Tradescantia umbraculifera

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Tradescantia umbraculifera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Tradescantia
Species:
T. umbraculifera
Binomial name
Tradescantia umbraculifera

Tradescantia umbraculifera is a species of perennial wildflower that is native to South Eastern South America, and naturalized in New Zealand. [2] [3] The scientific name umbraculifera means "carrying several umbrellas", which is a clear reference to its plentiful inflorescences per leaf axil that this species grows. [2] It is native to Northeast Argentina, South Brazil, and Paraguay. [4] The size of this plant species typically ranges between 30 and 80 centimeters with 1–4 double cincinni per leaf axis. [5] Regarding their reproductive organs, the pistil of this species is longer than the stamens. [1]

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Flowers

The flowers of T. umbraculifera are often a range of color between white and pink. Always with 3 sepals attached to three petals. [6]

This species is dioecious with 1 pistil and 6 stamens. [6] Each flower of this species has 1 ovary and 3 carpels. [2]

Cultivation

Many people living in areas where this species is not native keep T. umbraculifera in their homes as potted plants. [3] Otherwise, this species can be found in the wild throughout South Eastern South America.

References

  1. 1 2 Pellegrini, Marco O. O. (19 July 2018). "Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austrotradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae)". PhytoKeys (104). PhotoKeys: 1–97. Bibcode:2018PhytK.104....1P. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.104.28484 . PMC   6062585 . PMID   30057479 . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Search Occurrences of Tradescantia umbraculifera". www.gbif.org. GBIF.org. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 Heenan, Peter B.; Houliston, Gary J. (2 January 2023). "Genetic diversity of Tradescantia fluminensis complex (Commelinaceae) naturalised in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa" . New Zealand Journal of Botany. 61 (1): 23–37. Bibcode:2023NZJB...61...23H. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2022.2055479 . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz. – Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Wien, Akademie der Wissenschaften in; Wien, Kaiserl Akademie der Wissenschaften in (1908). "Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe". Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Photo 100162596, (c) Marco Pellegrini, all rights reserved, uploaded by Marco Pellegrini · iNaturalist". iNaturalist. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
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