Callisia gentlei

Callisia gentlei
	Callisia gentlei var. elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Genus:	Callisia
Species:	C. gentlei
Binomial name
	Callisia gentlei; Matuda

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]

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
Callisia gentlei var. gentlei - Belize, Yucatán Peninsula
Callisia gentlei var. macdougallii (Miranda) D.R.Hunt - Chiapas

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ ^a ^b "Callisia gentlei". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
^ 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
^ 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
^ "Percy H. Gentle" at North Carolina Botanical Garden website. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
^ "Callisia gentlei var. elegans". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-19.

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