Tradescantia crassula Link & Otto

NZOR Identifier: 9de21e28-cb92-4c36-a451-6a5a0295812f

Status

: Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 56429c30-f281-4db5-a1af-81822da9c854)

Classification

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

species: Tradescantia crassula Link & Otto

Providers

: NZFLORA

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Biostatus

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

Scientific Name

Authority: Link & Otto
Rank: species
Year: 1828
Nomenclatural Comment: The nameTradescantia umbraculifera or Tradescantia "robust" may have been misapplied to this taxon in NZ (pers. comm. Marley Ford 2026)

Governing Code: ICBN
Is Recombination: No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id: 56429c30-f281-4db5-a1af-81822da9c854
According to: NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent: Tradescantia (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name: Tradescantia crassula Link & Otto (In use by NZOR) }

No subordinate taxa

No vernacular applications

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