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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Tradescantia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Tradescantia

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Commelinanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 514. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Commelinales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 54. 1829.       Subordo  Commelinineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 87. Mai 1898.       Familia  Commelinaceae R. Br. pub. Prodr.: 268. 27 Mar 1810, nom. cons. common name: Spiderworts       Tribus  Tradescantieae Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 406. 17-20 Aug 1842.       Genus  Tradescantia L. pub. (1753) common name: spiderwort

Named members of the Genus Tradescantia

1	Species  albiflora Kunth syn. Tradescantia fluminensis
2	Species  anomala Torr. syn. Tinantia anomala
3	Species  australis Bush syn. Tradescantia hirsutiflora
4	Species  bracteata Small ex Britt. common name: longbract spiderwort, bracted spiderwort
5	Species  brevicaulis Raf. syn. Tradescantia virginiana
6	Species  brevifolia (Torr.) Rose common name: TransPecos spiderwort
7	Species  buckleyi (I.M. Johnston) D.R. Hunt common name: Buckley's spiderwort
8	Species  canaliculata Raf. syn. Tradescantia ohiensis
9	Species  congesta (Moench) D. Don syn. Tradescantia virginiana
10	Species  cordifolia Sw. syn. Callisia cordifolia
11	Species  crassifolia Cav. common name: leatherleaf spiderwort
12	Species  crassula Link & Otto common name: succulent spiderwort
13	Species  discolor L'H�r. syn. Tradescantia spathacea
14	Species  edwardsiana Tharp common name: plateau spiderwort
15	Species  eglandulosa Bush syn. Tradescantia hirsutiflora
16	Species  elongata G.F.W. Mey. syn. Tripogandra serrulata
17	Species  ernestiana E.S. Anderson & Woods. common name: Ernest's spiderwort
18	Species  fluminensis Vell. common name: small-leaf spiderwort
19	Species  foliosa Small syn. Tradescantia ohiensis
20	Species  geniculata Jacq. syn. Gibasis geniculata
21	Species  gigantea Rose common name: giant spiderwort
22	Species  hirsuticaulis Small common name: hairystem spiderwort
23	Species  hirsutiflora Bush common name: hairyflower spiderwort
24	Species  humilis Rose common name: Texas spiderwort
25	Species  incarnata Small syn. Tradescantia ohiensis
26	Species  leiandra Torr.
	27    Varietas  brevifolia Torr. syn. Tradescantia brevifolia 28    Varietas  glandulosa (Correll) Gandhi common name: canyon spiderwort 29    Varietas  leiandra common name: canyon spiderwort
30	Species  longifolia Small syn. Tradescantia roseolens
31	Species  longipes E.S. Anderson & Woods. common name: wild crocus
32	Species  micrantha Torr. syn. Callisia micrantha
33	Species  monandra Sw. syn. Callisia monandra
34	Species  montana Shuttlw. ex Britt. syn. Tradescantia subaspera var. montana
35	Species  occidentalis (Britt.) Smyth
	36    Varietas  melanthera MacRoberts common name: prairie spiderwort 37    Varietas  occidentalis common name: prairie spiderwort 38    Varietas  scopulorum (Rose) E.S. Anderson & Woods. common name: prairie spiderwort 39    Varietas  typica E.S. Anderson & Woods. syn. Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis
40	Species  ohiensis Raf.
	41    Varietas  foliosa (Small) MacRoberts syn. Tradescantia ohiensis 42    Varietas  paludosa (E.S. Anderson & Woods.) MacRoberts syn. Tradescantia paludosa
43	Species  ozarkana E.S. Anderson & Woods. common name: Ozark spiderwort
44	Species  pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt common name: purple queen
45	Species  paludosa E.S. Anderson & Woods. common name: confederate spiderwort
46	Species  pedicellata Celarier common name: Edwards Plateau spiderwort
47	Species  pendula (Schinz) D.R. Hunt syn. Tradescantia zebrina
48	Species  pilosa Lehm. syn. Tradescantia subaspera var. subaspera
49	Species  pinetorum Greene common name: pinewoods spiderwort
50	Species  reflexa Raf. syn. Tradescantia ohiensis
51	Species  reverchonii Bush common name: Reverchon's spiderwort
52	Species  rosea Vent.
	53    Varietas  graminea (Small) E.S. Anderson & Woods. syn. Callisia graminea 54    Varietas  ornata (Small) E.S. Anderson & Woods. syn. Callisia ornata
55	Species  roseolens Small common name: longleaf spiderwort
56	Species  rupestris Raf. syn. Tradescantia virginiana
57	Species  scopulorum Rose syn. Tradescantia occidentalis var. scopulorum
58	Species  spathacea Sw. common name: boatlily
59	Species  speciosa Salisb. syn. Tradescantia virginiana
60	Species  subacaulis Bush common name: stemless spiderwort
61	Species  subaspera Ker-Gawl.
	62    Varietas  montana (Shuttlw. ex Britt.) E.S. Anderson & Woo common name: zigzag spiderwort 63    Varietas  subaspera common name: zigzag spiderwort 64    Varietas  typica E.S. Anderson & Woods. syn. Tradescantia subaspera var. subaspera
65	Species  texana Bush syn. Tradescantia subacaulis
66	Species  tharpii E.S. Anderson & Woods. common name: Tharp's spiderwort
67	Species  virginiana L. common name: Virginia spiderwort, common spiderwort
	68    Varietas  alba Hook. ex Raf. syn. Tradescantia virginiana 69    Varietas  barbata Raf. syn. Tradescantia virginiana
70	Species  wrightii Rose & Bush
	71    Varietas  glandulopubescens B.L. Turner common name: Wright's spiderwort 72    Varietas  wrightii common name: Wright's spiderwort
73	Species  x andersoniana W. Ludwig & Rohweder common name: common spiderwort
74	Species  x diffusa Bush (pro sp.)
75	Species  zanonia (L.) Sw. common name: cohitre blanco  (Mexico)
76	Species  zebrina hort. ex Bosse common name: inchplant

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.