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Revision as of 09:28, 21 March 2016

Tradescantia roseolens
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Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Nature Photography by Shirley Denton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Tradescantia
Species: T. roseolens
Binomial name
Tradescantia roseolens
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Trad rose dist.jpg
Natural range of Tradescantia roseolens from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: longleaf spiderwort

Taxonomic notes

The specific epithet roseolens is derived from the fragrant tea-rose smell emitted from the flower[1].

Description

A description of Tradescantia roseolens is provided in The Flora of North America.

T. roseolens is similar to T. longifolia; however, T. roseolens can be differentiated by having smaller fragrant flowers and glandless stems[1].

Distribution

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. It is listed as imperiled in Georgia[2].

Ecology

Habitat

Habitats of T. roseolens include Florida rosemary balds, oak scrubs, hammocks, sandhills, pinewoods, and roadsides[3][4]. Associated species include Ceratiola, Quercus inopina, Q. geminata and Q. chapmanii. In Florida rosemary balds, T. roseolens was found to be positively associated with patch isolation[5].

Phenology

Flowers February to August[3].

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Tradescantia roseolens at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Lasioglossum nymphalis, L. placidensis, L. puteulanum

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Steven P. Christman, Robin B. Huck. States and Counties: Florida: Highlands. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

  1. 1.0 1.1 Small, J. K. (1924). "Plant Novelties from Florida." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 51(9): 379-393.
  2. [[1]]NatureServe. Accessed: March 21, 2016
  3. 3.0 3.1 [[2]]Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed: March 21, 2016
  4. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Steven P. Christman, Robin B. Huck. States and Counties: Florida: Highlands. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
  5. Quintana-Ascencio, P. F. and E. S. Menges (1996). "Inferring Metapopulation Dynamics from Patch-Level Incidence of Florida of Scrub Plants." Conservation Biology 10(4): 1210-1219.