Tradescantia

Summary

Tradescantia is a taxon^[1]. Tradescantia ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,752 views/month, #1,062 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tradescantia's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Tradescantia is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• John Tradescant the Younger is named after Tradescantia^[5].
• Tradescantia is classified within Tradescantiinae^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Tradescantia is Tradescantia^[7].
• Tradescantia's Commons category is recorded as Tradescantia^[8].
• The taxonomic type of Tradescantia is Tradescantia virginiana^[9].
• Tradescantia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tradescantia^[10].
• Tradescantia's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[11].
• Tradescantia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)^[12].
• Tradescantia's described by source is recorded as Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15)^[13].
• Tradescantia's described by source is recorded as Q28025516^[14].
• Tradescantia's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• Tradescantia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12239^[16].
• Tradescantia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'spiderwort'}^[17].
• Tradescantia is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Dreimasterblumen'}^[18].
• Tradescantia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Juorut'}^[19].
• Tradescantia is commonly known as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'היהודי הנודד (צמח'}^[20].
• Tradescantia is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Pletykafélék'}^[21].
• Tradescantia is commonly known as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Բամբասանք'}^[22].
• Tradescantia is commonly known as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'տրադեսկանցիա'}^[23].
• Tradescantia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ムラサキツユクサ属'}^[24].
• Tradescantia is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Vandrejøder'}^[25].
• Tradescantia is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Trzykrotka'}^[26].
• Tradescantia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Традесканция'}^[27].

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Classification

Tradescantia's scientific name is Tradescantia^[7]. Tradescantia is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Tradescantia belongs to the parent taxon Tradescantiinae^[6]. The taxonomic type of Tradescantia is Tradescantia virginiana^[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'spiderwort'}^[17], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Dreimasterblumen'}^[18], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Juorut'}^[19], {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'היהודי הנודד (צמח'}^[20], {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Pletykafélék'}^[21], and {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Բամբասանք'}^[22].

Discovery and Description

John Tradescant the Younger is named after Tradescantia^[5].

Identifiers

Tradescantia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49145^[28]. Tradescantia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4741^[29]. Tradescantia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 17265^[30]. Tradescantia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2765096^[31]. Tradescantia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 39156^[32].

Why It Matters

Tradescantia ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,752 views/month, #1,062 of 195,241).^[2] Tradescantia has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Tradescantia is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]