Tradescantieae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Commelinales

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Tradescantieae
Subtribus: Coleotrypinae - Cyanotinae - Dichorisandrinae - Palisotinae - Streptoliriinae - Thyrsantheminae - Tradescantiinae

Genera: Aetheolirion – Amischotolype – Callisia – Cochliostema – Coleotrype – Cyanotis – Dichorisandra – Elasis – Geogenanthus – Gibasis – Gibasoides – Matudanthus – Plowmanianthus – Porandra – Sauvallea – Spatholirion – Streptolirion – Thyrsanthemum – Tinantia – Tradescantia – Weldenia
Name

Tradescantieae Meisn. Pl. Vasc. Gen. t. diagn. 406. (1842) emend. Zuntini et al. (2021)

Type genus: Tradescantia L. Sp. Pl. 1: 288. (1753)

Note: Zuntini et al. (2021) question the utlity of the subtribes and they are likely to removed in due course.
References
Primary references

Meisner, C.F. 1837–1843. Plantarum vascularium genera secundum ordines naturales digesta eorumque differentiae et affinitates tabulis diagnosticis expositae. Weidmann, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. 402 pp. BHL Reference page. : 406.

Additional references

Burns, J.H., Faden, R.B. & Steppan, S.J. 2011. Phylogenetic Studies in the Commelinaceae Subfamily Commelinoideae Inferred from Nuclear Ribosomal and Chloroplast DNA Sequences. Systematic Botany 36(2): 268–276. DOI: 10.1600/036364411X569471 PDF Reference page.
Pellegrini, M.O. de O. 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. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.89.20388 Open access Reference page.
Wade, R.M., Evans, T.M. & Faden, R.B. 2006. Subtribal relationships in tribe Tradescantieae (Commelinaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. Aliso 22(1): 520–526. ResearchGate Reference page.
Zuntini, A.R., Frankel, L.P., Pokorny, L., Forest, F. & Baker, W.J. 2021. A comprehensive phylogenomic study of the monocot order Commelinales, with a new classification of Commelinaceae. American Journal of Botany 108(7): 1066–1086. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1698 Open access Reference page.

Vernacular names
日本語: ムラサキツユクサ連

The Tradescantieae are a tribe of plants in the family Commelinaceae erected by Carl Meissner in 1842.[1] Many genera originate from the Americas, but those in subtribes Coleotrypinae, Cyanotinae, Palisotinae and Streptoliriinae are Asian or African in origin; several species in the typical Tradescantia and other genera have become domesticated ornamental plants and naturalised elsewhere.
Subtribes and genera

The following subtribes remain included, but in their review Zuntini et al. (2021) question their functionality:[2]
Coleotrypinae

Amischotolype Hassk.
Coleotrype C. B. Clarke
Porandra D. Y. Hong

Cyanotinae

Belosynapsis Hassk.
Cyanotis D. Don

Dichorisandrinae

Cochliostema Lem.
Dichorisandra J. C. Mikan
Geogenanthus Ule
Plowmanianthus Faden & C. R. Hardy
Siderasis Raf.

Palisotinae

Palisota Rchb.

Streptoliriinae

Aetheolirion Forman
Spatholirion Ridl.
Streptolirion Edgew.

Thyrsantheminae

Gibasoides D. R. Hunt
Matudanthus D. R. Hunt
Thyrsanthemum Pichon
Tinantia Scheidw.
Weldenia Schult. f.

Tradescantiinae

Callisia Loefl.
Elasis D. R. Hunt
Gibasis Raf.
Tradescantia L.
Tripogandra Raf.

References

Meissner (1842) Plantarum vascularium genera secundum ordines naturales digesta eorumque differentiae et affinitates tabulis diagnosticis expositae. Weidmann, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. 406.
Zuntini AR, Frankel LP, Pokorny, Forest F, Baker WJ (2021) A comprehensive phylogenomic study of the monocot order Commelinales, with a new classification of Commelinaceae. American Journal of Botany 108(7): 1066–1086. [DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1698]