‘Purpusii’

Details

(Understanding this section)

Correct name

Unspecified.

Name status

Not established, an invalid unpublished name used to sell multiple other cultivars. Listed online with photos by Perfect Plants (2020) and FLoraXchange (2022). No hardcopy description has been found, so the name is not established (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). The two listings seem to represent different Tradescantia zebrina cultivars, ‘Violet Hill’ and ‘Superba’, so the name cannot be linked to a single specific plant. Not to be confused with: Tradescantia zebrina ‘Purpusii’ [1927], the accepted name 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.

Perfect Plants. (2020). Tradescantia Zebrina Purpusii House Plant In A 12cm Pot. Wandering Jew. Internet Archive link.

FloraXchange. (2022). Trades. Zebrina Compacta 10,5cm (TRAZEB11). Internet Archive link.