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June 2025

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genus

Tradescantia Ruppius ex L. emend. M.Pell.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 288 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000038758.

Statistics

Synonyms of Tradescantia

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ephemerum Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: ? (1754); Druce in Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles, 3: 431 (1913). wfo-4000013550
Etheosanthes Raf. Neogenyton 3. 1825. wfo-4000014065
Heterachthia Kunze Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 8: 1. 1850. wfo-4000017659
Ephemeron Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: ? (1754) wfo-4100005894
Ephemerum Tourn. ex Moench Methodus (Moench): 237 (1794) [4 May 1794] wfo-4100005895
Rhaeo C.B.Clarke Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 316 (1881) [Jun 1881] wfo-4100005897

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Tradescantia:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link