CHR 360619 – Tradescantia spathacea Sw.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 360619
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
17 June 2015
Database record updated:
06 December 2021
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Tradescantia spathacea Sw.
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Tradescantia spathacea Sw.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Commelinales
Family:
Commelinaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Rhoeo discolor (L’Hérit) Hance
Determiner:
G.P. Buelow
Identification date:
1979-01-17 (Verbatim: 17/1/1979)
Preferred name:
Tradescantia L.
Active:
no
Vernacular name:
Tongan name: Faina
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Tonga: South side of island near beach
Verbatim locality:
Tonga: South side of island near beach.
Verbatim collector:
G.P. Buelow 396
Standardised collector:
G. P. Buelow
Verbatim date:
27/4/1978
Start date:
1978-04-27
Country:
Tonga
Habitat:
A number of plants growing in sandy soil up from beach; less than 1m.
Notes:
Lvs succulent with slimy sap; back of lvs dark purple; flowers white. Occasional in sandy soil forming dense colonies in some areas.
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