View source for Tradescantia occidentalis var. scopulorum

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|accepted_name=Tradescantia occidentalis var. scopulorum
|accepted_authority=(Rose) E. S. Anderson & Woodson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. Arnold Arbor.
|place=9: 106. 1935
|year=1935
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Tradescantia scopulorum
|authority=unknown
|publication_title=Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb.
|publication_place=5: 205. 1899
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|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Tradescantia;Tradescantia occidentalis;Tradescantia occidentalis var. scopulorum
|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 occidentalis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Tradescantia occidentalis var. scopulorum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>14–35 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: blade 5–45 × 0.4–0.9 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: pedicels 1–2 cm, glabrous; sepals 5–8 mm, glabrous; petals bright blue, 0.7–1 cm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer, fall (Apr–Aug, Oct).
|habitat=Moist canyons and stream banks
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.
|discussion=<p>The two varieties intergrade; the only absolute difference between them is sepal pubescence. <i>Tradescantia occidentalis </i>var.<i> scopulorum</i> evidently was defined more broadly by W. C. Martin and C. R. Hutchins (1980), so the distribution I have shown for New Mexico could be too wide. A broader circumscription of this variety has also been used by others (C. Sinclair 1967; M. Bolick 1986), but I have not accepted these records.</p><!--
--><p>Most specimens of <i>Tradescantia occidentalis</i> from Arkansas and Louisiana have an apical tuft of eglandular hairs on the sepals, a character acquired through introgression with <i>T. ohiensis</i> (E. Anderson and R. E. Woodson Jr. 1935).</p><!--
--><p><i>Tradescantia occidentalis</i> var. melanthera has been described for plants from Arkansas, Louisiana, eastern Texas and eastern Oklahoma that have dark anther connectives (D. T. MacRoberts 1977). I have not been able to recognize this character in dried specimens with any consistency.</p>
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name=Tradescantia occidentalis var. scopulorum
|author=
|authority=(Rose) E. S. Anderson & Woodson
|rank=variety
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|synonyms=
|basionyms=Tradescantia scopulorum
|family=Commelinaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer, fall (Apr–Aug, Oct).
|habitat=Moist canyons and stream banks
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. Arnold Arbor.
|publication year=1935
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|genus=Tradescantia
|species=Tradescantia occidentalis
|variety=Tradescantia occidentalis var. scopulorum
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