Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis

Tradescantia occidentalis var. 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
Varietas: Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis

Name

Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth var. occidentalis, autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Tradescantia laramiensis Goodd., Bot. Gaz. 33: 68 (1902).
  • Tradescantia vaginata Bush, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 14: 189 (1902).
  • Tradescantia universitatis Cockerell, Nature 75: 7 (1906).
  • Tradescantia ramifera Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 124 (1911).
  • Tradescantia ramifera var. chandonnetii Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 159 (1912).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Arizona; 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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tradescantia occidentalis var. 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. 

Vernacular names

English: western spiderwort / prairie spiderwort