Tradescantia
Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
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Distribution
© 2010 Moorea Biocode (licence)Spiderwort
Herbs, some erect, others prostrate and mat-forming. Inflorescences mostly terminal, composed of fused pairs of cymes, subtended by paired boat-shaped bracts. Flowers bisexual, radially symmetric. Sepals 3. Petals 3, usually free, sometimes united, blue-violet, mauve, pink or white. Stamens 6, all fertile and ± similar. Ovary 3-locular with (1-)2 ovules in each loculus. Fruit a dehiscent capsule. © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)
See more in the Encyclopedia of Life... Definition
- Parent Taxon
- Commelinaceae
- Species
- Taxonomic Completion
1.33%
1 of 75 accepted Species- Global Pollen Project UUID
- 5e86a4a2-5c88-423d-8de0-58b97cfc916c
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility