Moses in the cradle (Tradescantia Spathacea) .

Moses in the cradle (Tradescantia Spathacea)

The Scientific classification of Moses-in-the-Cradle

Kingdom:     Plantae

(unranked):     Angiosperms

(unranked):     Monocots

(unranked):     Commelinids

Order:     Commelinales

Family:     Commelinaceae

Genus:     Tradescantia

Species:     T. spathacea

Binomial name Tradescantia spathacea Sw.

Synonyms:

Rhoeo discolor

Rhoeo spathacea

Tradescantia discolor

Tradescantia bicolor

 

Rhoeo spathacea

Rhoeo spathacea or Moses in the cradle (Tradescantia Spathacea),Tradescantia spathacea, Rhoeo discolor, Ephemerum bicolor, Tradescantia discolor, Tradescantia versicolor, Reo, Marguey morado, Moses-in-the-Cradle, Moises en la cuna, Éphémère ou misèr.

Tradescantia spathacea dwarf Rhoeo; Moses in the cradle

Tradescantia spathacea-Yucatan.

Tradescantia spathacea or Rhoeo spathacea

Tradescantia spathacea, or Moses-in-the-Cradle, is a herb in the Commelinaceae first described in 1788. Tradescantia spathacea is native to Belize, Guatemala, and southern Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán Peninsula) but widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in parts of Florida, Texas, Hawaii, and various oceanic islands.

Moses in the cradle (Tradescantia Spathacea) in Indonesia called : Adam hawa, adam hawa varigatha or belang. Moses in the cradle (Tradescantia Spathacea) is a shrub, which has a height of no more than 30 cm.  These plants can live on dry land or heat, can also grow well in soil that tends to cool and watery, and that excess adam hawa.

Tradescantia spathacea has fleshy rhizomes and rosettes of waxy lance-shaped leaves. Leaves are dark to metallic green above, with glossy purple underneath.

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