Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Magnoliopsida - (Order) Commelinales - (Family) Commelinaceae

Original position

Hexandria Monogynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Current position

Tradescantiinae (Subtribe) Rohw. (1956)

Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 206.

Alternative positions

Commelinaceae (Family) Mirb. (1804), nom. cons.	Ref: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden, 2010: 21 Aug 2011.
Hexandria Monogynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 288.
Tradescanteae (Subfamily)	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981
Tradescantieae (Tribe)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 541.

Historical positions

Tradescantiinae (Subtribe) Rohw. (1956)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 206.
Tradescantieae (Tribe)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 541.
Angiospermophyta (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 270. [rough position]
Commelinaceae (Family) Mirb. (1804), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 471.
Hexandria Monogynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 288.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	75s