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Tradescantia
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thumb|Unusual example with four petals and eight anthers Tradescantia () is a genus of 85 species of herbaceous perennial wildflowers in the family Commelinaceae, native to the Americas from southern Canada to northern Argentina, including the West Indies. Members of the genus are known by many common names, including inchplant, wandering jew, spiderwort, dayflower and trad.
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Tradescantia is a genus within the plant kingdom, specifically classified under the phylum Tracheophyta and the family Commelinaceae. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1753 and holds an accepted taxonomic status. It belongs to the order Commelinales. While one source lists the class as Liliopsida, another identifies it as Magnoliopsida. A specific species, Tradescantia mixtecana, is native to Southwest Mexico.
Records of the genus are held by various institutions, including GH, IBUNAM, INECOL, UNICACH, and IEA-UAT. These records are associated with collections in Mexico and the United States. The genus has 131,578 occurrence records, 1,806 records, and 1,038 media items in one database, while another source lists 683 related entries.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderCommelinales
- FamilyCommelinaceae
General: Tradescantia mixtecana is saxicolous and grows on vertical Flower: Tradescantia mixtecana blooms and fruits in August.
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,806
- With media
- 1,038
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Collections
- GH, IBUNAM, INECOL, UNICACH, IEA-UAT, IIB-UV
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Research
683 papers- Tradescantia-based models: a powerful looking glass for investigation of photoacclimation and photoadaptation in plants.Physiologia plantarum · 2019
- The biological activities of the spiderworts (Tradescantia).Food chemistry · 2020
- A Review on Tradescantia: Phytochemical Constituents, Biological Activities and Health-Promoting Effects.Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) · 2022
- Tradescantia micronucleus bioassay.Mutation research · 1994
- Tradescantia-micronucleus bioassay for detection of carcinogens.Folia histochemica et cytobiologica · 2001
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Description
- Etymology
- Taxonomy
- Subdivisions and species
- Unclassified
- Formerly placed here
- Distribution and habitat
- Conservation
- Cultivation
- Cultivars
- Weeds
- Toxicity
- Uses
- Gallery
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Unusual example with four petals and eight anthers Tradescantia () is a genus of 85 species of herbaceous perennial wildflowers in the family Commelinaceae, native to the Americas from southern Canada to northern Argentina, including the West Indies. Members of the genus are known by many common names, including inchplant, wandering jew, spiderwort, dayflower and trad.
Tradescantia grow , and are commonly found individually or in clumps in wooded areas and open fields. They were introduced into Europe as ornamental plants in the 17th century and are now grown in many parts of the world. Some species have become naturalized in regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, and on some oceanic islands.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tradescantia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.