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Tradescantia mundula Kunth

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Tradescantia mundula Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4, 83 (1843)
Tradescantia mundula Kunth
Pellegrini, M.O.O. 2018: Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austrotradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys 104: 1–97.

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New Zealand
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Kunth
Kunth
Kunth, K.S. 1843: Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differntiis et Synonymis. Vol. 4. Stutgardiae et Tubingae [Stuttgart and Tübingen] .
1843
83
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Tradescantia mundula Kunth
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Tradescantia mundula
The epithet “mundula” means adorned, making reference to the strigose vegetative organs and the velutine sepals that characterise this species.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Tradescantia
mundula

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Tradescantia mundula Kunth
Tradescantia mundula Kunth
Heenan, P.B.; Cheeseman, D.F. et al. (2023)
Tradescantia mundula Kunth
Tradescantia mundula Kunth
Tradescantia mundula Kunth
Pellegrini, M.O.O. (2018)
Tradescantia mundula Kunth

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Tradescantia mundula Kunth
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Tradescantia mundula Kunth
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Tradescantia mundula Kunth
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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T. mundula, a commonly neglected species closely related to T. fluminensis, might also represent a troublesome weed. Tradescantia mundula has been widely introduced in cultivation under the name T. albiflora and seems to have also escaped from cultivation. However, due to the hitherto poorly understood specific limits of T. fluminensis, T. mundula has been treated as a mere cultivar of T. fluminensis s.s.
Pellegrini, M.O.O. 2018: Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austrotradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys 104: 1–97.
Etymology
The epithet “mundula” means adorned, making reference to the strigose vegetative organs and the velutine sepals that characterise this species.

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16 September 2021
25 March 2022
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