Tradescantia mundula Kunth

NZOR Identifier: 19d711b2-b3bf-4495-a7a9-3e9bfac2a31c

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 9e95bf7b-a347-40aa-a46a-1afb11418f18)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
subphylum
Spermatophytina
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Commelinales
family
Commelinaceae
genus
Tradescantia
species
Tradescantia mundula Kunth

Providers

Biostatus

Geo Schema
ISO Country
Geo Region
New Zealand
Biome
Terrestrial
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Exotic
In Use
True

Scientific Name

Authority
Kunth
Rank
species
Published in
Kunth, K.S. 1843: Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differntiis et Synonymis. 4. Stutgardiae et Tubingae [Stuttgart and Tübingen] ,
Micro-reference (page)
83
Year
1843
Nomenclatural Comment
T. mundula, a commonly neglected species closely related to T. fluminensis, might also represent a troublesome weed. Tradescantia mundula has been widely introduced in cultivation under the name T. albiflora and seems to have also escaped from cultivation. However, due to the hitherto poorly understood specific limits of T. fluminensis, T. mundula has been treated as a mere cultivar of T. fluminensis s.s., The epithet “mundula” means adorned, making reference to the strigose vegetative organs and the velutine sepals that characterise this species.
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
1fabd0f4-c5a8-4c6d-878c-4f54c8e40398
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Tradescantia (In use by NZOR)

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
9e95bf7b-a347-40aa-a46a-1afb11418f18
According to
Heenan, P.B.; Cheeseman, D.F.; Mitchell, C.M.; Dawson, M.I.; Smith, l.A.; Houliston, G.J. 2022: Genetic diversity of Tradescantia fluminensis complex (Commelinaceae) naturalised in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. New Zealand Journal of Botany: 1–15 (online), DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2022.2055479.
Preferred Name
Tradescantia mundula Kunth (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
05d0bfef-8d4e-47f6-b1d2-ece2943e2875
According to
Pellegrini, M.O.O. 2018: Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austrotradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys 104: 1–97.
Preferred Name
Tradescantia mundula Kunth }

No subordinate taxa

No vernacular applications

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