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Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.

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Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz., Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 204 (1908)
Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
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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Hand.-Mazz.
Hand.-Mazz.
Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse
1908
204
ICN
Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
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Tradescantia umbraculifera
The epithet “umbraculifera” means “carrying several umbrellas”, making reference to the many inflorescences per leaf axil this species generally produces and, most importantly, to the its small spathaceous cincinni bract.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Tradescantia
umbraculifera

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Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
Heenan, P.B.; Cheeseman, D.F. et al. (2023)
Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
Pellegrini, M.O.O. (2018)
Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.

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Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Westland Land District
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Etymology
The epithet “umbraculifera” means “carrying several umbrellas”, making reference to the many inflorescences per leaf axil this species generally produces and, most importantly, to the its small spathaceous cincinni bract.
editorial
This is most likely the species name for the entity that has been called Tradescantia 'robust' in New Zealand

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16 September 2021
25 March 2022
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