BISH 628343Botany

Tradescantia spathacea

Moses-in-the-cradle

As recorded: Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Commelinales › Commelinaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.
Collector number: 19508
Date: August 17, 1938
Locality: Itutui District; Ahou. 12°30'S 177°05'E
Island: Rotuma
Region: Fiji
Coordinates: -12.5000, 177.0833
Elevation: 31 m
Identified by: St.John, H.
Record type: Preserved specimen

53 Bishop specimens of Tradescantia spathacea · collected 1902–2021Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 17, 1938, St.John, H. also collected 21 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Tradescantia spathacea. BISH 628343. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956351743. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/628343.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956351743 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026