Tradescantieae
The Tradescantieae are a tribe of plants in the family Commelinaceae erected by Carl Meissner in 1842. Many genera originate from the Americas, but those in subtribes Coleotrypinae, Cyanotinae, Palisotinae and Streptoliriinae are Asian or African in origin; several species in the typical Tradescantia and other genera have become domesticated ornamental plants and naturalised elsewhere.
8 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Spiderworts and relatives
subtribeTradescantiinae
Roselings and Relatives
subtribeCallisiinae
Dew-Grasses and Relatives
subtribeCyanotinae
Tinantiinae
subtribeTinantiinae
Dichorisandrinae
subtribeDichorisandrinae
Thyrsantheminae
subtribeThyrsantheminae
Snailthreads, Seersucker Plants & relatives
subtribeCochliostematinae
Streptoliriinae
subtribeStreptoliriinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1276252.