Family | Commelinaceae |
Subfamily | Commelinoideae |
Tribe | Tradescantieae |
Subtribe | Tradescantiinae |
Scientific name | Tradescantia fluminensis Vellozo |
Synonyms | Tradescantia albiflora Kunth; Tradescantia mundula Kunth; Tradescantia myrtifolia hort. |
Common name | (Japanese common name) tokiwa-tuyukusa (トキワツユクサ, 常磐露草 [meaning: evergreen tuyukusa (tuyukusa = Commelina communis)]) |
(English common name) small-leaf spiderwort | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) [native] Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay | |
Habitat | Forest edge, forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=60, 72, 108 |
Description | Leaves 3-5cm long, ca. 2cm wide. Flowers white, flowering in May to September. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Tradescantia fluminensis Vell. |
Tradescantia fluminensis Vellozo | |
Tradescantia fluminensis | |
A method for the high expression of immunoglobulin in plants (WIPO Patent WO/2006/066340) | |
Note | Naturalized plants. |
May 2008 at rodaside |
May 2008 at rodaside |
May 2008 at rodaside |
May 2008 at rodaside |