Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Commelinales Mirb. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Commelinaceae Mirb.
Genus
Tradescantia L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Tradescantia umbraculifera Hand.-Mazz., Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 204 (1908)
Etymology:
The epithet “umbraculifera” means “carrying several umbrellas”, making reference to the many inflorescences per leaf axil this species generally produces and, most importantly, to the its small spathaceous cincinni bract.
 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse
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)
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.