''Callisia'' is a genus of

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. Members of the genus are commonly known as roselings. It is native to the

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from the southern

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word κάλλος (''kallos''), meaning "beauty." Some members of ''Callisia'' may cause allergic reactions in pets (especially cats and dogs), characterised by red, itchy skin. Notable culprits are ''C. fragrans'' (inch plant) and ''C. repens'' (turtle vine).

Species

''Callisia'' includes the following species: * '' Callisia ciliata'' Kunth – Panama, Colombia * '' Callisia cordifolia'' ( Sw.) E.S.Anderson & Woodson – Florida Roseling – Central America, tropical Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Florida, Georgia * ''

Callisia filiformis ''Callisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as roselings. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Argentina. The generic name is ...

'' (M.Martens & Galeotti) D.R.Hunt – central + southern Mexico, Central America, Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, northeastern Brazil * '' Callisia fragrans'' (Lindl.) Woodson – Mexico; naturalized in Florida, Louisiana, Hawaii, West Indies, Morocco, Taiwan, Norfolk Island in Australia * ''

Callisia gentlei ''Callisia gentlei'' is a species of flowering plant in the Tradescantia, spiderwort family, Commelinaceae, that is native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. The species is named for botanical explorer Percy H. Gentle of Belize ...

'' Matuda – southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras * ''

Callisia graminea ''Callisia graminea'', called the grassleaf roseling, is a plant species native to the southeastern United States. It has been reported from Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the ...

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) G.Tucker – Grassleaf roseling – southeastern United States from Florida to Virginia * '' Callisia hintoniorum'' B.L.Turner – Nuevo León * '' Callisia insignis'' C.B.Clarke – Mexico; naturalized in Venezuela * ''

Callisia laui ''Callisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as roselings. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Argentina. The generic name is d ...

'' (D.R.Hunt) D.R.Hunt – Guerrero, Oaxaca * ''

Callisia micrantha ''Callisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as roselings. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Argentina. The generic name is d ...

'' ( Torr.) D.R.Hunt – Littleflower roseling – Texas, Tamaulipas * ''

Callisia monandra ''Callisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as roselings. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Argentina. The generic name is d ...

'' (Sw.) J.A.Schultes & J.H.Schultes – Cojite morado – widespread from northern Mexico + West Indies to Argentina * ''

Callisia multiflora ''Callisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as roselings. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Argentina. The generic name is ...

'' (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl. – central + southern Mexico, Central America * ''

Callisia navicularis ''Callisia navicularis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the B ...

'' (Ortgies) D.R.Hunt – Nuevo León, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Puebla, San Luis Potosí * ''

Callisia ornata ''Callisia ornata'', the Florida scrub roseling, is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae, native to the U.S. states of Georgia and Florida. An annual reaching , it is typically found in the Florida scrub Florida sand pine sc ...

'' (Small) G.Tucker – Florida scrub roseling – Georgia, Florida * ''

Callisia repens ''Callisia repens'', also known as creeping inchplant or turtle vine, is a succulent creeping plant from the family Commelinaceae. This species comes from Central and South America. Tropicos/ref> Description The perennial plant forms creeping ...

'' (Jacq.) L. – Creeping inchplant – scattered locales in southern United States (Riverside County in California, Texas, Louisiana, Florida); widespread from Mexico + West Indies south to Argentina * ''

Callisia rosea ''Callisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as roselings. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Argentina. The generic name is ...

'' (Vent.) D.R.Hunt – Piedmont roseling – southeastern United States from Alabama to Maryland * ''

Callisia soconuscensis ''Callisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as roselings. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Argentina. The generic name is ...

'' Matuda – Guatemala, southern Mexico * ''

Callisia tehuantepecana ''Callisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as roselings. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Argentina. The generic name is ...

'' Matuda – Oaxaca * ''

Callisia warszewicziana ''Callisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Tradescantia, spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as roselings. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Argentina. The gen ...

'' (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) D.R.Hunt – Veracruz, Chiapas, Guatemala

Formerly placed here

* '' Neodonnellia grandiflora'' (Donn.Sm.) Rose (as ''C. grandiflora'' Donn.Sm.)

References

External links

Commelinales genera {{Commelinales-stub