Tradescantia Linnaeus. Common name: Spiderwort.
A genus of about 70 species, herbs, of the New World.
References: Anderson & Woodson (1935); Faden (1998) In Kubitzki (1998b); Faden (2000b) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000); Pellegrini (2017); Pellegrini (2018); Tucker (1989). Show full citations.
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