Tradescantia fluminensis



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.



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