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	Tradescantia fluminensis  VELL.

Fam.: Commelinaceae / Spiderwort Fam.

Genus:  Tradescantia  RUPPIUS ex L.

Authors:
	VELL.:		José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo (1742 - 1811), Brazilian botanist
	RUPPIUS:		Heinrich Bernard Ruppius (1688 - 1719), botanist at Jena (Germany)
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Tradescantia:		John Tradescant sr. (~1570 - 1638), and his equal-named son (1608 - 1662), Dutch gardeners at the British court
	fluminensis:		growing at the river

Fig. 1:  Tradescantia fluminensis / Small-Leaf Spiderwort Cephalonia, Paralia Trapezaki 21.4.2024

Fig. 2:  Tradescantia fluminensis / Small-Leaf Spiderwort Cephalonia, Paralia Trapezaki 21.4.2024

Fig. 3:  Tradescantia fluminensis / Small-Leaf Spiderwort Cephalonia, Paralia Trapezaki 21.4.2024

Fig. 4:  Tradescantia fluminensis / Small-Leaf Spiderwort Cephalonia, Paralia Trapezaki 21.4.2024

Fig. 5:  Tradescantia fluminensis / Small-Leaf Spiderwort Cephalonia, Paralia Trapezaki 21.4.2024

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