Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 32 No.2

Plethora of plants – Collections of the Botanical Garden, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (9): Historic overview of Tradescantia Ruppius ex L. and other members of the Commelinaceae Family

Authors: Sanja Kovačić

Authors and affiliation

  • Sanja Kovačić Botanical Garden, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 9a, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

This sequel provides a historical overview of the Tradescantia genus and other members of the Commelinaceae family grown in the Zagreb Faculty of Science Botanical Garden between 1895 and 2023. The most recent nomenclatural views on the systematics of wild and cultivated taxa are applied, showing that at least 145 taxa of this family have been grown in the Botanical Garden during the last 128 years. Today we grow 95 taxa of wild species and cultivated taxa within this family.

Keywords

Zagreb Botanical Garden, Faculty of Science, historic plant collections, Tradescantia, Commelinoideae, Commelinaceae

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