Tradescantia subg. Mandonia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. A thick tuberous roots on T. boliviana (Hassk.) J.R.Grant. B–E habit: B vegetative shoot of T. ambigua Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f., showing the spirally-alternate leaves C flowering shoot of T. crassifolia Cav., showing the sessile and axillary inflorescences restricted to the apex of the branch D flowering shoot of T. ambigua Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f., showing the sessile and axillary inflorescences evenly distributed along the stem E rosette habit of T. iridescens Lindl., showing the inflorescences restricted to the apex of the stem or in lateral shoots F detail of an inflorescence of T. ambigua, with arrows indicating the reduced cincinni bracts G post-anthesis flower of T. boliviana, showing glandular-pubescent sepals and hispid immature capsule H–K flowers: H flower of T. ambigua at anthesis I flower of T. ambigua at post-anthesis, showing the spirally-coiled filaments J flower of T. boliviana at anthesis, showing the peculiarly long filaments and style; K flower of T. crassioflia at anthesis, showing the campanulate perianth L anther of T. ambigua, showing the C-shaped anther sacs and quadrangular and slightly curved connective M style of T. ambigua, showing the capitulate stigma. A, J by P. Christian (RarePlants.co.uk), B by E.O. Moura, C, K by T.R. Van Devender, D, I by L.J. Leitão, E by J.C. Garcia Morales, F, H, L–M by M.O.O. Pellegrini, and G by Instituto Darwinion.

 
 
  Part of: Pellegrini MOO (2017) Morphological phylogeny of Tradescantia L. (Commelinaceae) sheds light on a new infrageneric classification for the genus and novelties on the systematics of subtribe Tradescantiinae. PhytoKeys 89: 11-72. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.89.20388