Commelinales and Zingiberales Week: Commelinalceae, Tradescantia zebrina from Delhi

[Gurcharan Singh]

Commelinales and Zingiberales Week: Commelinalceae, Tradescantia zebrina Vollst. Handb. Bl.-gärtn. ed. 2, 4:655. 1849

syn: Tradescantia pendula (Schnizl.) D. R. Hunt

       Zebrina pendula Schnizl.

Common name: Inchplant

Another ornamental perennial forming ground cover,  from Delhi

--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[Mayur Nandikar]

Tradescantia zebrina Hort ex Bose, Vollst. Handb. Bl.- Gartm. 4: 655. 1849.

Zebrina pendula Schnizlein. ‘Wondering-Jew’

            Herbs, decumbent. Leaves 2-ranked; blade variegated, abaxially reddish purple, adaxially striped green and white, lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 3-9 x1.5-3 cm, base oblique, cuneate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, consisting of pairs of sessile cymes enclosed in sheath of spathaceous bracts, pedunculate; spathaceous bracts foliaceous, reduced. Flowers subsessile; sepals basally connate, 4-5 mm,; petals pink, clawed, claws basally connate forming tube; stamens epipetalous; filaments bearded. Capsules 3-locular; locules 2-seeded.  

Flowering: September to February.

Distribution: Native to Tropical America; introduced as garden ornamental.

--
Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar,
Research Student,
Department of Botany,
Shivaji University,
Kolhapur.

[tanay bose]

Thanks A very common garden plant

tanay

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Tanay Bose

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