Commelinaceae

Callisia Loefl.

First published in Iter Hispan.: 305 (1758)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, China Southeast, Hawaii, Louisiana, Morocco, Norfolk Is., Taiwan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bernoulli; Cario [762] K003397006 Yes
Sparrow [2350] K:SPC-34001.000 No
Wood, J.R.I.; Pozo, P. [26692] Bolivia K003397122 No
{Humb}; Bonpland, A.J.A. [361] Colombia K003397116 No
Moore [8258] Mexico K:SPC-36721.000 No
Moore, D. [s.n.] Dominican Republic K003397161 Yes
Kepos [44604] K000696817 Yes
Hanbury-Tracy, J. [358] Colombia K003397117 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003397160 Yes
Bernoulli; Cario [769] Guatemala K003397003 Yes
Zanoni, T.; Howard, R.A.; Howard, E.S. [39022] Dominican Republic K003397043 Yes
André, É. [166] K003397113 No
André, É. [K145] K003397115 No
André, É. [K144] Panama K003397114 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Dominican Republic K003397044 Yes
Tate, R. [467(11)] Nicaragua K003397004 Yes
Palmer, E. [744] Mexico K000363289 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lévy, P. [202] Nicaragua K003397005 Yes
Galan, P. [4085] El Salvador Tradescantella K001532213 No
Prance, G.T.; Campbell, D.G.; Ongley, J.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [20746] Brazil Leiandra K000902793 Yes

Sources

  • 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.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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