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Tradescantia virginiana L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 288 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000590232.

Synonyms of Tradescantia virginiana L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ephemerum congestum Moench Methodus : 238 (1794) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000407974
Knowlesia spicata Hassk. Flora 49: 215 (1866) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000452595
Leiandra divaricata Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 17 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000458074
Tradescantia albida Herb.Kunth ex C.B.Clarke Monogr. Phan. 3: 290 (1881) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000588600
Tradescantia axillaris Raf. New Fl. 2: 87 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000588747
Tradescantia barbata Raf. New Fl. 2: 85 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000588781
Tradescantia brevicaulis Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 150 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000588895
Tradescantia caricifolia Hook. Bot. Mag. 64: t. 3546 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000588942
Tradescantia ciliata Hort.Berol. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 4: 81. 1843 [17-19 Jul 1843] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000588947
Tradescantia congesta Penny ex W.H.Baxter Suppl. Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 650 (Quid ?). 1850 ; third additional suppl. to Loudon's Hortus Britannicus published in new ed. [4], cited in IK as 'Hort. Brit. Suppl. iii.'. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000588959
Tradescantia crinigera Nees Linnaea 19: 700 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000588974
Tradescantia cristata Walter Fl. Carol. : 117 (1788) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000588976
Tradescantia divaricata Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 148 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589033
Tradescantia elata G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 16: t. 1513 (1829) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589070
Tradescantia flexuosa Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 150 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589088
Tradescantia glabra C.B.Clarke Monogr. Phan. 3: 290 (1881) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589129
Tradescantia levigata Raf. New Fl. 2: 85 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589227
Tradescantia lyonii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 695; Schlecht. in Linnaea, xxv. (1852) 186. 1841 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589247
Tradescantia pilosissima Fraser ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1175 (1830) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589354
Tradescantia pumila Raf. New Fl. 2: 86 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589377
Tradescantia rupestris Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 150 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589554
Tradescantia speciosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 216 (1796) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589716
Tradescantia spicata Knowles & Westc. Fl. Cab. 2: 159 (1838) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589738
Tradescantia splendens K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 334 (1859) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589749
Tradescantia trachyloma C.B.Clarke Monogr. Phan. 3: 290 (1881) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000589968
Tradescantia villosissima Fras. ex C.B.Clarke Monogr. Phan. 3: 291 (1881) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000590221
Tradescantia virginica L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 975 (1759) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000590265
Tradescantia axillaris var. flexuosa Raf. New Fl. 2: 87 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000801133
Tradescantia virginica f. albiflora Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 125 1890 wfo-0000801169
Tradescantia virginica var. drummondii C.B.Clarke Monogr. Phan. 3: 291 1881 wfo-0000801170
Tradescantia virginica var. flexuosa (Raf.) S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 168 1883 wfo-0000801171
Tradescantia virginica var. glabra Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. n.s., 5: 158 1835 wfo-0000801172
Tradescantia virginica var. villosa S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 168 1883 wfo-0000801175
Tradescantia virginiana f. albiflora Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 125 (1890) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000909287
Tradescantia virginiana var. flexuosa (Raf.) S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 168. 1883 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001033680
Tradescantia virginiana f. virginiana wfo-0001296502