Tradescantia Ruppius ex L.

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.

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.