Editing Tradescantia (section)

===Subdivisions and species===
[[File:Tradescantia fluminensis3 ies.jpg|thumb|''[[Tradescantia fluminensis]]''<br> (subg. Austrotradescantia)|200px]]
[[File:Starr 080607-7174 Tradescantia spathacea.jpg|thumb|''[[Tradescantia spathacea]]''<br> (subg. Campelia)|200px]]
[[File:IMG 5708-Tradescantia brevifolia.jpg|thumb|''[[Tradescantia brevifolia]]''<br> (subg. Setcreasea)]]

The number of species and infrageneric taxa has changed throughout history. The first major classification proposed by Hunt (1980) included 60 species divided into eight sections, with one section divided into a further four series.<ref name="Hunt1980">{{cite journal |title=Sections and Series in ''Tradescantia'': American Commelinaceae: IX |first=David R. |last=Hunt |journal=Kew Bulletin |volume=35 |issue=2 |year=1980 |pages=437–442 |jstor=4114596 |doi=10.2307/4114596|bibcode=1980KewBu..35..437H }}</ref> Hunt's 1986 revision united several small genera with ''Tradescantia'' as sections, resulting in a total of twelve sections comprising 68 species,<ref name="Hunt1986">{{cite journal |title=''Campelia'', ''Rhoeo'' and ''Zebrina'' united with ''Tradescantia'': American Commelinaceae: XIII |first=David R. |last=Hunt |journal=Kew Bulletin |volume=41 |issue=2 |year=1986 |pages=401–405 |jstor=4102948 |doi=10.2307/4102948|bibcode=1986KewBu..41..401H }}</ref> and this infrageneric classification was accepted for several decades.

A recent study by Pellegrini (2017) proposed a new classification based on recent morphological research, dividing the genus into five subgenera.<ref name="Pell2017">{{cite journal |last1=Pellegrini |first1=Marco |title=Morphological phylogeny of Tradescantia L. (Commelinaceae) sheds light on a new infrageneric classification for the genus and novelties on the systematics of subtribe Tradescantiinae |journal=PhytoKeys |date=26 Oct 2017 |issue=89 |pages=11–72 |doi=10.3897/phytokeys.89.20388 |pmid=29118649 |pmc=5672149 |url=https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/20388/list/8/ |access-date=4 February 2022 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2017PhytK..89...11P }}</ref> As of December 2023, [[The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] recognises 86 species.<ref name="POWO"/>

