Tradescantia fluminensis

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Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Species Distribution Map
Family:COMMELINACEAE
Species:Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Common Name:Small Leaf Wandering Jew; Wandering Willy
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Small Leaf Wandering Jew is an introduced herbaceous perennial in the Spiderwort family (Commelinaceae). It is often cultivated as a house plant, and has escaped, primarily in south Alabama. Small Leaf Wandering Jew occurs around trash heaps, in urban woodlands, along streams and rivers, and in bottomland hardwood forests. It is a decumbent herb rooting at the nodes. Stems are green in color, glabrous, and succulent. The leaves are alternate and 2-ranked. Leaves are lanceolate to ovate in outline, glabrous, with entire margins and sheathing bases. Flowers are produced in terminal and axillary cymes. The developing flowers are enclosed in a leaf-like bract. Individual flowers are produced on glandular-pubescent stalks. There are three green sepals that are pubescent along their margins, and three white petals. There are six stamens that have filaments that are densely bearded with long white hairs. The fruit is a capsule. Small Leaf Wandering Jew spreads rapidly by vegetative reproduction. Any small piece of the plant is capable of rooting and starting a new infestation. Once established it forms a dense ground cover that excludes native vegetation. Small Leaf Wandering Jew is invasive in Africa, and Australia. It is a Category 1 species on the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council’s (FLEPPC) 2015 List of Invasive Plant Species.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, FAC+ (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCOMMELINACEAE - Spiderwort family
Genus Tradescantia
Species Tradescantia fluminensis Vell. - Small Leaf Wandering Jew; Wandering Willy

Citation

Citation Tradescantia fluminensis Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. 140, pl. 152. 1829.
Basionym: **
Type: BRAZIL

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Conecuh, Houston, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1953 - 1993

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWFP019225 Baldwin 14 May 1994 James R. Burkhalter
14091		 UWFP
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
UWAL0013708 Houston 30 Apr 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23962		 UWAL
Tradescantia fluminensis da Conceição Vellozo
USAM000004036 Baldwin 22 Apr 1971 LeLong, Michel G.
5690		 USAM
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
UWAL0048175 Houston 25 Nov 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27731		 UWAL
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
TROY000044982 Houston 02 Apr 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27802		 TROY
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
UNA00036169 Tuscaloosa 01 Apr 1953 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
UWAL0039873 Houston 02 Apr 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27802		 UWAL
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
AUA000040164 Houston 21 Jan 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
DTP25		 AUA
Tradescantia Fluminensis Vell.
TROY000042993 Houston 18 Jun 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26481		 TROY
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
ALNHS00000897 Houston 13 Dec 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#349		 ALNHS
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
ALNHS00003323 Houston 21 Jan 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
DTP-25		 ALNHS
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
UWAL0011105 Conecuh 18 Aug 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23234		 UWAL
Tradescantia fluminensis da Conceicao Vellozo
TROY000044330 Houston 25 Nov 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27731		 TROY
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
TROY000035224 Conecuh 18 Aug 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23234		 TROY
Tradescantia fluminensis da Conceição Vellozo
TROY000044956 Houston 02 Apr 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27802		 TROY
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
UNA00045807 Houston 06 May 1993 MacDonald, John R.
6003		 UNA
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
UWAL0032126 Houston 18 Jun 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26481		 UWAL
Tradescantia fluminensis Vellozo
TROY000037922 Houston 30 Apr 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23962		 TROY
Tradescantia fluminensis da Conceição Vellozo
AMAL00009961 Houston 13 Dec 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
349		 AMAL
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
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