Calea (plant)
Appearance
Calea | |
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Calea rotundifolia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Neurolaeneae |
Genus: | Calea L. |
Type species | |
Calea jamaicensis | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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Calea is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.[4][2] They are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions[5] in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[6][7]
Extracts of Calea species have had antifungal, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic, larvicidal, antiplasmodial, and antihypertensive effects in experiments.[5] Some species are used in traditional medicine and ritual. Calea clematidea is used to treat influenza. Calea ternifolia is used in Mexico to treat dysentery and fever, and native peoples use it to influence their dreams.[6]
- Species[8]
- Calea abbreviata
- Calea abelioides
- Calea acaulis
- Calea angosturana
- Calea angusta
- Calea annua
- Calea anomala
- Calea asclepiaefolia
- Calea bahiensis
- Calea bakeriana
- Calea bipontinii
- Calea brachiata
- Calea brevifolia
- Calea brittoniana
- Calea bucaramangensis
- Calea caleoides
- Calea camani
- Calea camargoana
- Calea camporum
- Calea candolleana
- Calea chapadensis
- Calea chocoensis
- Calea chodatii
- Calea clematidea
- Calea colombiana
- Calea coriacea
- Calea coronopifolia
- Calea crassifolia
- Calea crenata
- Calea cuneifolia
- Calea cymosa
- Calea dalyi
- Calea densiflora
- Calea divaricata
- Calea divergens
- Calea elongata
- Calea esposi
- Calea ferruginea
- Calea fluviatilis
- Calea formosa
- Calea gardneriana
- Calea gargantae
- Calea gentianoides
- Calea glabra
- Calea glabrata
- Calea graminifolia
- Calea grazielae
- Calea harleyi
- Calea harlingii
- Calea hassleriana
- Calea hatschbachii
- Calea huigrensis
- Calea hymenolepis
- Calea hypericifolia
- Calea ilienii
- Calea integrifolia
- Calea intermedia
- Calea irwinii
- Calea jamaicensis
- Calea jelskii
- Calea kingii
- Calea kirkbridei
- Calea kristiniae
- Calea kunhardtii
- Calea lantanoides
- Calea lemmatioides
- Calea lindenii
- Calea linearifolia
- Calea longipedicellata
- Calea lucida
- Calea lucidivenia
- Calea lutea
- Calea marginata
- Calea martiana
- Calea mediterranea
- Calea megacephala
- Calea melissifolia
- Calea microphylla
- Calea monocephala
- Calea montana
- Calea morii
- Calea multiplinervia
- Calea myrtifolia
- Calea nana
- Calea neblinensis
- Calea nematophylla
- Calea nervosa
- Calea nitida
- Calea oaxacana
- Calea oliveri
- Calea orbiculata
- Calea oxylepis
- Calea pachensis
- Calea papposa
- Calea parvifolia
- Calea perijaensis
- Calea perimbricata
- Calea peruviana
- Calea phelpsiae
- Calea phyllolepis
- Calea pilosa
- Calea pinheiroi
- Calea pinnatifida
- Calea pohliana
- Calea politii
- Calea polycephala
- Calea punctata
- Calea purpurea
- Calea quadrifolia
- Calea ramosissima
- Calea reticulata
- Calea rhombifolia
- Calea robinsoniana
- Calea rojasiana
- Calea rotundifolia
- Calea rupicola
- Calea saxatilis
- Calea scabra
- Calea semirii
- Calea senecioides
- Calea septuplinervia
- Calea serrata
- Calea sessiliflora
- Calea sipapoana
- Calea sodiroi
- Calea solidaginea
- Calea stenophylla
- Calea subcordata
- Calea sublantanoides
- Calea szyszylowiczii
- Calea ternifolia
- Calea teucriifolia
- Calea tolimana
- Calea triantha
- Calea tricephala
- Calea tridactylita
- Calea trujilloi
- Calea ulei
- Calea umbellulata
- Calea uniflora
- Calea urticifolia
- Calea verticillata
- Calea villosa
- Calea wedelioides
- Calea yuruparina
- Names brought to synonymy
- Calea elegans DC., a synonym for Perymenium acuminatum, a plant found in Mexico
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References
- ^ lectotype designated by R. Brown, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12: 108-109 (1817)
- ^ a b Tropicos, Calea L.
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1763. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 2: 1179 in Latin
- ^ a b do Nascimento, A. M., et al. (2007). Chromanones with leishmanicidal activity from Calea uniflora. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 62(5-6), 353-56.
- ^ a b Ferraz, A., et al. (2009). Pharmacological and genotoxic evaluation of Calea clematidea and Calea uniflora. Latin American Journal of Pharmacy 28(6), 858-62.
- ^ Pozo, P. and D. N. Hind. (2013). A new species of Calea sect. Meyeria (Compositae: Heliantheae: Neurolaeninae), Calea woodii, from Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Kew Bulletin 68, 1-5.
- ^ Calea. The Plant List.