Tradescantia virginiana: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)Tradescantia virginiana L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Ephemerum congestum Moench, Tradescantia brevicaulis Raf., Tradescantia congesta (Moench) Penny ex Loudon, Tradescantia congesta (Moench) D. Don, Tradescantia congesta Penny ex W.H. Baxter, Tradescantia congesta M. Martens & Galeotti, Tradescantia rupestris Raf., Tradescantia speciosa Buckley, nom. illeg., Tradescantia speciosa L.f., Tradescantia speciosa Salisb., Tradescantia speciosa Kunth, Tradescantia virginiana L. var. alba Hook. ex Raf., Tradescantia virginiana L. var. barbata Raf..
References regarding Tradescantia virginiana L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1782)
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis (1794)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Virginia spiderwort, Tradescantia occidentalis.
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