Details
| Correct name | Tradescantia zebrina ‘Quadricolor’. |
| Name status | Established synonym, another published name for the cultivar Tradescantia zebrina ‘Quadricolor’. Established with a description by Pynaert (1879, p. 169). The name can also be spelled ‘Multicolor Madame Lequesne’ (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 35.9). The later name ‘Quadricolor’ has become the most widely used, and is now the accepted name for the cultivar. |
References
Pynaert, E. (1879). Tradescantia multicolor Mme Lequesne. Revue de l’Horticulture Belge et Étrangère [Journal of Belgian and foreign horticulture], 5. Google Books 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.