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Tradescantia paludosa E.S. Anderson & Woodson
confederate spiderwort
       
Symbol:   TRPA8  
Group:   Monocot  
Family:   Commelinaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Forb/herb  
Native Status:  
L48    N



 
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Tradescantia paludosa E.S. Anderson & Woodson

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Synonyms:
Tradescantia paludosa E.S. Anderson & Woodson

  TROHP Tradescantia ohiensis Raf. var. paludosa (E.S. Anderson & Woodson) MacRoberts
 

Distribution:
Tradescantia paludosa E.S. Anderson & Woodson

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Related Taxa:
Tradescantia paludosa E.S. Anderson & Woodson

View 9 genera in Commelinaceae, 33 species in Tradescantia
 

Classification:
Tradescantia paludosa E.S. Anderson & Woodson

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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 paludosa E.S. Anderson & Woodson – confederate spiderwort
 

More Accounts and Images:
Tradescantia paludosa E.S. Anderson & Woodson

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39171.
 
 
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