‘Variegata’

Details

(Understanding this section)

Correct name

Tradescantia spathacea ‘Vittata’.

Name status

Established synonym, another published name for the cultivar Tradescantia spathacea ‘Vittata’. Published with a description and drawing by Hooker (1858, tab 5079). Becase it was published before 1959, the Latin name can be established (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 21.11). The most widely-used an unambiguous name ‘Vittata’ is now accepted for this cultivar. Not to be confused with: Tradescantia fluminensis ‘Variegata’, the accepted name for another cultivar. Tradescantia cerinthoides ‘Variegata’, the accepted name for another cultivar. Tradescantia zebrina ‘Variegata’, an established name of questionable status. Tradescantia ‘Variegata’ [1967], the name has been invalidly reused for many other cultivars.

References

Hooker, W. J. (1858). Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 3(14). Biodiversity Heritage Library 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.