Tradescantia fluminensis

Taxonavigation

Tradescantia fluminensis

Classification System: APG III (down to family level)

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Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Commelinales
Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Tradiscantieae
Subtribus: Tradescantiinae
Genus: Tradescantia
Sectio: T. sect. Austrotradescantia
Species: Tradescantia fluminensis

Name

Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.

Synonyms

Heterotypic

• Tradescantia albiflora Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 84. 1843.
• Tradescantia decora W.Bull., Cat. 1892: 3. 1892.
• Tradescantia fluminensis f. tenella (Kunth) Voss, Vilm. Blumegärtn. (ed. 3) 1: 1143. 1895.
• Tradescantia fluminensis var. pubescens C.B. Clarke, Monogr. Phan. ( A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle) 3: 295. 1881.
• Tradescantia fluminensis var. tenella (Kunth) C.B. Clarke, Monogr. Phan. ( A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle) 3: 295. 1881.
• Tradescantia laekenensis L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey, Hortus: 616. 1930.
• Tradescantia mundula Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 84. 1843.
• Tradescantia mundula var. scabrida Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 249. 1855.
• Tradescantia myrtifolia hort.
• Tradescantia tenella Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 84. 1843.
• Tradescantia viridis Gentil, nom inval.

References

• Vellozo, J.M. da 1829. Flora Fluminensis, seu Descriptionum Plantarum Praefectura Fluminensi ... Rio de Janeiro 140. ("1825")
• 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

English: wandering dew
Nederlands: Vaderplant
日本語: トキワツユクサ

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