Tradescantia occidentalis

Tradescantia occidentalis

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. Tradescantia
Series: T. ser. Tradescantia
Species: Tradescantia occidentalis

Varietates: T. o. var. melanthera – T. o. var. occidentalis – T. o. var. scopulorum

Name

Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 16: 163 (1899).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Tradescantia virginiana var. occidentalis Britton, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 1: 377 (1896).
• Homotypic
  • Tradescantia occidentalis var. typica E.S.Anderson & Woodson, Contr. Arnold Arbor. 9: 101 (1935), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Arizona; Arkansas; Colorado; Iowa; Kansas; Louisiana; Manitoba; Mexico Northwest; Minnesota; Montana; Nebraska; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Dakota; Oklahoma; South Dakota; Texas; Utah; Wisconsin; Wyoming References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smyth, B.B. 1899. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Topeka, KS 16: 163.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tradescantia occidentalis 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 occidentalis. Published online. Accessed: October 31 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Tradescantia occidentalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 October 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tradescantia occidentalis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: western spiderwort / prairie spiderwort

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