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Common name

English: Wandering Jew

German: Zebra-Ampelkraut

Portuguese: Cebola-de-calango, Trapoeraba-roxa

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Liliopsida (392)

      Order: Commelinales (21)

        Family: Commelinaceae (21)(family description)

          Genus: Tradescantia (4)

            Epithet: zebrina Bosse (2)

zebrina => striped with different colours, zebra-striped

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

External links

Check for Tradescantia zebrina at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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