Details
Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Sanguinea Semiplena’. |
Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established with a description by Blütenwolke (1927, p. 35). Because it was published before 1959, the Latin name can be accepted (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). |
Origins | Unknown. The name “Kelway” is mentioned in the original publication, which may refer to the source of the plant. |
Classification | Like other hardy garden hybrids, it is now placed in the Andersoniana Group. These hybrids are sometimes mislabelled as Tradescantia virginiana or the invalid botanical hybrid Tradescantia × andersoniana. |
Legal protection | None. |
Availability | Probably lost from cultivation, it was last docmented by Blütenwolke (1928, p. 33). |
Description
Described by Blütenwolke (1927, p. 35).
Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
Flowers | Blood-red, with semi-double petals. |
References
Blütenwolke. (1927). Gräflich Schwerin sche Staudenkulturen [Count Schwerin’s perennial plants]. Internet Archive link.
Blütenwolke. (1928). Gräflich Schwerin sche Staudenkulturen [Count Schwerin’s perennial plants]. Internet Archive link.
Brickell, C. D., Alexander, C., Cubey, J. J., David, J. C., Hoffman, M. H. A., Leslie, A. C., Malécot, V., Jin, X. (2016). International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. PDF link.