Callisia gentlei
Callisia gentlei var. elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Callisia
Species:
C. gentlei
Binomial name
Callisia gentlei

Callisia gentlei is a species of flowering plant in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae, that is native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras.[1][2][3][4] The species is named for botanical explorer Percy H. Gentle of Belize Town, British Honduras.[5]

Varieties[1][2]
  1. Callisia gentlei var. elegans (Alexander ex H.E.Moore) D.R.Hunt (syn. C. elegans Alexander ex H.E.Moore)[6] - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras
  2. Callisia gentlei var. gentlei - Belize, Yucatán Peninsula
  3. Callisia gentlei var. macdougallii (Miranda) D.R.Hunt - Chiapas

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 "Callisia gentlei". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  3. ↑ Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85: i–ix, 1–246
  4. ↑ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  5. ↑ "Percy H. Gentle" at North Carolina Botanical Garden website. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Callisia gentlei var. elegans". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-19.

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