Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tradescantia fluminensis Vell. [Commelinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
santa lucía blanca	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
tradescansia	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flowers		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tradescantia albiflora Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 84 (1843).
Tradescantia albovittata Pynaert Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1886: 15 (1886).
Tradescantia fluminensis f. albovittata (Pynaert) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1144 (1895).
Tradescantia fluminensis f. aureovittata Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1143 (1895).
Tradescantia laekenensis L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey Hortus: 616 (1930), nom. nud.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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