- Family: Commelinaceae Mirb.
Tradescantia Ruppius ex L.
Native to:
Alabama, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Introduced into:
Algeria, Angola, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., Corse, Fiji, France, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madeira, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Portugal, Queensland, Seychelles, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey, Victoria, Windward Is.
- Tradescantia ambigua Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Tradescantia × andersoniana W.Ludw. & Rohweder
- Tradescantia andrieuxii C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia atlantica M.Pell.
- Tradescantia boliviana (Hassk.) J.R.Grant
- Tradescantia bracteata Small ex Britton
- Tradescantia brevifolia (Torr.) Rose
- Tradescantia buckleyi (I.M.Johnst.) D.R.Hunt
- Tradescantia burchii D.R.Hunt
- Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth
- Tradescantia chrysophylla M.Pell.
- Tradescantia cirrifera Mart.
- Tradescantia commelinoides Schult. & Schult.f.
- Tradescantia crassifolia Cav.
- Tradescantia crassula Link & Otto
- Tradescantia cymbispatha C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia decora W.Bull
- Tradescantia deficiens Brandegee
- Tradescantia edwardsiana Tharp
- Tradescantia ernestiana E.S.Anderson & Woodson
- Tradescantia exaltata D.R.Hunt
- Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
- Tradescantia gentryi D.R.Hunt
- Tradescantia gigantea Rose
- Tradescantia gracillima Standl.
- Tradescantia grantii Faden
- Tradescantia guiengolensis Matuda
- Tradescantia gypsophila B.L.Turner
- Tradescantia hertweckiae M.Pell.
- Tradescantia hirsuticaulis Small
- Tradescantia hirsutiflora Bush
- Tradescantia hirta D.R.Hunt
- Tradescantia huehueteca (Standl. & Steyerm.) D.R.Hunt
- Tradescantia humilis Rose
- Tradescantia leiandra Torr.
- Tradescantia llamasii Matuda
- Tradescantia longipes E.S.Anderson & Woodson
- Tradescantia masonii Matuda
- Tradescantia maysillesii Matuda
- Tradescantia mcvaughii D.R.Hunt
- Tradescantia mirandae Matuda
- Tradescantia monosperma Brandegee
- Tradescantia mundula Kunth
- Tradescantia murilloae Zamudio, Espejo, López-Ferr. & Ceja
- Tradescantia nuevoleonensis Matuda
- Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth
- Tradescantia ohiensis Raf.
- Tradescantia orchidophylla Rose & Hemsl.
- Tradescantia ozarkana E.S.Anderson & Woodson
- Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R.Hunt
- Tradescantia pedicellata Celarier
- Tradescantia peninsularis Brandegee
- Tradescantia petiolaris M.E.Jones
- Tradescantia petricola J.R.Grant
- Tradescantia pinetorum Greene
- Tradescantia plusiantha Standl.
- Tradescantia poelliae D.R.Hunt
- Tradescantia praetermissa M.Pell.
- Tradescantia pygmaea D.R.Hunt
- Tradescantia reverchonii Bush
- Tradescantia roseolens Small
- Tradescantia rozynskii Matuda
- Tradescantia schippii D.R.Hunt
- Tradescantia schwirkowskiana Funez, Hassemer & J.P.R.Ferreira
- Tradescantia serrana Hassemer & Funez
- Tradescantia seubertiana M.Pell.
- Tradescantia sillamontana Matuda
- Tradescantia soconuscana Matuda
- Tradescantia spathacea Sw.
- Tradescantia standleyi Steyerm.
- Tradescantia stenophylla Brandegee
- Tradescantia subacaulis Bush
- Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl.
- Tradescantia tenella Kunth
- Tradescantia tepoxtlana Matuda
- Tradescantia tharpii E.S.Anderson & Woodson
- Tradescantia tucumanensis M.Pell.
- Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
- Tradescantia valida G.Brückn.
- Tradescantia velutina Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Tradescantia virginiana L.
- Tradescantia wrightii Rose & Bush
- Tradescantia zanonia (L.) Sw.
- Tradescantia zebrina Bosse
- Campelia Rich.
- Cymbispatha Pichon
- Disgrega Hassk.
- Ephemerum Mill.
- Etheosanthes Raf.
- Gonatandra Schltdl.
- Heterachthia Kunze
- Knowlesia Hassk.
- Mandonia Hassk.
- Neomandonia Hutch.
- Neotreleasea Rose
- Rhoeo Hance
- Sarcoperis Raf.
- Separotheca Waterf.
- Setcreasea K.Schum. & Syd.
- Skofitzia Hassk. & Kanitz
- Treleasea Rose
- Tropitria Raf.
- Zanonia Plum. ex Cramer
- Zebrina Schnizl.
Tradescantia Ruppius ex L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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61219.000 | ||||
Kepos [44605] | K000696818 | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] | Campelia | K001132590 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 288 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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