EPPO Global Database

Tradescantia fluminensis(TRAFL)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/176) : biological control in New South Wales and Victoria.
References
* Timmins, S. M., MacKenzie, I. W. (1995). Department of Conservation Technical Series, Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation.

* Morin L, Incoll B, Lester J, Zeil-Rolfe I, Gooden B (2022) Biological control of the invasive plant Tradescantia fluminensis with the fungus Kordyana brasiliensis in Australia: Host range and initial releases. Biological Control. 172, 104978 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104978

* POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/
Retrieved 08 August 2022."