Clarke, C.B. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. & Candolle, A.C.P. (1881), Commelinaceae. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 295 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Tradescantia tenella Kunth legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1905), Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 15(6): 782 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 565 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Tradescantia tenella Kunth legitimate

• APC Comment: An American taxon, now referred to Tradescantia tenella Kunth, recorded as a weed of "bush-houses" and "damp spots on the roadsides" by F.M.Bailey, Queensland Agric. J. 15: 782 (1905), but not known to be naturalised in Australia.

Pellegrini, M.O.O. (2018), Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austrotradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae). Phytokeys 101: 74 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tradescantia tenella Kunth legitimate

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