Tradescantia crassula

Tradescantia crassula

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 crassula

Name

Tradescantia crassula Link & Otto, Icon. Pl. Rar.: 13 (1828).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Tropitria crassula (Link & Otto) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 68 (1837).
• Heterotypic
  • Tradescantia crassipes Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1829(Jan.-March): 388 (1829), nom. nud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast Regional: Brazil Brazil South; Brazil Southeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Link, H.F. & Otto, C.F., 1828. Icones Plantarum Rariorum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis cum descriptionibus et colendi ratione 1:13, t. 7.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tradescantia crassula 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 crassula. Published online. Accessed: October 31 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Tradescantia crassula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 October 2019.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names

English: succulent spiderwort

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