| Source: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
 
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                            | Name: | Tradescantia Ruppius ex L. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Sp. Pl.: 288. 1753 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Genus | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Lilianae
 Ordo - Commelinales
 Familia - Commelinaceae
 
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                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Campelia Rich. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Cymbispatha Pichon | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Disgrega Hassk. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephemerum Mill. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Etheosanthes Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Gonatandra Schltdl. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Heminema Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Heterachthia Kunze | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Knowlesia Hassk. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Mandonia Hassk., nom. illeg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Neomandonia Hutch. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Neotreleasea Rose | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Rhoeo Hance | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Sarcoperis Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Separotheca Waterf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Setcreasea K. Schum. & Syd. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Skofitzia Hassk. & Kanitz | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Treleasea Rose, nom. illeg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Tropitria Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Zanonia Plum. ex Cramer | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Zebrina Schnizl. | 
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                          	| Included taxa: | Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth | 
                          
                          	|  | Tradescantia fluminensis Vell. | 
                          
                          	|  | Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D. R. Hunt | 
                          
                          	|  | Tradescantia virginiana L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Tradescantia zebrina Bosse | 
						  
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		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | [Ag Az Ca Co Ga Hs It Lu Ma Md Rf(CS) Tcs] |