‘Variegata’

Details

(Understanding this section)

Correct name

Unspecified.

Name status

Not established, an invalidly published name used to refer to many different cultivars. May refer to: Tradescantia cerinthoides ‘Pink Furry’ (Chic Planting, 2022a). Tradescantia cerinthoides ‘Nanouk’ (Chic Planting, 2022b). Tradescantia mundula ‘Lisa’ (Brookes, 1991, p. 91). Tradescantia fluminensis ‘Lavender’ (Kromdijk & Oudhoorn, 1984, entry 194; Brookes, 1991, p. 118). Tradescantia fluminensis ‘Albostriata’ (Simms, 1967, p. 8-9). Tradescantia fluminensis ‘Yellow Hill’ (Pollock & Griffiths, 2005). Tradescantia zebrina ‘HappiLee’ (Chic Planting, 2022c). Tradescantia zanonia ‘Mexican Flag’ (de Lorenzo-Cáceres, 2020). Tradescantia pallida ‘Pink Stripe’ (Steve’s Leaves, 2021). Tradescantia spathacea ‘Sitara’ (Zhāng, 2014, p. 102). Tradescantia sillamontana ‘Gold Stripes’ (Grow Jungle, 2022). None of these uses is established because the name is in Latin and has already been used in the genus (Brickell et al., 2016, Arts. 21.11, 30.1). 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 spathacea ‘Variegata’, an established synonym for another cultivar.

References

Simms, W. F. (1967). A Re-appraisal of the “Tradescantias”. Gardener’s Chronicle, 162(25), 8-9.

Kromdijk, G. & Oudshoorn, W. (1984). Het nieuwe kamerplantenboek. Zomer & Keuning.

Brookes, J. (1991). DK Pocket Encyclopedia of House Plants. Dorling Kindersley Limited.

Pollock, M. & Griffiths, M. (2005). The Royal Horticultural Society Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening. Dorling Kindersley.

Zhāng, J. (2014). Shì nèi guān shǎng zhí wù tú jiàn (xià) [Catalogue of Indoor Ornamental Plants (Part 2)]. Chén xīng chū bǎn [Morningstar Publishing].

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.

de Lorenzo-Cáceres, J. M. S. (2020). Flora Ornamental Española. Internet Archive link.

Steve’s Leaves (2021). Tradescantia pallida ‘variegata’. Internet Archive link.

Chic Planting. (2022a). Tradescantia Blossfeldiana Variegata ‘Pink Furry’. Internet Archive link.

Chic Planting. (2022b). Tradescantia Blossfeldiana (Cerinthoides) Variegata ‘Lilac’ / ‘Nanouk’ / ‘Bubblegum’. Internet Archive link.

Chic Planting. (2022c). Tradescantia Zebrina Variegata ‘Danny Lee’. Internet Archive link.

Grow Jungle. (2022). Tradescantia Sillamontana Variegata. Internet Archive link.