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Accession Data:

Tradescantia crassifolia var. acaulis (M.Martens & Galeotti) C.B.Clarke

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Commelinaceae R. Br.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico
  • Habitat: Mineral del Chico in Hidalgo, Mexico, between 2000-3000m

  • Description: 10-15 cm rosettes, growing flat against the soil. Leaves very succulent, with a thin layer of photosynthetic tissue and thick layers of water storage parenchyma.
  • Culture: Summer growing, cannot withstand frost. May be deciduous to tuberous roots in cold weather.
  • USDA Zone: 10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200900111
  • Source: Robert Maijer
  • Provenance: Robert Maijer #127, Mineral del Chico in Hidalgo, Mexico, between 2000-3000m
  • Accession Date: 12-18-2009
  • Bench: 2115 - MED:Mattoral A
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 03-10-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Commelinales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Commelinaceae
  • SubFamily: Commelinoideae
  • Tribe: Tradescantieae
  • SubTribe: Tradescantiinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2025
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References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.

data regenerated on Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:33:29 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Commelinaceae

Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Tradescantieae

  • Dichorisandrinae: Cochliostema odoratissimum
  • Dichorisandrinae: Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
  • Palisotinae: Palisota barteri
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia fragrans
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia gentlei var. elegans
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia navicularis
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia warszewicziana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia crassifolia var. acaulis W/C
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia pallida
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia sillamontana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia spathacea
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia x Andersoniana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina
  • Tradescantiinae: Tripogandra multiflora
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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