescantia
Species: Tradescantia fluminensis

Name

Tradescantia fluminensis Vell., Fl. Flumin. 3: 140, t. 152 (1829).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Tradescantia albiflora Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 84 (1843).
  • Tradescantia albovittata Pynaert, Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1886: 15 (1886).
  • Tradescantia fluminensis f. albovittata (Pynaert) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1144 (1895).
  • Tradescantia fluminensis f. aureovittata Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1143 (1895).
  • Tradescantia laekenensis L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey, Hortus: 616 (1930), nom. nud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional:Brazil SE. & S. Brazil to N. Argentina References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Vellozo, J.M.C. (†). 1829 ["1825"]. Florae Fluminensis, seu descriptionum plantarum praefectura fluminensi sponte nascentium liber primus ad systema sexuale concinnatus ... 352 pp. Flumine Januario [Rio de Janeiro]. BHL Reference page. : 140.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tradescantia fluminensis 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 fluminensis. Published online. Accessed: October 31 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Tradescantia fluminensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 October 2019.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]
• Toft, R.J.; Harris, R.J.; Williams, P.A. 2001: Impacts of the weed Tradescantia fluminensis on insect communities in fragmented forests in New Zealand. Biological conservation, 102: 31–46. DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00091-X

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Witblomwandelende jood
English: White-flowered wandering Jew, Small-leaf spiderwort
suomi: Rionjuoru, brasilianjuoru
日本語: トキワツユクサ
Nederlands: Vaderplant

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