Callisia repens

Callisia repens

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: Callisia repens

Name

Callisia repens (Jacq.) L., 1762

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Hapalanthus repens Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 12 (1760).
• Homotypic
  • Tradescantia callisia Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 603 (1797).
• Heterotypic
  • Callisia repens var. ciliata Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 1: 528 (1817).
  • Callisia hexandra DC. ex Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 40 (1870).
  • Callisia hexandra var. mandonii Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 40 (1870).
  • Callisia hexandra var. salzmannii Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 40 (1870).
  • Callisia repens var. mandonii (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 311 (1881).
  • Callisia hexandra var. caracasana Ernst, Revista Ci. (Caracas) 2: 46 (1889).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Aruba; Belize; Bolivia; Brazil Northeast; Cayman Is.; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Panam; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Windward Is. Continental: Northern America Florida; Louisiana; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1762. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I, Ed. 2. Pp. [I–XVI], 1–784. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1:62.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Callisia repens 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 repens. Published online. Accessed: October 30 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Callisia repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 October 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Callisia repens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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