Tradescantia Ruppius ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 288 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is America.

Distribution

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, Azores, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Corse, Cyprus, Fiji, France, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guinea, 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, Romania, Seychelles, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Vanuatu, Victoria, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 31, 2017 Tredwell; Story [91] Peru K001611462 Yes
Hunt [9130] Mexico K:SPC-48712.000 No
K:SPC-48277.000 No
Kepos [44605] K000696818 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132591 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-36656.000 No
K:SPC-61219.000 No
Monro, A. K.; Santamaría, D. [8233] Costa Rica K001581743 Yes
Woods [4907] K:SPC-61214.000 No
von Türckheim, H. [1213] Guatemala K000434010 Type Yes
Hunt, D. [8581] Mexico K:SPC-37791.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132592 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-12985.000 No
Hunt, D.R. [8179A] Mexico K:SPC-36921.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Campelia K001132590 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0