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(Last Modified On 11/1/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/1/2012)
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Species
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TRADESCANTIA COMMELINOIDES R. & S.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Syst. 7:1176. 1829.
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Synonym
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Tradescantia commelinoides R. & S. a. rotundifolia C. B. Clarke, in DC. Monogr. 3:296. 1881.
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Description
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Small creeping herbs, the stems as- cending at the tips, rooting at the lower nodes, glabrous. Leaves ovate- to oblong-elliptic, acuminate, obtuse and subsessile at the base, 3-8 cm. long, glabrous or ciliate at the base; sheaths 0.5-1.0 cm. long, the margins pilose. Peduncles 1-3 cm. long, usually rather densely pilose; bracts more or less con- duplicate, ovate, acute or acuminate, foliaceous, 1.0-2.5 cm. long. Flowers bright pink; pedicels 0.4-0.5 cm. long, minutely puberulent to glabrate; sepals elliptic, keeled, 0.2 cm. long, minutely puberulent; petals 0.5-0.6 cm. long.
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Distribution
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Mexico to Panama. In moist high- land forests.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Rio Chiriqui Viejo valley, Seibert 230; Volcain Chiriqui, Woodson, Allen d Seibert 803; Quebrada Velo, Woodson d Schery 24I; Bajo Mona and Quebrada Chiquero, Woodson & Schery 556.
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