Tradescantia crassula
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Tradescantia crassula is a species of Tradescantia
. Its family is Commelinaceae
, its subfamily is Commelinoideae
, its tribe is Tradescantieae and its subtribe is Tradescantiinae.
Tradescantia
Tradescantia , the Spiderworts, is a genus of an estimated 71 species of perennial plants in the family Commelinaceae, native to the New World from southern Canada south to northern Argentina. They are weakly upright to scrambling plants, growing to 30–60 cm tall, and are commonly found...
. Its family is Commelinaceae
Commelinaceae
Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with an estimated 650 species in 40 genera. Well known genera include...
, its subfamily is Commelinoideae
Commelinoideae
Commelinoideae is a subfamily of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family . The Commelinoideae is one of two subfamilies within the Commelinaceae and includes 39 genera and all but 12 of the family's several hundred known species...
, its tribe is Tradescantieae and its subtribe is Tradescantiinae.