Native records: 1 botanical areas
Mexico Northeast
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A plant of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to Mexico.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Mexico
- Mexico NortheastNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
- BWh Arid, desert, hot
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
The same climate occurs in 64 areas worldwide, 63 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
Other species in Tradescantia
- Tradescantia mcvaughii
- Tradescantia mirandae
- Tradescantia mixtecana
- Tradescantia monosperma
- Tradescantia multibracteata
- Tradescantia mundulaSmall-leaf Spiderwort
- Tradescantia nuevoleonensis
- Tradescantia occidentalisprairie spiderwort
- Tradescantia ohiensisBlue-jacket
- Tradescantia orchidophylla
- Tradescantia ozarkanaOzark Spiderwort
- Tradescantia pallida"Wandering Jew"
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Mexico · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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