familyCommelinaceae
genusCallisia
speciesCallisia repens

Callisia repens

(Jacquin) Linnaeus

Sp. Pl., ed. 2 1: 62. 1762.

Robert B. Faden
IntroducedIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Herbs, perennial, mat-forming, repent (flowering-stems ascending). Leaves 2-ranked, gradually reduced toward ends of flowering-stems; blade ovate to lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, 1–3.5 × 0.6–1 cm (distal leaf-blades much narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), margins scabrid, apex acute, glabrous. Inflorescences sessile in axils of distal leaves of flowering-stems, composed of pairs of sessile cymes (sometimes reduced to single cymes). Flowers bisexual and pistillate, odorless, subsessile; petals inconspicuous, white, lanceolate, 3–6 mm; stamens 0–6, long-exserted; filaments glabrous; ovary 2-locular, stigma penicillate. Capsules 2-locular. Seeds 1 mm.


Phenology: Flowering early spring (Tex) or summer–fall (Fla.).
Habitat: Shady, rocky or gravelly places, and in citrus groves

Distribution

V22 48-distribution-map.jpg

Introduced; Fla., La., Tex., West Indies, South America (to Argentina)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Apex pubescence
glabrous +
Apex shape
acute +
Author
Robert B. Faden +
Authority
(Jacquin) Linnaeus +
Blade architecture
sessile +
Blade length
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Blade shape
ovate;lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong +
Blade texture
succulent +
Blade width
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Bract architecture
spathaceous +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract prominence
inconspicuous +
Bract some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Bracteole duration
persistent +
Capsule architecture
2-3-valved +
Capsule architecture or structure in adjective form
2-locular +
Capsule dehiscence
loculicidal +
Cyme architecture
sessile +
Cyme condition or size
contracted +
Cyme shape
umbel-like +
Distribution
Fla. +, La. +, Tex. +, West Indies +  and South America (to Argentina) +
Embryotegum position
Abaxial (?) +
Embryotegum shape
lidlike +
Filament pubescence
glabrous +
Flower architecture
subsessile +  and pistillate +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower odor
odorless +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Habitat
Shady, rocky or gravelly places, and in citrus groves +
Hilum shape
Punctiform (?) +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence architecture
sessile +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence shape
umbel-like +
Inflorescence size
reduced +
Introduced
true +
Leaf arrangement
2-ranked +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Leaf size
reduced +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin arrangement
parallel +
Margin pubescence or relief
scabrid +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
2-locular +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule architecture or arrangement
1-seriate +
Ovule atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Ovule quantity
2 +
Pedicel development
developed +
Pedicel height or length or size
short +
Petal architecture
petaloid +
Petal architecture or texture
deliquescent +
Petal coloration
white +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal prominence
inconspicuous +
Petal quantity
3 +
Petal shape
lanceolate +
Petal size
unequal +
Petal some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
Petal variability
equal +
Phenology
Flowering early spring (Tex) or summer–fall (Fla.). +
Publication title
Sp. Pl., ed. 2 +
Publication year
1762 +
Reference
None +
Root architecture
tuberous +
Root width
thin +
Seed atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Seed quantity
2 +
Seed some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Sepal architecture
sepaloid +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal quantity
3 +
Sepal size
subequal +
Sheath condition
closed +
Source xml
https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22 48.xml +
Special status
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
Stamen position
long-exserted +
Stamen presence
absent +
Stamen quantity
0 +  and 6 +
Stamen reproduction
fertile +
Stamen variability
equal +
Stigma architecture
simple +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stigma shape
penicillate +
Stigma size
not +  and enlarged +
Style architecture
simple +
Style quantity
1 +
Style size
slender +
Synonyms
Cuthbertia +, Leiandra +, Phyodina +  and Tradescantella +
Taxon family
Commelinaceae +
Taxon name
Callisia repens +
Taxon parent
Callisia +
Taxon rank
species +
Volume
Volume 22 +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +, repent +  and mat-forming +
X chromosome quantity
6 +  and 8 +