Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Ruba Semi-plena’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established by Ellwanger & Barry (1868, p. 80). Because it was published before 1959, the Latin name with no description can be established (Brickell et al., 2016, Arts. 21.11, 27.1). The name was originally spelled ‘Rubra Semi-pleno’, but this is corrected to match the grammatical gender of the genus (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 21.8). |
| Origins | Unknown. |
| Classification | Like other hardy garden hybrids, it is now placed in the Andersoniana Group. These hybrids are sometimes mislabelled as Tradescantia virginiana or the invalid botanical hybrid Tradescantia × andersoniana. |
| Legal protection | None. |
| Availability | Probably lost from cultivation, it has not been documented since its first publication (Ellwanger & Barry, 1868, p. 80). |
Description
Never described.
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
References
Ellwanger & Barry. (1868). Descriptive Catalogue of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. Internet Archive 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.