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‘Rochford’s Quicksilver’

Details

Correct nameTradescantia ‘Albovittata’.
Name statusEstablished synonym, another unpublished name for the cultivar Tradescantia ‘Albovittata’.

Described by Rochford & Gorer (1969, p. 104-105). The name is also sometimes written as ‘Rochford Quicksilver’ (Taxonweb, 2022).

The more widely-used name ‘Albovittata’ is now accepted for this cultivar.

References

Rochford, T. & Gorer, R. (1969). Rochford’s House-plants for Everyone. Faber and Faber.

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.

Taxonweb. (2022). Tradescantia fluminensis. Internet Archive link.