''Tripogandra'' is a genus of

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s in the

spiderwort ''Tradescantia'' () is a genus of 85 species of herbaceous perennial wildflowers in the family Commelinaceae, native to the Americas from southern Canada to northern Argentina, including the West Indies. Members of the genus are known by many co ...

family,

Commelinaceae Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with about 731 kn ...

. It is native to the

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from central

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and the

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south to

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F. ; Species * '' Tripogandra amplexans'' Handlos - central + southern Mexico * '' Tripogandra amplexicaulis'' (Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke) Woodson - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica * '' Tripogandra angustifolia'' (B.L.Rob.) Woodson - Mexico, Guatemala * '' Tripogandra brasiliensis'' Handlos - eastern Brazil * '' Tripogandra disgrega'' (Kunth) Woodson - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador * ''

Tripogandra diuretica ''Tripogandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from central Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina.Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismata ...

'' (Mart.) Handlos - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay. Uruguay * '' Tripogandra elata'' D.R.Hunt - Goiás, Brasília * ''

Tripogandra encolea ''Tripogandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from central Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina.Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismata ...

'' (Diels) J.F.Macbr. - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru * '' Tripogandra glandulosa'' (Seub.) Rohweder - Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay. Uruguay * '' Tripogandra guerrerensis'' Matuda - Guerrero * '' Tripogandra ionantha'' (Diels) J.F.Macbr. - Peru * '' Tripogandra kruseana'' Matuda - Guerrero * '' Tripogandra montana'' Handlos - southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador * '' Tripogandra multiflora'' (Sw.) Raf. - from southern Mexico south to Argentina, plus Jamaica + Trinidad; naturalized in Azores * '' Tripogandra neglecta'' Handlos - Minas Gerais * '' Tripogandra palmeri'' (Rose) Woodson - western Mexico from Sinaloa south to Guerrero * '' Tripogandra purpurascens'' (S.Schauer) Handlos - from northern Mexico south to Argentina * ''

Tripogandra saxicola ''Tripogandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from central Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina.Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismata ...

'' (Greenm.) Woodson - Morelos, Puebla, Guerrero * ''

Tripogandra serrulata ''Tripogandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from central Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina.Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismata ...

'' (Vahl) Handlos - central + southern Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America * ''

Tripogandra silvatica ''Tripogandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from central Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina.Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismata ...

'' Handlos - Veracruz * ''

Tripogandra warmingiana ''Tripogandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from central Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina.Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismata ...

'' (Seub.) Handlos - Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro

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Commelinaceae Commelinales genera Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Commelinales-stub