Tradescantia zebrina ‘Silver Plus’:Less purple, more shiny silver. Tradescantia zebrina ‘Red Gem’:Less silver, more intense (light) purple. Tradescantia zebrina ‘Purple Joy’:Less silver, more dark purple. Tradescantia zebrina ‘Tikal’:A rare, naturally occurring variety that collectors pay a...
Economic importance includes ornamental cultivars, such as Rhoeo, Tradescantia, and Zebrina, and some local medicinal and edible species. See Faden (1998) and Evans et al. (2003) for recent treatments and phylogenetic analyses of the family. The Commelinaceae are distinctive in being mostly ...