Taxon:
Tradescantia spathacea Sw.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 57. 1788
Verified:
11/19/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Faden, R. B. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
- Faden, R. B. 2000. Commelinaceae. Flora of North America. 22:185-186. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/ Note: introduced
- Govaerts, R. World checklist of selected plant families (on-line resource). URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. Note: = Rhoeo spathacea
- Hunt, D. R. 1986. Campelia, Rhoeo and Zebrina united with Tradescantia: American Commelinaceae: XIII. Kew Bull. 41:401.
- Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
- Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
- Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource). URL: http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/
Common names
English
boat-lily – Moses-in-the-cradle – oysterplant – German
purpurblättrige Dreimasterblume – Swedish
blomstervagga –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | s.e. |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Northern America
-
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatán]
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Grenada, St. Lucia, Martinique, St. Vincent and Grenadines
-
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Guatemala
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
Northern America
-
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida, Louisiana]
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
-
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Honduras, Nicaragua
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador, Peru
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Environmental | ornamental | fide Zander ed14; R. Faden, pers. comm. 1996; | Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants |
Weed | | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |