Commelinales and Zingiberales Week: Commelinaceae, Tradescantia fluminensis from Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Commelinales and Zingiberales Week: Commelinaceae, Tradescantia fluminensis Vell. Fl. Flumin. 3: 140, t. 152 1829.

Ornamental perennial herb with white flowers, photographed from Kashmir, often grown in beds or flower pots. Has cultivars with green leaves as variegated leaves.

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[tanay bose]

Sir Ji is both the photos from the same plant?

I was wondering about the leaf variation

tanay

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Tanay, perhaps an example of somatic inheritance. Similar case is also met in the variegated cultivars of Hibiscus rosasinensis, where you may buy a wholly variegated cultivar and if are not careful in removing odd green (leaved) branches, the whole buch may soon become green without any variegated  leaves.

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Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
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[tanay bose]

Thanks Sir Ji !!

Tanay

[Rashida Atthar]

Nice pictures and discussion, thanks to Sir, and Tanay.

 

regards,

Rashida

[Marco Octávio Pellegrini]

Dear Dr. Singh,

do you have any more pictures of this plant? For a proper identification I would need to see the indumentum of the sepals, a side-view of the inflorescence and detail of the indumentum of the leaves.

Best regards,
Marco Pellegrini

[JM Garg]

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise  please.

Some earlier relevant  feedback:

Dear Dr. Singh, do you have any more pictures of this plant? For a proper identification I would need to see the indumentum of the sepals, a side-view of the inflorescence and detail of the indumentum of the leaves. Best regards, Marco Pellegrini

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[Marco Octávio Pellegrini]

Dear Mr. Garg,

The sepal indumentum is not very clear, but I believe that the first plant is indeed T. fluminensis. The second one would require more photos of the sepals, inflorescence and habit.

Best regards,
Marco Pellegrini