Common name
English: Purple queen
German: Dreimasterblume, Rotblatt
Portuguese: Coração Roxo
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Commelinales (22)
Family: Commelinaceae (22)(family description)
Genus: Tradescantia (5)
Epithet: pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt (2)
Synonyms: Setcreasea jaumavensis Matuda, Setcreasea lanceolata Faruqi, Mehra & Celarier, Setcreasea pallida Rose, Setcreasea purpurea B.K. Boom
jaumavensis => from Jaumave in Tamaulipas, Mexico
lanceolata => lancet-like in form
pallida => somewhat pallid, greenish
purpurea => purple
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet, pink
External links
Check for Tradescantia pallida at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [383] Tradescantia pallida - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Literature
- [35] Barthlott,W. (1998): Dumonts große Pflanzenenzyklopädie. Dumont Verlag, Köln, Germany.