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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Tradescantia
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Campelia Rich.
Tradescantia
Genus recognized by Jordan Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, Pignatti, 1982, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Algeria Species List, Andorra Species List, Austria Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Benin Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Brazil Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guyana Species List, Honduras Species List, Hong Kong Species List, India Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kenya Species List, Latvia Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Norway Species List, Palau Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Reunion Species List, Russia Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Singapore Species List, Slovakia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, The Netherlands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Uruguay Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, wikipedia CY, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia MS, wikipedia HSB, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, USDA PLANTS images, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Tradescantia
Tradescantia Ruppius ex L.
Tradescantia sect. Tradescantia
Tradescantia ser. Tradescantia

Alternative Names

Campelia mexicana Mart.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Gibasis chihuahuaensis (Standl.) Rohweder
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Gibasis Raf.)
Rhoeo punica St. Lager & St.-Lag.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia acropoda
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia albida Kunth
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia ambigua Mart.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Tradescantia ambigua Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.)
Tradescantia aphylla Heyne
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia aphylla Heyne ex C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia argentea Falkenb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia aspera Griff.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia belizenis Standl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia bengalensis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia bengalensis
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia blossfeldiana
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia blossfeldiana
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia bracteata Small
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Tradescantia bracteata Small ex Britton)
Tradescantia brasiliensis Lodd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia carinata E. Mey.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Tradescantia carinata E.Mey. ex C.Presl)
Tradescantia carinata E. Mey. ex C. Presl
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia chidophylla
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia coapatli Sessé & Moc.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia commeliniifolia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia commeliniifolia
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia congesta (Moench) Penny
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia congesta Penny ex W. H. Baxter
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia cristata Blanco
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia difforme Bush
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia effusa Mart.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia elegans Pritz.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia elongata Hort. Linden
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia fischeri Weinm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia fluminensis Leakenensis Rainbow
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.)
Tradescantia fluminensis f. bicolor Voss
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification and GBIF classification
Tradescantia guatemalensis C. B. Clarke ex Donn. Sm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Tradescantia guatemalensis C.B.Clarke)
Tradescantia hirsuta (Standl.) D. R. Hunt
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia karwinskyana Roem. & Schltdl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia laevigata
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia latifolia Herb. Madr.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia latifolia Herb. Madr. ex Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia longifolia Sessé & Moc.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia lyonii Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia megalosoma Mutis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia mexicana Hort. Belved.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia mexicana Hort. Belved. ex Schult. fil.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia montana Shuttlew.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia multiflora Kunth
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia occidentalis Britton
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Tradescantia occidentalis Smyth)
Tradescantia occidentalis Britton ex Rydb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Tradescantia occidentalis Smyth)
Tradescantia parveflora Ruiz & Pav.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia pilosa Heyne
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia pilosa Heyne ex Hook. fil.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia pilosissima Fraser
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia prostrata Hort.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia pulsiantha Standl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia punctulata Lem.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia quadricolor
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia quadricolor
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia subscandens Scheidw.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia subscaposa C. B. Clarke
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia vaga Zoll.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia velutina L. Linden
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Tradescantia velutina Kunth & Bouche)
Tradescantia villosissima Fraser
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia virginiana var. alba Hook.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia virginica Georgi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia viridis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Tradescantia viridis Hort.)
Tradescantia viridis Hort.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia vittata
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia vittata
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia warmingiana Seub. ex Warm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia warszewiczii Hort.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia zebrina
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tradescantia zebrina G. Don
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Tradescantia zebrina Bosse)
Tradescantia zebrina Heynh.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Tradescantia zebrina Bosse)
Campelia Rich.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cymbispatha Pichon
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Disgrega Hassk.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ephemerum Mill.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Etheosanthes Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Gonatandra Schltdl.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Heterachthia Kunze
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Knowlesia Hassk.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Mandonia Hassk.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Neomandonia Hutch.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Neotreleasea Rose
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Rhoeo Hance
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Sarcoperis Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Separotheca Waterf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Setcreasea
Synonym according to NCBI
Setcreasea K. Schum. & Syd.
Setcreasea K. Schum. & Syd.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Setcreasea K. Schum. & Syd. 1901
Authority according to NCBI
Skofitzia Hassk. & Kanitz
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Tradescantia L. 1753
Authority according to NCBI
Treleasea Rose
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Tropitria Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Zanonia Plum. ex Cramer
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Zebrina Schnizl.
Zebrina Schnizl.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

spiderwort preferred

Arabic

ترادسكانتيا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

Բամբասանք preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
տրադեսկանցիա

Azerbaijani

Tradeskansiya preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Традэсканцыя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

традесканция preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Tradescàntia preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

紫露草属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Tradeskancija preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

podeňka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Juorut preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Dreimasterblumen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Τραντεσκάντια preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

היהודי הנודד (צמח preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

Pletykafélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ido

Tradeskancio preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Tradescanzia preferred
Recognized by Pignatti, 1982

Japanese

ムラサキツユクサ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Kazakh

Tradeskancïya preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Традесканция preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ترادەسكانتسىييا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

자주닭개비속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Vandrejøder preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
vandrejødeslekta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

ترادسکانتیا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Trzykrotka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Традесканция preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Tremastarblomssläktet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Telgraf çiçeği preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Upper Sorbian

Tradeskantija preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

ترادسكانتيا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

آشار داشار گولو preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

紫萬年青屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

紫露草属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

紫露草屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Tradescantia

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Tradescantia (this page)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Tradescantia Ruppius ex L. (this page)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Tradescantia (this page)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Tradescantia (this page)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Tradescantia (this page)

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Tradescantia L. (this page)

NCBI

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Embryophyta siphonogama
Angiospermae
Monocotyledoneae
Enantioblastae
Commelinaceae
Commelinoideae
Tradescantieae
Tradescantiinae
Tradescantia (this page)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Embryophyta siphonogama
Angiospermae
Monocotyledoneae
Enantioblastae
Commelinaceae
Commelinoideae
Tradescantieae
Tradescantiinae
Tradescantia
71 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.