Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.- Fl. Flumin. 3: 140, t. 152 (1829)
Notes: Distribution: Brazil to N. Argentina
General Description
Stems procumbent or decumbent, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 3-6 cm, broadly ovate, acute, rather fleshy, usually purplish beneath, glabrous except for some cilia at the mouth of the sheath. Cymes few-flowered; pedicels 1-2 cm, slender. Sepals up to 9 mm, lanceolate, glabrous except for pubescent midrib. Petals up to 12 mm, narrowly ovate, white or pale lilac.
Stems procumbent or decumbent, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 3-6 cm, broadly ovate, acute, rather fleshy, usually purplish beneath, glabrous except for some cilia at the mouth of the sheath. Cymes few-flowered; pedicels 1-2 cm, slender. Sepals up to 9 mm, lanceolate, glabrous except for pubescent midrib. Petals up to 12 mm, narrowly ovate, white or pale lilac.
Distribution Map
- Native distribution
- Introduced distribution
Found in
- Southern America Brazil Brazil South
- Brazil Southeast
- Southern South America Argentina Northeast
- Argentina Northwest
- Paraguay
- Uruguay
- Western South America Bolivia
Introduced into
- Africa Macaronesia Azores
- Canary Is.
- Madeira
- Middle Atlantic Ocean St.Helena
- Northern Africa Morocco
- Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal
- Northern Provinces
- Swaziland
- Antarctic Subantarctic Islands Tristan da Cunha
- Asia-Temperate Caucasus Transcaucasus
- Eastern Asia Taiwan
- Australasia Australia New South Wales
- Queensland
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Europe Southeastern Europe Italy
- Southwestern Europe Corse
- Portugal
- Spain
- Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Southwestern U.S.A. California
- Southern America Western South America Galápagos
Synonyms
- Tradescantia albiflora Kunth
- Tradescantia albovittata Pynaert
- Tradescantia decora W.Bull.
- Tradescantia fluminensis f. tenella (Kunth) Voss
- Tradescantia fluminensis var. pubescens C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia fluminensis var. tenella (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia laekenensis L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey
- Tradescantia mundula Kunth
- Tradescantia mundula var. scabrida Seub.
- Tradescantia tenella Kunth
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