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Tradescantia zebrina Bosse

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 4: 655 (1849)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Commelinales
family
Commelinaceae
genus
Tradescantia
species
Tradescantia zebrina

Name

Synonyms
Commelina zebrina (Bosse) André
Commelina zebrina C.B.Clarke
Cyanotis zebrina (Bosse) Nees
Tradescantia zebrina Loudon
Tradescantia zebrina subsp. zebrina
Zebrina pendula Schinz
Zebrina pendula var. pendula
Zebrina pendula var. quadrifolia L.H.Bailey
Homonyms
Tradescantia zebrina Bosse
Tradescantia zebrina G.Don, 1855
Tradescantia zebrina Heynh.
Tradescantia zebrina Loudon
Common names
Inchplant in English
Inchplant in English
Inchplant, Wandering jew, Cockroach grass, Purple wandering Jew, Silver inch plant, Striped trad, Striped wandering creeper, Striped wandering Jew, Wandering zebrina, Zebra plant in English
Misère in French
Silber-Dreimasterblume in German
inchplant in English
inchplant in English
judeu-errante in Portuguese
lambari in Portuguese
lambari-roxo in Portuguese
nanamu ’ura’ura, nanamu vareau, püninamu ’ute’ute in language.
onda-do-mar in Portuguese
trapoeraba-zebra in Portuguese
wandering-Jew in English
Éphémère zébrine, Zébrine pendante in French
Inch-plant in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Faden, Robert B., 2008: The author and typification of Tradescantia zebrina (Commelinaceae). Kew Bulletin, vol. 63, no. 4. 679-680.
  2. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021fbs), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=TRZE
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