‘Multicolor’

Details

(Understanding this section)

Correct name

Tradescantia zebrina ‘Discolor Multicolor’.

Name status

Not established, an invalid unpublished name used to sell the cultivar Tradescantia zebrina ‘Discolor Multicolor’. Listed online with photos by Steve’s Leaves (2021). No hardcopy publication has been found, so the name is not established (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). The established name ‘Discolor Multicolor’ is now accepted for this cultivar. Not to be confused with: Tradescantia zebrina ‘Multicolor’ [1879], 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.

Steve’s Leaves. (2021). Tradescantia zebrina multicolor. Internet Archive link.