| Tradescantia zebrina Heynh. ex Bosse |
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| Family : COMMELINACEAE |
| Protologue : Vollst. Handb. Bl.-gartn., ed. 2 4: 655 (1849) |
| Notes : [native from Am. C., widespread.] |
| Information on the genus : Tradescantia |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (cultivated) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (cultivated) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Commelina zebrina C.B. Clarke (1881) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Zebrina pendula Schnizl. (1849) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Rhizomatous herb with creeping stems rooting at nodes below, ascending above, glabrous; |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Indigenous to Mexico, C. America; widely escaped and naturalised in tropical-subtropical countries. |
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Reported from Cape Verde Isl., S. Tomé, Príncipe, W Africa-Zaire-Gabon-Kenya-Ethiopia; Angola; cultivated and/or naturalised. |
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Bibliography other :
- Encycl. Pl. (new ed.) : 1340 (1855).
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 726 (2006).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- List Fungi, Fl. Fau. Madeira Selv. Arch. : 203 (2008).
Bibliography other :
- Kew Bull. 63(4): 680 (2008)
- Verloove, F. & J.A. Reyes-Betancourt (2011). Additions to the flora of Tenerife (Canary islands, Spain). Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 30: 75
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°11571 modified 2012-07-02 |
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