Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
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Tradescantia fluminensis Vell., Fl. Flumin. 140, t. 152 (1829)
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Nomenclature
Vell.
Vell.
1829
140, t. 152
ICN
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
species
Tradescantia fluminensis
Lectotype (designated by Pellegrini et al. 2015). [illustration] Original parchment plate of “Flora fluminensis” in the Manuscript Section of the Biblioteca Nacional of Rio de Janeiro [cat. no.: mss1198652_156] and later published in Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. Icones 3: t. 152. 1831.
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Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Trailing perennial with succulent stems, rooting readily at nodes, ascending above. Leaves 3-6 cm long, ovate-elliptic, acute, shining, very shortly petioled, leaf- and petiole-margins ciliate; sheaths 5-10 mm long, loosely clasping, hyaline, obviously ciliate. Flowers several in umbels with 2 unequal leaf-like bracts; pedicels slender, to 1.5 cm long; sepals green, c.7 mm long, ovate, hairy on keel; petals white delicate, c. 10 mm long, ovate to elliptic. Capsule not seen.
Taxonomic concepts
Tradescantia albiflora Kunth
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
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typification
Lectotype (designated by Pellegrini et al. 2015). [illustration] Original parchment plate of “Flora fluminensis” in the Manuscript Section of the Biblioteca Nacional of Rio de Janeiro [cat. no.: mss1198652_156] and later published in Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. Icones 3: t. 152. 1831.
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3177d8f2-22a2-4bb2-bb7a-db43dcd8da89
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1 January 2000
25 March 2022