Tradescantia Ruppius ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 288 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New World.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Algeria, Angola, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Bermuda, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Himalaya, Eswatini, Fiji, France, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Germany, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Line Is., Madeira, Malaya, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Seychelles, Society Is., South Australia, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Türkey, Vanuatu, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 31, 2017 Tredwell; Story [91] Peru K001611462 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [12415] Bolivia K003398583 Yes
Wilkinson, A. [261] Brazil K003398542 Yes
Hunt, G.E. [9824] Venezuela K003398593 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [14969] Bolivia K003398582 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355833 No
Holton [s.n.] United States K003398072 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355857 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K003398071 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355626 Yes
Davies, F.; Turner, B.L. [79212] United States K003398073 No
Wood, J.R.I. [12415] Bolivia K003398584 Yes
Monro, A. K.; Santamaría, D. [8233] Costa Rica K001581743 Yes
Kepos [44605] K000696818 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132591 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hunt [9130] Mexico K:SPC-48712.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003355831 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355625 Yes
Hunt, D. [8581] Mexico K:SPC-37791.000 No
K:SPC-61219.000 No
Haught, O.L. [4343] Colombia K003398557 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4986] Colombia K003398559 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355850 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003355836 No
Wood, J.R.I. [4986] Colombia K003398558 Yes
André, E. [2449] Morocco K003398591 Yes
K:SPC-36656.000 No
K:SPC-48277.000 No
Crawley, K.M. [50] Mexico K003398465 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003355832 No
Wood, J.R.I. [5192] Colombia K003398592 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355627 Yes
André, E. [2536] Ecuador K003398590 Yes
Woods [4907] K:SPC-61214.000 No
Lott, E.J.; Magallanes, J.A.S. [1726] Mexico K003398464 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132592 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003355858 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003355835 No
Smith, H.H. [2285] Colombia K003398560 Yes
K:SPC-12985.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003355837 No
von Türckheim, H. [1213] Guatemala K000434010 Type Yes
Hunt, D.R. [8179A] Mexico K:SPC-36921.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Campelia K001132590 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • 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.
  • 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
  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0