Commelinaceae
Tradescantia

Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 4: 83 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast

Introduced into:

Canary Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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.
  • Pellegrini, M.O.O. (2018). Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys 104: 1-97.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pellegrini, M.O.O. (2018). Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys 104: 1-97.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Sellow, F. [3033] Brazil K001040251 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2018 s.coll. [s.n.] K000501903 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2018 s.coll. [s.n.] K000501905 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2018 s.coll. [s.n.] K000501909 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2018 s.coll. [s.n.] K000501904 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2018 s.coll. [s.n.] K000501907 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2018 s.coll. [s.n.] K000501906 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2018 s.coll. [s.n.] K000501908 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1881 Sellow [3033] Brazil K000363272 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1881 Sellow [2963] Brazil K000363273 Type Yes
Bacigalupo, N.M. [65192] Argentina K003355478 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355589 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355587 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355575 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355572 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355571 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355585 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355576 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355582 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355577 Yes
Sellow, F. [3033] Brazil K001096644 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355574 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355584 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355586 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355579 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355570 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355588 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355479 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355580 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tradescantia blossfeldiana K000501910 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tradescantia blossfeldiana K:SPC-02220.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Tradescantia blossfeldiana K003355496 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images