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    Species Accepted

    Tradescantia spathacea Sw.

    Moses-in-the-basket
    EukaryotaPlantae...Tradescantia

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 65 countries or islands

      65 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      Antigua and BarbudaNo
      American SamoaNo
      AustraliaNo
      BarbadosNo
      BermudaYes
      Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaNoUnknown
      BahamasNo
      Congo, The Democratic Republic of theNo
      Cook IslandsYes
      ColombiaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      40 results
      Abacaxi-roxo Portuguese
      Adam Hawa Indonesian
      Blomstervugge Danish
      Dvispalvė tradeskantė Lithuanian
      Gros curage French
      Lándzsalevél Hungarian
      Maguey Spanish
      Magueyito Spanish
      Magueyito morado Spanish
      Moses-in-the-basket English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      21 results
      Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 57 (1788) Published in
      Bot. Mag. 84: t. 5079 (1858)
      Integrated Taxonomic Information System website at https://www.itis.gov/
      Suppl. Meth.: 78 (1802)
      Pellegrini, Marco O. O.;Hunt, David R.;Grant, Jason R.;Rowe, Avery;Antonio-Domingues, Higor;de Almeida, Rafael F. (2026). Towards a taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Campelia (Commelinaceae) I: sectional arrangement and revision of T. sect. Rhoeo. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 159(2), 208–227. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.138752 10.5091/plecevo.138752
      Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 57 (1859)
      https://eol.org/pages/523765
      Wijayakusuma, H., Wirian, A.S., Yaputra, T., Dalimartha, S., and Wibowo, B. 1994. Tanaman Berkhasiat Obat di Indonesia (Jilid I-III). Jakarta: Pustaka Kartini.
      Yonekura, K., & Kajita, T. (2003). BG Plants Wamei-Gakumei Index. (http://ylist.info/index.html)
      L’Héritier de Brutelle CL (1789) Sertum Anglicum, seu Plantae Rariores quae in Hortis juxta Londinum, Imprimis in Horto Regio Kewensi Excoluntur, ab Anno 1786 ad Annuum 1787 Observatae, Fasc. 1. P. - F. Didot, Paris. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11440

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