Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Commelinales Mirb. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Commelinaceae Mirb.
Genus
Tradescantia L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Tradescantia mundula Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4, 83 (1843)
Etymology:
The epithet “mundula” means adorned, making reference to the strigose vegetative organs and the velutine sepals that characterise this species.
 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Heenan, P.B.; Cheeseman, D.F.; Mitchell, C.M.; Dawson, M.I.; Smith, l.A.; Houliston, G.J. 2023: Genetic diversity of Tradescantia fluminensis complex (Commelinaceae) naturalised in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. New Zealand Journal of Botany 61(1): 23–37. (Published online: 2022)
Kunth, K.S. 1843: Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differntiis et Synonymis. Vol. 4. Stutgardiae et Tubingae [Stuttgart and Tübingen] .
Pellegrini, M.O.O. 2018: Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austrotradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys 104: 1–97.