Tradescantia buckleyi
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Tradescantia buckleyi, commonly known as Buckley's Spiderwort, is a species of flowering plant in the dayflower family, Commelinaceae. It is native to southern Texas in the United States as well as northern Tamaulipas in Mexico.[3] The specific name honours Samuel Botsford Buckley (1809-1884), who collected the type specimen near Corpus Christi, Texas.[4]
Description
T. buckleyi is a perennial with trailing,[5] loosely branched stems up to 50 cm in length. The succulent, elliptic leaves are spirally arranged and may reach 12 × 3.5 cm.[3] Their color ranges from dark green to purplish.[6] Roots are tuberous, tufted,[3] and can form at nodes.[7] Inflorescences are terminal and pedunculate, with peduncles measuring 3-5.5 cm. The bracts resemble primary leaves but are smaller. Flowers are subsessile and have pedicels 0.7-0.8 cm in length. Petals are pale pink to white, measure 1 cm, and are clawed. The claws are basally connate and form a tube. The stamens are epipetalous and have bearded filaments and broad, orange connectives. The ovary is densely bearded. Capsules are subglobose, 3.5 mm in diameter, and contain seeds measuring 2-3 mm. The plant is glabrous aside from its pubescent capsules, sparsely pilose sepals, and slightly hairy pedicels. Blooming takes place from February to May.[3]
Synonyms
- Setcreasea brevifolia var. buckleyi (I.M.Johnst.) Faruqi & K.L.Mehra[8]
- Setcreasea brevifolia var. nanella Faruqi & K.L.Mehra[9]
- Setcreasea brevifolia var. pulchella Faruqi & K.L.Mehra[10]
- Setcreasea buckleyi I.M.Johnst.
- Tradescantia speciosa Buckley[11]
References
- ^ "Tradescantia buckleyi - (I.M. Johnston) D.R. Hunt Buckley's Spiderwort". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2001-03-22. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ "Tradescantia buckleyi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ a b c d "Tradescantia buckleyi (I. M. Johnston) D. R. Hunt, Kew Bull. 30: 451. 1975". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ "Type? of Tradescantia speciosa Buckley [family COMMELINACEAE]". JSTOR Plant Science. JSTOR. 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ Richardson, Alfred (1995). Plants of the Rio Grande Delta. University of Texas Press. p. 45. ISBN 9780292785946.
- ^ Turner, Billie Lee (December 2006). "Texas Species of Tradescantia (Commelinaceae)" (PDF). Phytologia. 88 (3): 312–329.
- ^ Burns Moriuchi, Jean (2006). "Appendix B". A Comparison of Invasive and Noninvasive Commelinaceae in a Phylogenetic Context (PDF) (Ph.D.). Florida State University. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
- ^ "Setcreasea brevifolia var. buckleyi (I.M.Johnst.) Faruqi & K.L.Mehra". eMonocot. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ "Setcreasea brevifolia var. nanella Faruqi & K.L.Mehra". eMonocot. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ "Setcreasea brevifolia var. pulchella Faruqi & K.L.Mehra". eMonocot. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ "Tradescantia buckleyi Buckley's Spiderwort". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
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