View source for Tradescantia brevifolia

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|accepted_name=Tradescantia brevifolia
|accepted_authority=(Torrey) Rose
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium
|place=3: 323. 1895
|year=1895
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Tradescantia leiandra var. brevifolia
|authority=Torrey
|rank=variety
|publication_title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication_place=2(1): 225. 1859
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Setcreasea brevifolia
|authority=(Torrey) Schumann & Sydow
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Tradescantia;Tradescantia brevifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Commelinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tradescantia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tradescantia brevifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> prostrate, coarsely rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> unbranched or sparsely branched, to 30 cm. <b>Leaves</b> spirally arranged; blade green, not variegated, broadly ovate to elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, to 8 × 3 cm (distal leaf blades wider or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), succulent, base symmetric, rounded to broadly cuneate, ± glaucous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal; bracts similar to leaves. <b>Flowers</b> subsessile; pedicels densely pilose; sepals distinct, glabrous; petals distinct, deep pink to reddish purple, obovate, clawed, claws basally connate forming tube; stamens epipetalous; filaments glabrous; ovary glabrous. <b>Capsules</b> obovoid to subglobose, 4 mm diam., glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 18 (Mexico).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall (Jun–Oct).
|habitat=Rocks or crevices, grassy slopes, or sheltered cliffs on north-facing slopes
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo Leon).
|discussion=<p>Setcreasea, in which <i>Tradescantia brevifolia</i>, <i>T. buckleyi</i>, <i>T. pallida</i>, and <i>T. leiandra</i> were formerly placed, is synonymous with <i>Tradescantia</i> (D. R. Hunt 1975).</p>
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name=Tradescantia brevifolia
|authority=(Torrey) Rose
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Setcreasea brevifolia
|basionyms=Tradescantia leiandra var. brevifolia
|family=Commelinaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall (Jun–Oct).
|habitat=Rocks or crevices, grassy slopes, or sheltered cliffs on north-facing slopes
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo Leon).
|reference=None
|publication title=Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium
|publication year=1895
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_315.xml
|genus=Tradescantia
|species=Tradescantia brevifolia
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