Tradescantia umbraculifera
| Tradescantia umbraculifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Commelinaceae |
| Genus: | Tradescantia |
| Species: | T. umbraculifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Tradescantia umbraculifera | |
Tradescantia umbraculifera is a species of perennial wildflower that is native to South Eastern South America, and naturalized in New Zealand.[2][3] The scientific name umbraculifera means "carrying several umbrellas", which is a clear reference to its plentiful inflorescences per leaf axil that this species grows.[2] It is native to Northeast Argentina, South Brazil, and Paraguay.[4] The size of this plant species typically ranges between 30 and 80 centimeters with 1–4 double cincinni per leaf axis.[5] Regarding their reproductive organs, the pistil of this species is longer than the stamens.[1]
Flowers
[edit]The flowers of T. umbraculifera are often a range of color between white and pink. Always with 3 sepals attached to three petals.[6]
This species is dioecious with 1 pistil and 6 stamens.[6] Each flower of this species has 1 ovary and 3 carpels.[2]
Cultivation
[edit]Many people living in areas where this species is not native keep T. umbraculifera in their homes as potted plants.[3] Otherwise, this species can be found in the wild throughout South Eastern South America.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pellegrini, Marco O. O. (19 July 2018). "Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austrotradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae)". PhytoKeys (104). PhotoKeys: 1–97. Bibcode:2018PhytK.104....1P. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.104.28484. PMC 6062585. PMID 30057479. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Search Occurrences of Tradescantia umbraculifera". www.gbif.org. GBIF.org. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ a b Heenan, Peter B.; Houliston, Gary J. (2 January 2023). "Genetic diversity of Tradescantia fluminensis complex (Commelinaceae) naturalised in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 61 (1): 23–37. Bibcode:2023NZJB...61...23H. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2022.2055479. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ "Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz. – Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ Wien, Akademie der Wissenschaften in; Wien, Kaiserl Akademie der Wissenschaften in (1908). "Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe". Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Photo 100162596, (c) Marco Pellegrini, all rights reserved, uploaded by Marco Pellegrini · iNaturalist". iNaturalist. Retrieved 14 April 2025.