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Callisia

Callisia
Family: Commelinaceae
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Robert B. Faden in Flora of North America (vol. 22)
Herbs, perennial or rarely annual. Roots thin, rarely tuberous. Leaves spirally arranged or 2-ranked; blade sessile. Inflorescences terminal and/or axillary, cyme pairs (often aggregated into larger spikelike or paniclelike units), cymes sessile, umbel-like, contracted, subtended by bracts; bracts inconspicuous, less than 1 cm; spathaceous bracts absent; bracteoles persistent. Flowers bisexual (bisexual and pistillate in C. repens), radially symmetric; pedicels very short or well developed; sepals distinct, subequal; petals distinct, white or pink to rose [rarely blue], equal, not clawed; stamens 6 or 0--3, all fertile, equal; filaments glabrous or bearded; ovary 2--3-locular, ovules [1--]2 per locule, 1-seriate. Capsules 2--3-valved, 2--3-locular. Seeds [1-]2 per locule; hilum punctiform; embryotega abaxial. x = 6--8.
Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora
Callisia amplexicaulis
Media resource of Callisia amplexicaulis
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Callisia ciliata
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Callisia cordifolia
Media resource of Callisia cordifolia
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Callisia disgrega
Media resource of Callisia disgrega
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Callisia elata
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Callisia filiformis
Media resource of Callisia filiformis
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Callisia fragrans
Media resource of Callisia fragrans
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Callisia gentlei
Media resource of Callisia gentlei
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Callisia gracilis
Media resource of Callisia gracilis
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Callisia graminea
Media resource of Callisia graminea
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Callisia graminifolia
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Callisia hintoniorum
Media resource of Callisia hintoniorum
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Callisia insignis
Media resource of Callisia insignis
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Callisia micrantha
Media resource of Callisia micrantha
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Callisia monandra
Media resource of Callisia monandra
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Callisia montana
Media resource of Callisia montana
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Callisia multiflora
Media resource of Callisia multiflora
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Callisia navicularis
Media resource of Callisia navicularis
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Callisia ornata
Media resource of Callisia ornata
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Callisia procumbens
Media resource of Callisia procumbens
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Callisia purpurascens
Media resource of Callisia purpurascens
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Callisia repens
Media resource of Callisia repens
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Callisia rosea
Media resource of Callisia rosea
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Callisia serrulata
Media resource of Callisia serrulata
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Callisia silvatica
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Callisia soconuscensis
Media resource of Callisia soconuscensis
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Callisia tehuantepecana
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Callisia warmingiana
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Callisia warszewicziana
Media resource of Callisia warszewicziana
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