Thanks A very common garden plant tanay On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]>wrote:
> *Tradescantia zebrina* Hort ex Bose, Vollst. Handb. Bl.- Gartm. 4: 655. > 1849. ** > > *Zebrina pendula *Schnizlein. ‘Wondering-Jew’ > > Herbs, decumbent. Leaves 2-ranked; blade variegated, abaxially > reddish purple, adaxially striped green and white, lanceolate-elliptic to > ovate-elliptic, 3-9 x1.5-3 cm, base oblique, cuneate, apex acute to > acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, consisting of pairs of sessile cymes > enclosed in sheath of spathaceous bracts, pedunculate; spathaceous bracts > foliaceous, reduced. Flowers subsessile; sepals basally connate, 4-5 mm,; > petals pink, clawed, claws basally connate forming tube; stamens > epipetalous; filaments bearded. Capsules 3-locular; locules 2-seeded. > > > *Flowering:* September to February. > *Distribution:* Native to Tropical America; introduced as garden > ornamental. > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Commelinales and Zingiberales Week: Commelinalceae, Tradescantia zebrina >> Vollst. >> Handb. Bl.-gärtn. ed. 2, 4:655. 1849 >> syn: *Tradescantia pendula* (Schnizl.) D. R. Hunt >> *Zebrina pendula* Schnizl. >> >> Common name: Inchplant >> >> >> Another ornamental perennial forming ground cover, from Delhi >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- > Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, > Research Student, > Department of Botany, > Shivaji University, > Kolhapur. > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
