Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
misapplication:
TradescantiaalbifloraKunthlegitimate
by Conn, B.J.in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.)(1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta).Flora of VictoriaEdn. 1,2: 176, 36a-b
APC Comment:The circumscription of Tradescantia fluminensis on LHI (P.S.Green in A.J.G.Wilson (ed.), Fl. Australia 49: 420 (1994)) and Tas includes T. albiflora Kunth.
APC Dist.:WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Lectotype:"(designated here): [illustration] Original parchment plate of Flora fluminensis in the Manuscript Section of the Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro [cat. no.: mss1198652_156] and later published in Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. Icones 3: t. 152. 1831."
APC Comment:The circumscription of Tradescantia fluminensis on LHI (P.S.Green in A.J.G.Wilson (ed.), Fl. Australia 49: 420 (1994)) and Tas includes T. albiflora Kunth.
APC Dist.:WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Etymology:"The epithet “fluminensis” makes reference to the region the species was originally described, the state of Rio de Janeiro."