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Tradescantia ernestiana

E.S. Anderson & Woods.

Ernest's Spiderwort

G3Vulnerable (G3G4Q) Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.160161

Element CodePMCOM0B060

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCommelinales

FamilyCommelinaceae

GenusTradescantia

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Differing from the widespread species Tradescantia virginiana only in relative proportions of leaf parts; further field study needed (R. Faden, in 5/98 FNA review draft).

Conservation Status

Review Date2000-06-18

Change Date2000-06-18

Edition Date2000-06-18

Edition AuthorsMorse, Larry E. (1998)

Rank Reasons

Primarily in western Arkansas and adjacent Oklahoma and Missouri; also reported disjunctly from northern Texas and from northern Alabama, and perhaps in Mississippi. Georgia reports apparently erroneous. Further information needed on threats, abundance, etc. Difficult to distinguish from the widespread species Tradescantia virginiana in the southern Appalachians, differing only in leaf proportions.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN3

Province	Rank	Native
Arkansas	S3	Yes
Mississippi	S1	Yes
Alabama	S1	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Oklahoma	S2	Yes
Missouri	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

DurationPERENNIAL

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Arkansas (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Brush Heap	Ouachita National Forest	4,205
East Fork	Ozark-St. Francis National Forest	13,037
Richland Creek	Ozark-St. Francis National Forest	571

References (3)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 1998. Review draft of forthcoming volume on smaller monocot families. (Received 5/98).
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kartesz, J. T., and C. Meacham. 1998b. Unpublished review draft of Floristic Synthesis, 14 May 1998. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC.