Callaeum

Genus of flowering plants

Callaeum
Callaeum macropterum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Callaeum
Small
Species

11 species; see text

Synonyms[1]

Cabi Ducke

Callaeum is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Callaeum comprises 11 species of woody vines and shrubs occurring from western Texas to Mexico, Central America, and South America. Two species, C. macropterum and C. septentrionale are cultivated as ornamentals in Arizona and California.

Species

  • Callaeum antifebrile (Griseb.) D.M.Johnson
  • Callaeum chiapense (Lundell) D.M.Johnson
  • Callaeum clavipetalum D.M.Johnson
  • Callaeum coactum D.M.Johnson
  • Callaeum johnsonii W.R.Anderson
  • Callaeum macropterum (DC.) D.M.Johnson
  • Callaeum malpighioides (Turcz.) D.M.Johnson
  • Callaeum nicaraguense (Griseb.) Small
  • Callaeum psilophyllum (Adr.Juss.) D.M.Johnson
  • Callaeum reticulatum D.M.Johnson
  • Callaeum septentrionale (Adr.Juss.) D.M.Johnson

References

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  1. ^ "Callaeum Small". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  • Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
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  • Anderson, W. R. 2006a. A new species of Callaeum (Malpighiacee) from Puebla, Mexico. Acta Botanica Mexicana 74: 179–183.
  • Johnson, D. M. Revision of the Neotropical Genus Callaeum (Malpighiaceae). Systematic Botany 11: 335–353.
Taxon identifiers
Callaeum


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