Wandering Jew family

Commelinaceae in Australia

COMMELINIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe

(updated 17 December 2009)

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Flowers in Australia

Callisia fragrans Oyster Plant Sydney, September 2006	Commelina cyanea Australian Native Wandering Jew Sydney, September 2006	Dichorisandra thyrsiflora Blue Ginger specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, January 2007	Gibasis geniculata Tahitian Bridal Veil Ashfield, May 2007
Pollia crispata Pollia Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney November 2008	Rhoeo spathecea Moses in his Cradle Bundaberg, December 2006	Tradescantia albiflora Wandering Jew Sydney, August 2006	Tradescantia pallida Purple Heart Sydney, September 2006

Tradescantia virginiana Spiderwort Melbourne, December 2007 specimen: courtesy of Sara Miranda

Tradescantia zebrina Zebra Plant Sydney, September 2006

Plants in Commelinaceae are foodplants for a number of Butterfly and Moth caterpillars in Australia , including:

Candalides absimilis

Anthene lycaenoides

Hypolycaena phorbas

Telicota anisodesma

Telicota ohara

Hypena masurialis

Hypena subvittalis

Athetis thoracica

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