Biology:Callaeum

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Callaeum
Callaeum macropterum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Malpighiaceae
Genus:	Callaeum Small
Species
11 species; see text
Synonyms
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

• Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
• Callaeum
• 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.

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