Tradescantia virginiana
A species in the Commelinaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Commelinales
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
- Species
- Tradescantia virginiana
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Tradescantia virginiana. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
36 synonyms in this snapshot
- Ephemerum congestumName author: Moench
- Knowlesia spicataName author: (Knowles & Westc.) Hassk.
- Leiandra divaricataName author: (Raf.) Raf.
- Tradescantia albidaName author: Herb.Kunth ex C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia axillarisName author: Raf.
- Tradescantia axillaris var. flexuosaName author: (Raf.) Raf.
- Tradescantia barbataName author: Raf.
- Tradescantia brevicaulisName author: Raf.
- Tradescantia caricifoliaName author: Hook.
- Tradescantia ciliataName author: Hort.Berol. ex Kunth
- Tradescantia congestaName author: Penny ex W.H.Baxter
- Tradescantia crinigeraName author: Nees
- Tradescantia cristataName author: Walter
- Tradescantia divaricataName author: Raf.
- Tradescantia elataName author: G.Lodd.
- Tradescantia flexuosaName author: Raf.
- Tradescantia glabraName author: C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia levigataName author: Raf.
- Tradescantia lyoniiName author: Steud.
- Tradescantia pilosissimaName author: Fraser ex Schult.f.
- Tradescantia pumilaName author: Raf.
- Tradescantia rupestrisName author: Raf.
- Tradescantia speciosaName author: Salisb.
- Tradescantia spicataName author: Knowles & Westc.
- Tradescantia splendensName author: K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
- Tradescantia trachylomaName author: C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia villosissimaName author: Fras. ex C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia virginiana f. albifloraName author: Britton
- Tradescantia virginiana f. virginianaName author: Not supplied
- Tradescantia virginiana var. flexuosaName author: (Raf.) S.Watson
- Tradescantia virginicaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Tradescantia virginica f. albifloraName author: Britton
- Tradescantia virginica var. drummondiiName author: C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia virginica var. flexuosaName author: (Raf.) S.Watson
- Tradescantia virginica var. glabraName author: Nutt.
- Tradescantia virginica var. villosaName author: S.Watson
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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