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Tradescantia zebrina Heynh. ex Bosse (Vollst. Handb. Blumengart. 4: 655. 1849.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Antigua, Barbados, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[], Virgin Islands (exotic) ( St. Croix, St. John, ) ], Bahamas (exotic), North America (exotic: FL), Mexico (native), Central America (native), Common Names: Cohítre morado (Puerto Rico), Creeping charlie (Bahamas), Cucaracha (Cuba), Cucaracha (Dominican Republic), Cucarachita (Cuba), Judío errante (Puerto Rico), Kakalaka (L. Antilles), Wandering jeu (Haiti), Wandering jew (Jamaica), Wandering jew (L. Antilles), Synonyms: Cyanotis vittata Lindl. (J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 139. 1850.), Tradescantia pendula (Schnizl.) D.R. Hunt (Kew Bull. 36. 197. 1981.), Zebrina pendula Schnizl. (Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 7: 870. 1849), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and M.T. Strong. 2005. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 1-415. 2). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 3). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 4). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 5). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 8). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 9). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 10). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 11). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 12). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do 13). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Last edited 24 Apr 12 |