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;Subgenus ''Austrotradescantia'' <small>(D.R.Hunt) M.Pell</small><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pellegrini |first1=Marco |title=Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austrotradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae) |journal=PhytoKeys |date=19 July 2018 |issue=104 |pages=1–97 |doi=10.3897/phytokeys.104.28484 |s2cid=51728169 |url=https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/28484/list/8/ |access-date=4 February 2022|doi-access=free |pmid=30057479 |pmc=6062585 |bibcode=2018PhytK.104....1P }}</ref>
* ''[[Tradescantia atlantica]]'' <small>M.Pell.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia catharinensis]]'' <small>Hassemer & Funez</small> syn. ''T. crassula'' var. ''gaudichaudii''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hassemer |first1=Gustavo |last2=Funez |first2=Luís |title=Novelties and notes on Tradescantia (Commelinaceae) from Brazil |journal=Phytotaxa |date=1 September 2020 |volume=458 |issue=2 |pages=139–158 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.458.2.2 |bibcode=2020Phytx.458..139H |url=https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.458.2.2 |access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Tradescantia cerinthoides]]'' <small>Kunth</small> syn. ''T. blossfeldiana''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pellegrini |first=M.O.O. |date=2020 |title=''Tradescantia cerinthoides'' Kunth |url=http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB126854 |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=Flora do Brasil |publisher=Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro}}</ref>
* ''[[Tradescantia chrysophylla]]'' <small>M.Pell.</small> syn. ''T. serrana''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pellegrini |first=M.O.O. |date=2020 |title=''Tradescantia chrysophylla'' M.Pell. |url=http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB582998 |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=Flora do Brasil |publisher=Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro}}</ref>
* ''[[Tradescantia crassula]]'' <small>Link & Otto</small> syn. ''T. schwirkowskiana''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pellegrini |first=M.O.O. |date=2020 |title=''Tradescantia crassula'' Link & Otto |url=http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB126855 |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=Flora do Brasil |publisher=Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro}}</ref>
* ''[[Tradescantia cymbispatha]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia decora]]'' <small>W.Bull</small> syn. ''T. multibracteata'', ''T. valida''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pellegrini |first=M.O.O. |date=2020 |title=''Tradescantia decora'' W.Bull |url=http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB127654 |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=Flora do Brasil |publisher=Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro}}</ref>
* ''[[Tradescantia fluminensis]]'' <small>Vell.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia hertweckii]]'' <small>M.Pell.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia mundula]]'' <small>Kunth</small> syn. ''T. insularis''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pellegrini |first=M.O.O. |date=2020 |title=''Tradescantia mundula'' Kunth |url=http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB127679 |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=Flora do Brasil |publisher=Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro}}</ref>
* ''[[Tradescantia seubertiana]]'' <small>M.Pell.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia tenella]]'' <small>Kunth</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia tucumanensis]]'' <small>M.Pell.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia umbraculifera]]'' <small>Hand.-Mazz.</small>
;Subgenus ''Campelia'' <small>(Rich.) M.Pell.</small> <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hunt |first=D. R. |date=1986 |title=''Campelia'', ''Rhoeo'' and ''Zebrina'' united with ''Tradescantia'': American Commelinaceae: XIII |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4102948 |journal=Kew Bulletin |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=401–405 |doi=10.2307/4102948 |jstor=4102948 |bibcode=1986KewBu..41..401H |issn=0075-5974}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hunt |first=D. R. |date=1980 |title=Sections and series in ''Tradescantia'': American Commelinaceae: IX |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4114596 |journal=Kew Bulletin |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=437–442 |doi=10.2307/4114596 |jstor=4114596 |bibcode=1980KewBu..35..437H |issn=0075-5974}}</ref>
;:Sect. ''Campelia''
* ''[[Tradescantia zanonia]]'' <small>(L.) Sw.</small>
;:Sect. ''Corinna'' <small>D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia soconuscana]]'' <small>Matuda</small>
;:Sect. ''Cymbispatha'' <small>(Pichon) D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia commelinoides]]'' <small>Schult. & Schult.f</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia deficiens]]'' <small>Brandegee</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia gracillima]]'' <small>Stand.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia grantii]]'' <small>Faden</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia plusiantha]]'' <small>Stand.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia poelliae]]'' <small>D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia praetermissa]]'' <small>M.Pell.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia standleyi]]'' <small>Steyerm.</small>
;:Sect. ''Rhoeo'' <small>(Hance) D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia spathacea]]'' <small>Sw.</small>
;:Sect. ''Zebrina'' <small>(Schnizl.) D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia huehueteca]]'' <small>(Standl. & Steyerm) D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia schippii]]'' <small>D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia zebrina]]'' <small>Heynh. ''ex'' Bosse</small>
:* var. ''flocculosa'' <small>(G.Brückn.) D.R.Hunt</small>
:* var. ''mollipila'' <small>D.R.Hunt</small>
:* var. ''zebrina''
;Subgenus ''Mandonia'' <small>(D.R.Hunt) M.Pell.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia ambigua]]'' <small>Mart. ''ex'' Schult. & Schult.f.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia andrieuxii]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia boliviana]]'' <small>(Hassk.( J.R.Grant</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia burchii]]'' <small>D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia crassifolia]]'' <small>Cav.</small>
:* var. ''acaulis'' <small>(M.Martens & Galeotti) C.B.Clarke</small>
:* var. crassifolia
* ''[[Tradescantia exaltata]]'' <small>D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia gentryi]]'' <small>D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia guiengolensis]]'' <small>Matuda</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia iridescens]]'' <small>Lindl.</small> syn. ''T. crassifolia'' var. ''acaulis''
* ''[[Tradescantia llamasii]]'' <small>Matuda</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia masonii]]'' <small>Matuda</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia mcvaughii]]'' <small>D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia mixtecana]]'' <small>Hern.-Cárdenas, López-Ferr. & Espejo</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia murilloae]]'' <small>Zamudio et al.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia nuevoleonensis]]'' <small>Matuda</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia peninsularis]]'' <small>Brandegee</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia petricola]]'' <small>J.R.Grant</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia tepoxtlana]]'' <small>Matuda</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia velutina]]'' <small>Kunth & C.D.Bouché</small>
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;Subgenus ''Setcreasea'' <small>(K.Schum. & Sydow) M.Pell</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia brevifolia]]'' <small>(Torr.) Rose</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia buckleyi]]'' <small>(I.M.Johnst.) D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia hirta]]'' <small>D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia leiandra]]'' <small>Torr.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia mirandae]]'' <small>Matuda</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia orchidophylla]]'' <small>Rose & Hemsl.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia pallida]]'' <small>(Rose) D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia pygmaea]]'' <small>D.R.Hunt</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia rozynskii]]'' <small>Matuda</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia sillamontana]]'' <small>Matuda</small>
;Subgenus ''Tradescantia''
* ''[[Tradescantia bracteata]]'' <small>Small ''ex'' Britton</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia cirrifera]]'' <small>Mart.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia edwardsiana]]'' <small>Tharp</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia ernestiana]]'' <small>E.S.Anderson & Woodson</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia gigantea]]'' <small>Rose</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia gypsophila]]'' <small>B.L.Turner</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia hirsuticaulis]]'' <small>Small</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia hirsutiflora]]'' <small>Bush</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia humilis]]'' <small>Rose</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia longipes]]'' <small>E.S.Anderson & Woodson</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia monosperma]]'' <small>Brandegee</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia occidentalis]]'' <small>(Britton) Smyth</small>
:* var. ''melanthera'' <small>MacRoberts</small>
:* var. ''scopulorum'' <small>(Rose) E.S.Anderson & Woodson</small>
:* var. ''occidentalis''
* ''[[Tradescantia ohiensis]]'' <small>Raf.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia ozarkana]]'' <small>E.S.Anderson & Woodson</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia pedicellata]]'' <small>Celarier</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia pinetorum]]'' <small>Greene</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia reverchonii]]'' <small>Bush</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia roseolens]]'' <small>Small</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia stenophylla]]'' <small>Brandegee</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia subacaulis]]'' <small>Bush</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia subaspera]]'' <small>Ker Gawl.</small>
:* var. ''montana'' <small>(Shuttlew. ex Small & Vail) E.S.Anderson & Woodson</small>
:* var. ''subaspera''
* ''[[Tradescantia subtilis]]'' <small>Matuda</small> syn. ''T. maysillesii''
* ''[[Tradescantia tharpii]]'' <small>E.S.Anderson & Woodson</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia virginiana]]'' <small>L.</small>
* ''[[Tradescantia wrightii]]'' <small>Rose & Bush</small>
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