PLANTS Profile for Tradescantia occidentalis var. melanthera (prairie spiderwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth var. melanthera MacRoberts
prairie spiderwort

Symbol:

TROCM

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Commelinaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth var. melanthera MacRoberts

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Distribution:
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth var. melanthera MacRoberts


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USA (AR, LA, OK, TX)

Related Taxa:
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth var. melanthera MacRoberts

View 9 genera in Commelinaceae, 33 species in Tradescantia, 3 varieties in Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth

Classification:
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth var. melanthera MacRoberts

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Commelinales
Family	Commelinaceae – Spiderwort family
Genus	Tradescantia L. – spiderwort
Species	Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth – prairie spiderwort
Variety	Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth var. melanthera MacRoberts – prairie spiderwort

Wetland Indicator Status:
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth var. melanthera MacRoberts

Tradescantia occidentalis:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACW

UPL

FACU

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth var. melanthera MacRoberts

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 530711.

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 03:15 AM MST