‘Laekenensis’

Details

(Understanding this section)

Correct name

Tradescantia mundula ‘Lisa’.

Name status

Not established, an unpublished invalid name used to sell the cultivar Tradescantia mundula ‘Lisa’. Published by Halpin (1980). It duplicates an existing name in the genus, so it cannot be established (Brickell et al., 2016, Arts. 27.1, 21.23). The name has become reused by mistake, due to sellers mixing up the two cultivars. The accepted name for this cultivar is ‘Lisa’. Not to be confused with: Tradescantia fluminensis ‘Laekenensis’, an established synonym for a different cultivar.

References

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.

Halpin, A. M. (1980). Rodale’s Encyclopedia of Indoor Gardening. Rodale Press.