Tradescantia

genus of plants

Taxon taxon Q157498

Facts

8 properties

Instance of: taxon
Described by source: The Encyclopedia Americana, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15), Wikidata item, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Named after: John Tradescant the Younger^[2]
Parent taxon: Tradescantiinae^[3]
Taxon common name: spiderwort, Dreimasterblumen, Juorut, היהודי הנודד (צמח, Pletykafélék, Բամբասանք, տրադեսկանցիա, ムラサキツユクサ属, Vandrejøder, Trzykrotka, Традесканция, Tremastarblomssläktet, Telgraf çiçeği, 紫露草属, 紫万年青属, Spiderwort, tradeskancija^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
Taxon name: Tradescantia^[4]
Taxon rank: genus^[1]
Taxonomic type: Tradescantia virginiana^[5]

🏷️ Also known as

en spiderwort en Tradescantia en spiderworts ar ترادسكانتيا cs podeňka cs podénka cs vodeňka de Dreimasterblumen de Tradescantia de Dreimasterblume el Τραντεσκάντια el Τηλέγραφος es Separotheca es Skofitzia es Traperaba es Tropitria es Zebrina es Campelia es Cymbispatha es Disgrega

🔖 Identifiers · 62

Library of Congress authority ID: sh85136745
GND ID: 4185804-9
OpenAlex ID: C2780321733
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Tradescantia virginiana ies.jpg ↗
APNI ID: 76175
African Plant Database ID: 195545
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 148689
Biota of New Zealand ID: 3a8ccf3f-caab-4390-a880-845747f5b6f5
Catalogue of Life ID: 8W49J
De Agostini ID: Tradescantia
Dyntaxa ID: 1006101
EPPO Code: 1TRAG

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Encyclopedia of Life ID: 17265
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: plant/Zebrina, plant/spiderwort
Flora of China ID: 133268
Flora of North America taxon ID: 133268
Flora of the Southeastern United States ID: 65962
FloraBase ID: 31693
Freebase ID: /m/0gpbd
GBIF taxon ID: 2765096
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: tradescancia
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0147213
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Tradescantia
INaturalist taxon ID: 49145
IPNI plant ID: 7352-1
IRMNG ID: 1054749
ITIS TSN: 39156
Interlingual Index ID: i103138
JSTOR topic ID (archived): tradescantia
MeSH descriptor ID: D034823
MeSH tree code: B01.875.800.575.912.250.233.611
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2780321733
NALT ID: 28121
NBIC scientific name ID: 99565
NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000464511
NCBI taxonomy ID: 4741
NDL Authority ID: 00575873
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007543716705171
Nederlands Soortenregister ID: 119422
New Zealand Organisms Register ID: 065d35a3-c465-452d-8245-ebc7d7efc8a7
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3988572
Open Tree of Life ID: 877742
OregonFlora taxon ID: 1542
Pladias ID: 1143
Plantarium ID: 46438
Plants of the World Online ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60436455-2
Queensland Biota ID: 21650
Reflora ID: FB126851
Tela Botanica ID: 87335
Topic's main category: Category:Tradescantia
Tropicos ID: 40016238
UMLS CUI: C0997279
USDA PLANTS ID: TRADE
VASCAN ID: 1771
Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID: 6830
VicFlora ID: 0406530d-8305-4319-92ad-cc412bafad81
WCSPF ID: 270160
Wellcome Collection concept ID: fyav7fgt
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 12627558-n
World Flora Online ID: wfo-4000038758
Yale LUX ID: concept/daa03d4d-590c-40c1-adce-eaf5b8db4130

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🔗 Connections

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Tradescantia zebrina, Tradescantia pallida, Tradescantia spathacea, Tradescantia fluminensis, Tradescantia virginiana, Tradescantia sillamontana, Tradescantia ohiensis, Tradescantia zanonia +27 more

Instance of 1

taxon

Named after 1

John Tradescant the Younger

Taxon rank 1

genus

Taxonomic type 1

Tradescantia virginiana

Topic's main category 1

Category:Tradescantia

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Category:Tradescantia

← Has host 1

Mouralia tinctoides

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon rank (P105): genus. Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Tradescantia — named after (P138): John Tradescant the Younger. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Tradescantia — parent taxon (P171): Tradescantiinae. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon name (P225): Tradescantia. Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Tradescantia — taxonomic type (P427): Tradescantia virginiana. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Tradescantia — described by source (P1343): The Encyclopedia Americana. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Tradescantia — described by source (P1343): Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Tradescantia — described by source (P1343): Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15). wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Tradescantia — described by source (P1343): Q28025516. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Tradescantia — described by source (P1343): Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): spiderwort. United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved 2016-06-07. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): Dreimasterblumen. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): Juorut. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): היהודי הנודד (צמח. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): Pletykafélék. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): Բամբասանք. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): տրադեսկանցիա. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): ムラサキツユクサ属. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): Vandrejøder. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): Trzykrotka. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): Традесканция. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): Tremastarblomssläktet. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): Telgraf çiçeği. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Tradescantia — taxon common name (P1843): 紫露草属. A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.

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11w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Interlingual Index ID → i103138

WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 12627558-n

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Parent taxon → Tradescantiinae

Taxon rank → genus

Instance of → taxon

Named after → John Tradescant the Younger

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