Taxon: Tradescantia bracteata Small

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide R. Faden, pers. comm. 1996)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana [s.], Michigan [Allegan Co.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [s.], Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma [n.], South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [e.], Montana, Wyoming [e.]

• also cultivated

References:

• Angelo, R. & D. E. Boufford. Atlas of the flora of New England (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Faden, R. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio. [mentions].
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. [mentions].
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora.
• Wetter, M. A. et al. WISFLORA: Wisconsin vascular plant species (on-line resource).
• Yatskievych, G. 1999–. Steyermark's Flora of Missouri, revised edition.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Tradescantia bracteata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Tradescantia bracteata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Tradescantia bracteata.

Check other web resources for Tradescantia bracteata Small:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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