Common name
English: Widow's Tears
German: Aufrechte Witwenträne
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Commelinales (22)
Family: Commelinaceae (22)(family description)
Genus: Tinantia (1)
Epithet: erecta Schltdl. (8)
Synonyms: Commelina rosea Schltdl., Ephemerum racemosum Moench, Pogomesia erecta (Jacq.) Standl., Pogomesia undata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Raf., Tinantia fugax Scheidw., Tinantia modesta Brandegee, Tinantia undata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Schltdl., Tradescantia bifida Roth, Tradescantia commelina Neuenh., Tradescantia erecta Jacq., Tradescantia latifolia Ruiz & Pav., Tradescantia malabarica Herb. ex Schult. & Schult.f., Tradescantia recta Raeusch., Tradescantia undata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Tradescantia undulata Vahl
bifida => divided, split into two parts
erecta => upright, perpendicular
fugax => swift
latifolia => with broad leaves
malabarica => of or from the Malabar Coast, southern India
modesta => most restrained, modest or unassuming
racemosum => having racemose inflorescences
recta => straight, upright, erect
rosea => rose or pale red-pink coloured
undata => not flat, billowy, undulate, waved
undulata => wavy, with wavy margin
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet