Callisia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Commelinales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Commelinales

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Tradescantieae
Subtribus: Tradescantiinae
Genus: Callisia
Species: C. amplexans – C. amplexicaulis – C. angustifolia – C. brasiliensis – C. ciliata – C. cordifolia – C. disgrega – C. diuretica – C. elata – C. encolea – C. filiformis – C. fragrans – C. gentlei – C. glandulosa – C. gracilis – C. graminea – C. grandiflora – C. hintoniorum – C. insignis – C. ionantha – C. kruseana – C. laui – C. mexicana – C. micrantha – C. monandra – C. montana – C. multiflora – C. navicularis – C. neglecta – C. ornata – C. palmeri – C. procumbens – C. purpurascens – C. repens – C. rosea – C. saxicola – C. serrulata – C. silvatica – C. soconuscensis – C. tehuantepecana – C. warmingiana – C. warszewicziana

Name

Callisia Loefl., Iter Hispan.: 305. (1758)

Type species: Callisia repens (Jacq.) L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 62. (1762)

Homonyms

Callisia L. = Leysera L.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Wachendorfia Loefl., Iter Hispan.: 177 (1758)
- Hapalanthus Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 1 (1760)
- Aploleia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 17 (1837)
- Heminema Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 17 (1837)
- Leiandra Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 17 (1837)
- Phyodina Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 16 (1837)
- Tripogandra Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 16 (1837)
- Spironema Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 47 (1840), nom. illeg.
- Descantaria Schltdl., Linnaea 26: 140 (1853)
- Leptorhoeo C.B.Clarke in W.B.Hemsley, Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic.: 55 (1880)
- Donnellia C.B.Clarke ex Donn.Sm., Bot. Gaz. 33: 261 (1902), nom. illeg.
- Cuthbertia Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 237 (1903)
- Tradescantella Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 237 (1903)
- Neodonnellia Rose, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 19: 96 (1906)
- Rectanthera O.Deg., Fl. Hawaiiensis 62: s.p. (1932)
- Leptocallisia (Benth. & Hook.f.) Pichon, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 225 (1946)
- Hadrodemas H.E.Moore, Baileya 10: 134 (1963)

Note: This is a treatment of Callisia s.l. dependent on the acceptance of the synonymy of this genus with Tripogandra Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 16 (1837) as proposed in 2019 by Govaerts et al., but now no longer accepted by them on the basis of a pers. comm. by Layton, D. (2022).

References

Primary references

Löfling, P., 1758. Iter Hispanicum: 305.

Additional references

Zuntini, A.R., Frankel, L.P., Pokorny, L., Forest, F. & Baker, W.J. 2021. A comprehensive phylogenomic study of the monocot order Commelinales, with a new classification of Commelinaceae. American Journal of Botany 108(7): 1066–1086. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1698 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Callisia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Callisia. Published online. Accessed: October 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Callisia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 October 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Roselings