‘Albovittata’

Details

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Full name	Tradescantia ‘Albovittata’.
Name status	Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established with a description by Staff of the L. H. Bailey Hortorium (1976, p. 1119). Although the name in Latin should not be established after 1959 (Brickell et al., 2016, Art 21.11), it has become the most widely-used name and so is now accepted for the cultivar (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 11.6). Also known as: ‘Vittata’, an established synonym. ‘Rochford Silver’, an established synonym. ‘Quicksilver’, an established synonym. ‘Sanna’, an established synonym. ‘Silver Queen’, an established synonym. ‘Vittata Alba’, a name which may refer to this or another cultivar. ‘Alba Lineata’, a name which may refer to this or another cultivar. ‘White Joy’, an invalid trade name. ‘White Zebra’, an invalid trade name. ‘Blanca’, an invalid trade name. ‘Rochford Quicksilver’, an invalid trade name. ‘Silvery Hill’, an invalid trade name. ‘White Beauty’, an invalid trade name. ‘Pistachio White’, an invalid trade name. ‘Albo-vittata’, an invalid name which may refer to this or another cultvar. ‘Albo Variegata’, an invalid name which may refer to this or another cultivar. ‘Albo Lineata’, an invalid name which may refer to this or another cultivar. ‘Albo Vittata’, an invalid name which may refer to this or another cultivar. Not to be confused with: Tradescantia spathacea ‘Vittata’, the accepted name for another cultivar.
Origins	Unknown.
Classification	Often labelled as Tradescantia albiflora, which is now considered a botanical synonym for Tradescantia fluminensis (POWO, 2022). It does not fully match that species, but appears to be an unknown hybrid from the subgenus Austrotradescantia. Like other variegated Austrotradescantia cultivars, it is now placed in the Continental Group.
Legal protection	None.
Availability	Internationally mass-produced, sold under many synonyms and trade names.

Description

Cultivar group	Tradescantia Continental Group.
Growth habit	Long stems which grow strongly downwards, creeping or trailing out of any container.
Foliage	Leaves are long ovals, slightly curved or curling. The surface has bordered variegation with white and green stripes, varying in different light levels.
Flowers	Small and white.

References

Staff of the L. H. Bailey Hortorium. (1976). Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.

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.

Pellegrini, M. O. O. (2018). Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austrotradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys 104: 1-97. Open access link.