Siderasis

Siderasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Commelinoideae
Tribe: Trandescantieae
Genus: Siderasis
Raf.
Binomial name
Siderasis fuscata
(Lodd.) H.E.Moore
Synonyms[1]
  • Pyrrheima Hassk.
  • Siderasis acaulis Raf.
  • Tradescantia fuscata G.Lodd.
  • Pyrrheima loddigesii Hassk.
  • Pyrrheima fuscatum (G.Lodd.) Backer
  • Tradescantia hirsutissima Pohl ex Seub.
  • Pyrrheima minus Hassk.
  • Pyrrheima loddigesii var. minus (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke

Siderasis is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family, first described in 1837. It consists of a single known species, Siderasis fuscata, endemic to the State of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil, though it is also naturalized on the Island of Java in Indonesia.[1][2][3]

The common name is "brown spiderwort" because of the chocolate-colored leaves.[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Giulietti & al. (2009). Plantas raras do Brasil: 1-496. Conservação International, Belo Horizonte, Mato Grosso, Brazil
  3. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  4. ↑ Dave's Garden plant files, Picture #3 of Brown Spiderwort (Siderasis fuscata)/
  5. ↑ Accents for the Home Garden
  6. ↑ Biology Web Directory, Greenhouse Siderasis fuscata Brown Spiderwort
  7. ↑ Exotic Angel Plants, Hermann Engelmann Greenhouses, Apopka Florida USA
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