Tradescantia zebrinaHeynh. ex Bosse

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WFO wfo-0000590331 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tradescantia zebrina, photographed by Diana Foreman
fig. a Diana Foreman, CC0 1.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 193397495
Tradescantia zebrina, photographed by gpete
fig. b gpete, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184559351
Tradescantia zebrina, photographed by 謝麗霦
fig. c 謝麗霦, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179715059
Tradescantia zebrina, photographed by 五色鳥
fig. d 五色鳥, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178187257
Tradescantia zebrina, photographed by Ben Machado
fig. e Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170685964
Tradescantia zebrina, photographed by Mori Chen
fig. f Mori Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170310599
Tradescantia zebrina, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. g Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168877848
Tradescantia zebrina, photographed by 五色鳥
fig. h 五色鳥, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164867974

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Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Commelina zebrina hort. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Cyanotis quadricolor Hort.
  • Cyanotis vittata Lindl.
  • Cyanotis zebrina (Heynh. ex Bosse) Nees
  • Tradescantia belizensis Standl.
  • Tradescantia pendula (Schnizl.) D.R.Hunt
  • Tradescantia tricolor hort. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Tradescantia zebrina Heynh.
  • Zebrina flocculosa G.Brückn.
  • Zebrina pendula Schnizl.
  • Zebrina pendula f. quadricolor Voss
  • Zebrina pendula var. quadricolor (Voss) L.H.Bailey
  • Zebrina purpusii G.Brückn.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.