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

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

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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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