familyCommelinaceae
genusCallisia
speciesCallisia rosea

Callisia rosea

(Ventenat) D. R. Hunt

Kew Bull. 41: 409. 1986.

Robert B. Faden
Endemic
Basionym: Tradescantia rosea Ventenat Descr. Pl. Nouv., plate 24. 1800
Synonyms: Cuthbertia rosea (Ventenat) Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.

Herbs, perennial, erect. Roots sparsely pubescent to glabrescent. Stems 20–55 cm. Leaves often laxly spreading; basal leaf-sheaths ± glabrous, margins ciliate; blade linear, 8–35 × 0.4–1.5 cm (distal leaf-blades as wide as sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened). Inflorescences: bracts usually minute, 1–3 (–5) mm, scarious. Flowers pedicellate; pedicels 0.5–1.2 cm; petals pink to rose, 7–12 mm; stamens 6; filaments bearded. Capsules 3-locular, 2–4 mm. Seeds 1.5–2 mm. 2n = 12.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Deciduous or pine-oak woods, sandy or shallow, rocky soils, occasionally in grassland, swamp forest, or along railroads and roadsides

Distribution

Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C.

Discussion

The evidence that this and the following two taxa are species, instead of varieties or subspecies, is hardly compelling. It is a matter of the author's preference. The work of N. H. Giles Jr. (1942) clearly demonstrated cytological diversity within Callisia graminea, but the remaining taxa have never been investigated in the same detail. The taxa appear to hybridize when they come in contact.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
12 +
Author
Robert B. Faden +
Authority
(Ventenat) D. R. Hunt +
Basal sheath pubescence
glabrous +
Basionyms
Tradescantia rosea +
Blade architecture
sessile +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade length
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
Blade texture
succulent +
Blade width
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Bract architecture
spathaceous +
Bract atypical some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract prominence
inconspicuous +
Bract size
minute +
Bract some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Bract texture
scarious +
Bracteole duration
persistent +
Capsule architecture
2-3-valved +
Capsule architecture or structure in adjective form
3-locular +
Capsule dehiscence
loculicidal +
Capsule some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Cyme architecture
sessile +
Cyme condition or size
contracted +
Cyme shape
umbel-like +
Distribution
Fla. +, Ga. +, N.C. +  and S.C. +
Embryotegum position
Abaxial (?) +
Embryotegum shape
lidlike +
Filament pubescence
bearded +
Flower architecture
pedicellate +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Habitat
Deciduous or pine-oak woods, sandy or shallow, rocky soils, occasionally in grassland, swamp forest, or along railroads and roadsides +
Hilum shape
Punctiform (?) +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence architecture
thyrsiform +  and cymose +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence shape
umbel-like +
Inflorescence size
reduced +
Leaf arrangement
2-ranked +  and arranged +
Leaf orientation
spreading +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Margin architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin arrangement
parallel +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
2-3-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 +
Pedicel some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Petal architecture
petaloid +
Petal architecture or texture
deliquescent +
Petal coloration
pink +  and rose +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal quantity
3 +
Petal shape
not clawed +
Petal size
unequal +
Petal some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +
Petal variability
equal +
Phenology
Flowering spring–early summer. +
Publication title
Kew Bull. +
Publication year
1986 +
Reference
None +
Root architecture
tuberous +
Root pubescence
sparsely pubescent +  and glabrescent +
Root width
thin +
Seed atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Seed quantity
2 +
Seed some measurement
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Sepal architecture
sepaloid +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal quantity
3 +
Sepal size
subequal +
Sheath condition
closed +
Source xml
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Special status
Endemic +
Stamen position
staminodial +
Stamen presence
absent +
Stamen quantity
6 +
Stamen reproduction
fertile +
Stamen variability
equal +
Stem some measurement
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (55 cm550 mm <br />0.55 m <br />) +
Stigma architecture
simple +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stigma size
not +  and enlarged +
Style architecture
simple +
Style quantity
1 +
Style size
slender +
Synonyms
Cuthbertia rosea +
Taxon family
Commelinaceae +
Taxon name
Callisia rosea +
Taxon parent
Callisia +
Taxon rank
species +
Volume
Volume 22 +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism orientation
erect +
X chromosome quantity
6 +  and 8 +