Tradescantia names from Vellozo’s Flora fluminensis are revised, five lectotypes and one epitype are designated; one name is accepted and three names are treated as synonyms. Notes on Tradescantia sect. Austrotradescantia and Tradescantia sect. Cymbispatha are presented, based on the studies of Vellozo’s names. Also, further notes on the Brazilian Tradescantia and a key for the sections occurring in Brazil are here presented.
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