PLANTS Profile for Tradescantia pallida (purple queen)

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PLANTS Profile

Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt
purple queen

Symbol:

TRPA10

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Commelinaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		I

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Photo of Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt

R.A. Howard. ©Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. Barbados. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt

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Synonyms:
Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt

SEPU11

Setcreasea purpurea B.K. Boom

Native Status:
Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (FL, LA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt

View 10 genera in Commelinaceae, 33 species in Tradescantia

Classification:
Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt

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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 pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt – purple queen

Introduced Information:
Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505552.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 11:36 PM CDT