• Family : Commelinaceae
  (Spiderwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Commelinaceae
• Basionym : Tradescantia erecta Jacq.
• Synonym(s) : Commelina rosea Schltdl.; Ephemerum racemosum Moench; Pogomesia erecta (Jacq.) Standl.; Pogomesia undata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Raf.; Tinantia erecta f. puberula Standl. & Steyerm.; Tinantia fugax Scheidw.; Tinantia latifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Schltdl.; Tinantia modesta Brandegee; Tinantia undata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Schltdl.; Tradescantia bifida Roth; Tradescantia commelina Neuenh.; Tradescantia latifolia Ruiz & Pav.; Tradescantia malabarica Herb. ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Tradescantia recta Raeusch.; Tradescantia undata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Tradescantia undulata Vahl
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tinantia erecta (Jacq.) Fenzl
• Common name : Upright Spiderwort, Widow's tears
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Seeds are gray or light brown with very rough surface.
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Dehradun district
• Native : Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Me
• Exotic/Native : Exotica
• Literature : Photographs of K. Sankara Rao
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Tinantia erecta. Downloaded on 7 December 2023.

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