Tradescantia ohiensis

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Commelinaless

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Tradescantieae
Subtribus: Tradescantiinae
Genus: Tradescantia
Sectio: T. sect. Tradescantia
Series: T. ser. Tradescantia
Species: Tradescantia ohiensis
Name

Tradescantia ohiensis Raf., Précis Découv. Somiol.: 45 (1814).
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Tradescantia canaliculata Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 150 (1832).
Tradescantia reflexa Raf., New Fl. 2: 87 (1837).
Tradescantia riparia Raf., New Fl. 2: 88 (1837).
Tradescantia foliosa Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 234 (1897).
Tradescantella incarnata (Small) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1328 (1903).
Tradescantia incarnata Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 239 (1903).
Tradescantia difformis Bush, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 1905: 101 (1905).
Tradescantia reflexa f. albiflora A.D.Slavin & Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 600 (1929).
Tradescantia reflexa f. lesteri Standl., Rhodora 32: 32 (1930).
Tradescantia reflexa f. mariae Standl., Rhodora 32: 32 (1930).
Tradescantia paludosa E.S.Anderson & Woodson, Contr. Arnold Arbor. 9: 83 (1935).
Tradescantia canaliculata f. albiflora (Slavin & Nieuwl.) Deam, Fl. Indiana: 286 (1940).
Tradescantia canaliculata f. lesteri (Standl.) Deam, Fl. Indiana: 286 (1940).
Tradescantia canaliculata f. mariae (Standl.) Deam, Fl. Indiana: 286 (1940).
Tradescantia reflexa var. eloiseana Farw., Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 26(1): 8 (1941).
Tradescantia ohiensis f. pilosa Waterf., Rhodora 56: 160 (1954).
Tradescantia ohiensis var. foliosa (Small) MacRoberts, Phytologia 37: 451 (1977), no basionym page.
Tradescantia ohiensis var. paludosa (E.S.Anderson & Woodson) MacRoberts, Phytologia 42: 381 (1979).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Alabama; Arkansas; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Korea; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Masachusettes; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Nebraska; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Pennsylvania; Rhode I.; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Primary references

Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1814. Précis des Découvertes et Travaux Somiologiques de Mr. C. S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814 Ou choix raisonné de ses principales Découvertes en Zoologie et en Botanique, pour servir d’introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. Palerme: Royal Typographie Militaire. 56 pp. BHL Reference page. : 45

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tradescantia ohiensis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 October 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tradescantia ohiensis. Published online. Accessed: October 31 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Tradescantia ohiensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 October 31.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names
English: spiderwort, bluejacket