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Accession Data:

Geogenanthus poeppigii (Miq.) Faden

  • Common Name: Seersucker Plant
  • Family: Commelinaceae R. Br.

  • Country of Origin: N. Brazil to Peru
  • Habitat: typically found on the floor of primary rainforests

  • USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500044
  • Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
  • Provenance: 
    Rcvd unrooted cuttings as Geogenanthus undatus.  Name corrected per PlantList.
  • Accession Date: 08-03-2015
  • Bench: 3116 - EVO: Propagation - Mist
    • Currently: active - marginal
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-14-2022

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Commelinales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Commelinaceae
  • SubFamily: Commelinoideae
  • Tribe: Tradescantieae
  • SubTribe: Dichorisandrinae

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Peru / Brazil North

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 29 May 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 29 May 2015.
  3. Geogenanthus poeppigii at Wikipedia. Accessed 29 May 2015.

data regenerated on Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:48:33 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Commelinaceae

Subfamily Commelinoideae
Tribe Tradescantieae

  • Dichorisandrinae: Cochliostema odoratissimum
  • Dichorisandrinae: Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
  • Dichorisandrinae: Geogenanthus poeppigii
  • Palisotinae: Palisota barteri
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia fragrans
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia gentlei var. elegans
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia navicularis
  • Tradescantiinae: Callisia warszewicziana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia crassifolia var. acaulis W/C
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia pallida
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia sillamontana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia spathacea
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia x Andersoniana
  • Tradescantiinae: Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina
  • Tradescantiinae: Tripogandra multiflora
W/C = Wild Collected
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