Commelinaceae
Callisia

Callisia repens (Jacq.) L.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 62 (1762)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Texas to Tropical America. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

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., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, China Southeast, Florida, Louisiana

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • López-Ferrari, A.R., Espejo-Serna, A. & Ceja-Romero, J. (2014). Flora de Veracruz 161: 1-127. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • L., Sp. Pl. 2, 1: 62 (1762).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 23, 2009 Bolivia K000363287 No
Jul 23, 2009 Bolivia K000363287 No
Jul 23, 2009 Bolivia K000363287 No
Jul 23, 2009 Bolivia K000363287 No
Hutchison, P.C.; Idrobo, J.M. [3120] Colombia K003397090 No
{van der Werff, H.H.}; Wingfield, R. [3172] Venezuela K003397102 No
Gentle, P.H. [2257] Honduras K003396993 Yes
Aona, L.Y.S.; Moreira, D.M.; Pereira, C.D.V.; Zappi-Taylor, B. [2992] Brazil K000992680 Yes
Wright, C. [s.n.] K003397040 Yes
Contreras, E. [7522] Guatemala K003396988 Yes
Leonard, E.C.; Leonard, G.M. [11101] Haiti K003397031 Yes
Moore, H.E. [8175] Cuba K003397026 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C.R. [7133] Panama K003397086 No
Wood, J.R.I.; Huayalla, H.; Haigh, A. [21765] Bolivia K003397106 No
Wood, J.R.I. [3939] Colombia K003397093 No
Sintenis, P. [911] Puerto Rico K003397041 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4107] Colombia K003397088 No
Harris, W. [11833] Jamaica K003397027 Yes
St. G. Beck [22458] Bolivia K003397109 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003397145 Yes
Wingfield, R. [7103] Venezuela K003397101 No
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [1659] K003397033 Yes
Crüger, H. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K003397035 Yes
Shafer, J.A.; León, B. [12051] Cuba K003397030 Yes
von Turckheim, H. [2793] Dominican Republic K003397038 Yes
s.coll. [11648] Venezuela K003397098 No
Ekman, E.L. [699] Haiti K003397032 Yes
Lewis, W.H.; Burch, D.; Dwyer, J.D.; Elias, T.S.; Oliver, R.L.; Robertson, K.R.; Escobar, N. [407] Panama K003397087 No
Fendler, A. [1561] Venezuela K003397097 No
Rodriguez, D. [6402] El Salvador K001532200 No
Gentle, P.H. [2257] Honduras K003396992 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malaysia K003397147 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Hind, D.J.N.; Mendoza, M. [23126] Bolivia K003397105 No
Contreras, E. [649] Guatemala K003396989 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3962] Colombia K003397091 No
Wood, J.R.I. [17785] Bolivia K003397107 No
Rohweder, O. [731] El Salvador K003396995 Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Braun, A. [s.n.] Venezuela K003397100 No
Harris, W. [10323] Jamaica K003397028 Yes
Aristequieta, L. [5512] Venezuela K003397095 No
Smith, A.C. [10473] Antigua and Barbuda K003397042 Yes
Morillo, G.; Manara, B. [2011] Venezuela K003397096 No
Hahn, L. [1408] Martinique K003397036 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [16056] Bolivia K003397110 No
Steyermark, J.A. [88573] Venezuela K003397099 No
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [1659a] K003397034 Yes
Boldingh, I. [3000B] Saint Martin K003397039 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Hazen, T.E.; Mendelson, W. [536] Trinidad and Tobago K003397037 Yes
Harris, W. [10929] Jamaica K003397029 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [155] Cuba K003397025 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [S688] Honduras K003396994 Yes
Wingfield, R. [6287] Venezuela K003397103 No
Wood, J.R.I. [13708] Bolivia K003397108 No
Wood, J.R.I. [5210] Colombia K003397094 No
Bernoulli, G. [201] Guatemala K003396991 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5210] Colombia K003397092 No
Heyde; Lux [4651] Guatemala K003396990 Yes
Burkart, A. [27138] Argentina K003397123 No
André, É. [2498] Callisia repens var. mandonii K003397112 No
Savatier, L. [s.n.] Callisia repens var. mandonii K003397111 No
Mandon, G. [1236] Bolivia Callisia repens var. mandonii K000363287 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0