Tradescantia zebrina (Commelinaceae) inchplant, purple wantering Jew, silver inch plant, wandering Jew, wandering zebrina

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Species description or overview

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Tradescantia zebrina information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Tradescantia zebrina--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Tradescantia zebrina information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Tradescantia zebrina, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Tradescantia zebrina
Nomenclatural information about Tradescantia zebrina is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Images

Tradescantia zebrina information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Tradescantia zebrina in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Tradescantia zebrina images from PIER
Images of Tradescantia zebrina provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Tradescantia zebrina information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Tradescantia zebrina--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Full-text articles

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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