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The genus Tradescantia is in the family Commelinaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Tradescantia

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Tradescantia ambigua Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia anagallidea Seub.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia × andersoniana W.Ludw. & Rohweder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia andrieuxii C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia argentea Falkenb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia boliviana (Hassk.) J.R.Grant	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia brachyphylla Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia bracteata Small ex Britton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia brevifolia (Torr.) Rose	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia buckleyi (I.M.Johnst.) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia burchii D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia carinata E.Mey. ex C.Presl	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia cirrifera Mart.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia coapatli Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia commelinoides Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia crassifolia Cav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Tradescantia crassula Link & Otto	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia cymbispatha C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia deficiens Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia difforme Bush	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Tradescantia edwardsiana Tharp	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia elegans Pritz.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia ernestiana E.S.Anderson & Woodson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia exaltata D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia gentryi D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia gigantea Rose	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia gracillima Standl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia grantii Faden	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia guatemalensis C.B.Clarke ex J.D.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia guiengolensis Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia gypsophila B.L.Turner	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia hirsuticaulis Small	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia hirsutiflora Bush	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia hirta D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia huehueteca (Standl. & Steyerm.) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia humilis Rose	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia leiandra Torr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia llamasii Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia longifolia Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia longipes E.S.Anderson & Woodson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia masonii Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia maysillesii Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia mcvaughii D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia mirandae Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia monosperma Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia nuevoleonensis Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Tradescantia ohiensis Raf.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia orchidophylla Rose & Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia ozarkana E.S.Anderson & Woodson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia pedicellata Celarier	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia peninsularis Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia petiolaris M.E.Jones	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia petricola J.R.Grant	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia pinetorum Greene	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia plusiantha Standl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia poelliae D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia pulsiantha Standl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Tradescantia punctulata Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia pygmaea D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia pygmaea Hunt	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Tradescantia repens Vand.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia reverchonii Bush	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia roseolens Small	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia rozynskii Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia schippii D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia sillamontana Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia soconuscana Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia spathacea Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia standleyi Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia stenophylla Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia subacaulis Bush	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Tradescantia subscandens Scheidw.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia tepoxtlana Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia tharpii E.S.Anderson & Woodson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia valida G.Brückn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia velutina Kunth & C.D.Bouché	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia virginiana L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia wrightii Rose & Bush	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia zanonia (L.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Tradescantia zebrina Bosse	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Tradescantia zebrina Heynh.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 246 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Tradescantia. Of these 75 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 72 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Tradescantia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 246 species names for the genus Tradescantia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	75	30.5%
◕	Synonym	159	64.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	4.9%

All names

The status of the 318 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Tradescantia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	80	25.2%
◕	Synonym	226	71.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	3.8%

Of the species names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 9 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 246 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Tradescantia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	75	153	0	0	228	92.7%
	Medium confidence	0	6	0	0	6	2.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	12	12	4.9%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Tradescantia is as follows: