Callisia repens

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

Callisia repens (Jacq.) L., 1762

Synonyms edit

  • 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 edit

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 edit

Primary references edit

  • 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.

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