Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.

NZOR Identifier: 37147ad4-d63a-45aa-be48-6999e04e7ee1

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 0dfeab64-2cc1-42d0-84eb-ef159a997bd0)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
subphylum
Spermatophytina
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Commelinales
family
Commelinaceae
genus
Tradescantia
species
Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.

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
Hand.-Mazz.
Rank
species
Published in
Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse
Micro-reference (page)
204
Year
1908
Nomenclatural Comment
The epithet “umbraculifera” means “carrying several umbrellas”, making reference to the many inflorescences per leaf axil this species generally produces and, most importantly, to the its small spathaceous cincinni bract., This is most likely the species name for the entity that has been called Tradescantia 'robust' in New Zealand
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
046c83c0-9585-4cd4-a7af-e1fcd316eeac
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Tradescantia (In use by NZOR)

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
0dfeab64-2cc1-42d0-84eb-ef159a997bd0
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 umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz. (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
ce659e84-2d69-4c57-b0a6-cd22fbe84877
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 umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz. }

No subordinate taxa

No vernacular applications

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