Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
virginia spiderwort	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
紫鸭跖草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ephemerum congestum Moench Methodus: 238 (1794).
Knowlesia spicata (Knowles & Westc.) Hassk. Flora 49: 215 (1866).
Leiandra divaricata (Raf.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 17 (1837).
Tradescantia albida Kunth ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 290 (1881), pro syn.
Tradescantia axillaris Raf. New Fl. 2: 87 (1837), nom. illeg.
Tradescantia axillaris var. flexuosa (Raf.) Raf. New Fl. 2: 87 (1837).
Tradescantia barbata Raf. New Fl. 2: 85 (1837).
Tradescantia brevicaulis Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 150 (1832).
Tradescantia caricifolia Hook. Bot. Mag. 64: t. 3546 (1837).
Tradescantia ciliata Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 81 (1843), nom. illeg.
Tradescantia congesta (Moench) Penny ex Loudon Hort. Brit., Suppl. 3: 650 (1839).
Tradescantia crinigera Nees Linnaea 19: 700 (1847).
Tradescantia cristata Walter Fl. Carol.: 117 (1788), nom. illeg.
Tradescantia divaricata Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 148 (1832).
Tradescantia elata G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 16: t. 1513 (1829).
Tradescantia flexuosa Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 150 (1832).
Tradescantia glabra C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 290 (1881), not validly publ.
Tradescantia levigata Raf. New Fl. 2: 85 (1837).
Tradescantia lyonii Steud. ex Schltdl. Linnaea 25: 186 (1852).
Tradescantia pilosissima Fraser ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1175 (1830).
Tradescantia pumila Raf. New Fl. 2: 86 (1837).
Tradescantia rupestris Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 150 (1832).
Tradescantia speciosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 216 (1796).
Tradescantia spicata Knowles & Westc. Fl. Cab. 2: 159 (1838).
Tradescantia splendens K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 334 (1859).
Tradescantia trachyloma C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 290 (1881), pro syn.
Tradescantia villosissima Fraser ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 291 (1881).
Tradescantia virginiana f. albiflora Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 125 (1890).
Tradescantia virginica L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 975 (1759).
Tradescantia virginica f. albiflora Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 125 (1890).
Tradescantia virginica var. drummondii C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 291 (1881).
Tradescantia virginica var. flexuosa (Raf.) S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 168 (1883).
Tradescantia virginica var. glabra Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 158 (1835).
Tradescantia virginica var. villosa S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 168 (1883).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tradescantia virginiana L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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