Commelinaceae

Tinantia erecta (Jacq.) Fenzl

Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Tinantia

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Tinantia erecta (Tinantia erecta) — FlowerPhoto: Edgar Bovio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 孀泪花, 直立孀泪花
Swedish: Änketårar

Synonyms

Commelina rosea Schlecht.
Ephemerum racemosum Moench
Pogomesia erecta Standl.
Pogomesia undata Raf.
Tinantia erecta f. puberula Standl. & Steyerm.
Tinantia fugax Scheidw.
Tinantia fugax var. erecta (Jacq.) Drumm. ex C.B.Clarke
Tinantia latifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Schltdl.
Tinantia modesta Brandegee
Tinantia undata Schltdl.
Tradescantia bifida Roth
Tradescantia commelina Neuenh.
Tradescantia erecta Jacq.
Tradescantia latifolia Ruiz & Pav.
Tradescantia malabarica Herb. ex Schult.f.
Tradescantia recta Raeusch.
Tradescantia undata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Tradescantia undata Humb. & Bonpl.
Tradescantia undulata Vahl

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Edgar Bovio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Grete Pasch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Nancy Overholtz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Allan Pereira Tobar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Zenón Rizo Fernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dulce Liévanos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: aukemex, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: BALLEN GOMEZ JOSE ERNESTO, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Mauricio León Carreño, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.