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2025
2025-010
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]p. 76Gibasis geniculata (Jacq.) Rohweder excl O × Wagner et al. 1990:1376 (O? [as Tradescantia geniculata , last reported from Pauoa Valley, 1919]); POWO 2025 (Syn. T. geniculata = G. geniculata
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
Read484 pp.2019
2019-003
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Bishop Museum Technical Report 69. 203 pp.
p. 47Citation Monocots Commelinaceae Tradescantia fluminensis Vell. [variegated wandering Jew] nat M H Staples & Herbst 2005:646, 648 (KEY), 650 (DESCR); Staples et al. 2006:6 (NEWNAT/EM, H, DESCR
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Read209 pp.2012
2012-011
New plant records from the Hawaiian Islands for 2010-2011Frolich, D. & Lau, A. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 27-54.
p. 7veins. Petioles pubescent, 6 Jan 2009, N. Tangalin & E. Griffin-Noyes 1876. Commelinaceae Tradescantia spathacea Sw. New island record Tradescantia spathacea , or oyster plant, a sturdy plant commonly
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Read28 pp.2011
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011: PlantsEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113
p. 35veins. Petioles pubescent, 6 Jan 2009, N. Tangalin & E. Griffin-Noyes 1876. Commelinaceae Tradescantia spathacea Sw. New island record Tradescantia spathacea , or oyster plant, a sturdy plant commonly
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey
Read104 pp.2010
2010-002
New plant records from O‘ahu for 2008Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldrege, L.G. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2008. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 107: 3-18.
p. 8mats in patches, no flowers or fruits seen, 21 Aug 2008, OED 2008082102 . Tradescantia spathacea Sw. New naturalized record Tradescantia spathacea , a bromeliad-like, low-maintenance species popular
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Read16 pp.2000
2000-021
Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘iStaples, G.W., D. Herbst & C.T. Imada · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 65: 35 p.
p. 22rats Terminalia myriocarpa W forestry tree; 19:9 Commelinaceae Callisia fragrans V Tradescantia spathacea V Tradescantia zebrina V Convolvulaceae Ipomoea aquatica A V 1:112 Ipomoea obscura
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Read33 pp.2021
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2021: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 142
p. 59likely established in the state based on the presence of the host plant ( Tradescantia spp., Commelinaceae) in both cultivated and nat- ural settings. Material examined
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Read89 pp.2013
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 117
p. 49torenia asiatica, 68: 16 glabra, 68: 16 torilis arvensis, 68: 5; 113: 87 tradescantia fluminensis, 88: 6 spathacea, 107: 10; 113: 33 zebrina
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Read80 pp.2007
2007-013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006. Part 2: notesEvenhuis, N.L. and Eldredge, L.G. (editors) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 96, 73 pp.
p. 22area where it appears to be spreading from discarded waste along with Tradescantia zebrina ( q.v. ) in a Casuarina thicket. Other locations were near sea level near stream estuaries
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Read78 pp.2006
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 96
p. 22area where it appears to be spreading from discarded waste along with Tradescantia zebrina ( q.v. ) in a Casuarina thicket. Other locations were near sea level near stream estuaries
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Read78 pp.2006
2006-020
New Hawaiian plant records for 2004Staples, G.W. Herbst, D.R. & Imada, C.T. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 88: 6-12.
p. 1Buchanan s.n. (BISH 705004). Commelinaceae Tradescantia fluminensis Vellozo New naturalized record Variegated cultivars of T. fluminensis have been grown as ornamentals in the Hawaiian Islands for many years
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Read4 pp.2004
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2004: -05: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 88
p. 6Buchanan s.n. (BISH 705004). Commelinaceae Tradescantia fluminensis Vellozo New naturalized record Variegated cultivars of T. fluminensis have been grown as ornamentals in the Hawaiian Islands for many years
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey
Read82 pp.2004
2004-011
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2003. Part II. NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & L.G. Eldredge · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 79, 64 p.
p. 23lawn, 1600 ft [488 m], 8 Mar 2002, Starr & Starr 020308-1 . Commelinaceae Tradescantia zebrina Bosse Range extension A common houseplant that occasionally escapes from cultivation (Wagner
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Read68 pp.2003
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2003: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 79
p. 23lawn, 1600 ft [488 m], 8 Mar 2002, Starr & Starr 020308-1 . Commelinaceae Tradescantia zebrina Bosse Range extension A common houseplant that occasionally escapes from cultivation (Wagner
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Read68 pp.2002
2002-011
Index to the Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for the years 1994 through 2000Evenhuis, N.L. · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 70, 44 p.
p. 28Torenia asiatica, 68: 16 glabra, 68: 16 Torilis arvensis, 68: 5 Tradescantia zebrina, 49: 10; 64: 4 Trianthema portulacastrum, 46: 9 Trifolium dubium, 41: 37 Trisetum flavescens
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Read47 pp.2000
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2000: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 70
p. 28Torenia asiatica, 68: 16 glabra, 68: 16 Torilis arvensis, 68: 5 Tradescantia zebrina, 49: 10; 64: 4 Trianthema portulacastrum, 46: 9 Trifolium dubium, 41: 37 Trisetum flavescens
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2000-017
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1999. Part 2: NotesEvenhuis,N.L. & L.G. Eldredge, editors · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 64, 63 p.
p. 4mature fruiting trees observed at Honoman ü , 22 Aug 1999, Oppenheimer H89933 . Commelinaceae Tradescantia zebrina Hort. ex Bosse New island record First documentation of this taxon as naturalized
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Read64 pp.1999
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1999: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 64
p. 4mature fruiting trees observed at Honoman ü , 22 Aug 1999, Oppenheimer H89933 . Commelinaceae Tradescantia zebrina Hort. ex Bosse New island record First documentation of this taxon as naturalized
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Read64 pp.1997
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1996. Part 2: notesEvenhuis, N.L. & S.E. Miller, editors · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 49, 71 p.
p. 10lava flow, near sea level, 18 Apr 1996, Lorence 7767 (PTBG). Commelinaceae Tradescantia zebrina Hort. ex Bosse New state record The following collection represents a new state record
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
Read71 pp.1996
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1996: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 49
p. 10lava flow, near sea level, 18 Apr 1996, Lorence 7767 (PTBG). Commelinaceae Tradescantia zebrina Hort. ex Bosse New state record The following collection represents a new state record
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