Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Continental Group) ‘Pink Dragon’. |
| Name status | Not established, an invalid unpublished name for an insufficiently described cultivar. Listed online with photos by Ortofiorito (2022). No hardcopy publication has been found, so the name is not established (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). The description given is not sufficient to distinguish from other Continental Group cultivars, so the name is not accepted. Also known as:
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| 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 | Available from a small number of collectors and specialists. |
Description
Described by Ortofiorito (2022).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Continental Group. |
| Foliage | Leaves are light green, streaked with white and lilac pink. |
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.
Ortofiorito. (2022). Tradescantia albiflora variegata Pink Dragon, sin. Pink Furry. Archive Today link.
POWO. (2022). Tradescantia albiflora. Plants of the World Online. Link.