Callisia fragrans information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
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Taxon: Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson

Genus: Callisia
Family: Commelinaceae subfamily: Commelinoideae tribe: Tradescantieae subtribe: Tradescantiinae.
Nomen number: 407026
Place of publication: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29:154. 1942
Name verified on: 02-Dec-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

löparnisse (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Eur Gard F; R. Faden, pers. comm. 1996)

Distributional range:

Native:

NORTHERN AMERICA
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Tamaulipas
Southern Mexico: Mexico - Veracruz, Yucatan

Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA
Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida

Cultivated:

also cultivated

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
Faden, R. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Callisia fragrans.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Callisia fragrans.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Callisia fragrans.

Check other web resources for Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson:

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?407026 (20 May 2013)

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