Tradescantia zanonia (L.) Sw. (Prodr. 57. 1788.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Cohítre blanco (Puerto Rico), Tradescantia (Puerto Rico),
Synonyms: Campelia zanonia (L.) Kunth (in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A. Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 1: 264. 1816.), Commelina zanonia L. (Sp. Pl. 41. 1753.),
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