Tradescantia zanonia

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Tradescantia zanonia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Tradescantia
Species:
T. zanonia
Binomial name
Tradescantia zanonia
(L.) Sw. (1788)
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Campelia bibracteata(Cramer) Wied-Neuw. (1820)
  • Campelia boucheanaSchult. & Schult.f. (1830)
  • Campelia fastigiataSchltdl. (1852)
  • Campelia fendleriHassk. (1865)
  • Campelia glabrataKunth (1843)
  • Campelia hoffmanniiHassk. (1865)
  • Campelia mexicanaMart. ex Kunth (1843)
  • Campelia pseudozanoniaKunth (1843)
  • Campelia scandensHassk. (1865)
  • Campelia zanonia(L.) Kunth (1816)
  • Campelia zanonia var. glabrata(Kunth) C.B.Clarke (1881)
  • Campelia zanonia var. sessilisC.B.Clarke (1903)
  • Commelina zanoniaL. (1753)
  • Gonatandra tradescantioidesSchltdl. (1851)
  • Sarcoperis bibracteata(Cramer) Raf. (1837)
  • Tradescantia capitataSessé & Moc. (1894), nom. illeg.
  • Tradescantia capitataVell. (1829), nom. illeg.
  • Tradescantia gentianifoliaSalisb. (1796)
  • Tradescantia gonatandraSchltdl. (1851)
  • Zanonia bibracteataCramer (1803)

Tradescantia zanonia, formerly known as Campelia zanonia, is an evergreen perennial subshrub of the dayflower family, closely related to Tradescantia zebrina . [2] [3] It is native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Bolivia and southern Brazil. [1] Its common names include cañagria, cascajo flor, cinta, rascadera, and suelda. [1]

Its capsule is covered by the fleshy purple-black calyx, hence a berry-like appearance. [4]

It is cultivated as a greenhouse ornamental. There is a variegated cultivar named 'Mexican Flag'.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tradescantia zanonia (L.) Sw. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Burns, Jean H.; Faden, Robert B.; Steppan, Scott J. (2011-06-01). "Phylogenetic studies in the Commelinaceae subfamily Commelinoideae inferred from nuclear ribosomal and chloroplast DNA sequences" . Systematic Botany. 36 (2): 268–276. doi:10.1600/036364411X569471. ISSN   0363-6445.
  3. ↑ Hertweck, Kate L.; Pires, J. Chris (2014-03-01). "Systematics and evolution of inflorescence structure in the Tradescantia alliance (Commelinaceae)" . Systematic Botany. 39 (1): 105–116. doi:10.1600/036364414X677991.
  4. ↑ Hunt, D. R. (1986). "Campelia, Rhoeo and Zebrina united with Tradescantia: American Commelinaceae: XIII" . Kew Bulletin. 41 (2): 401–405. doi:10.2307/4102948. ISSN   0075-5974.
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