Details
| Correct name | Tradescantia ‘Albovittata’. |
| Name status | Not established, an invalidly published name which most likely refers to Tradescantia ‘Albovittata’ or Tradescantia fluminensis ‘Albostriata’. Published with a description and drawing by Pynaert (1885, p. 205). The same publication used the spelling ‘Albo-vittata’, and did not give clear priority to either name, so neither is established (Brickell et al., Art. 27.8). Based on the drawing and description, the name most likely refers to either Tradescantia ‘Albovittata’ or Tradescantia fluminensis ‘Albostriata’. But there is not enough information to definitively link it to any plant known today, so the name is established and treated as lost or an unknown synonym. |
References
Pynaert, E. (1885). Tradescantia albo-vittata. Revue de l’Horticulture Belge et Étrangère [Journal of Belgian and foreign horticulture], 11. Google Books free 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.