Calea (genus)

Calea
Calea rotundifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Genus: Calea
L.
Type species
Calea jamaicensis
(L.) L.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]

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]
  1. Calea abbreviata
  2. Calea abelioides
  3. Calea acaulis
  4. Calea angosturana
  5. Calea angusta
  6. Calea annua
  7. Calea anomala
  8. Calea asclepiaefolia
  9. Calea bahiensis
  10. Calea bakeriana
  11. Calea bipontinii
  12. Calea brachiata
  13. Calea brevifolia
  14. Calea brittoniana
  15. Calea bucaramangensis
  16. Calea caleoides
  17. Calea camani
  18. Calea camargoana
  19. Calea camporum
  20. Calea candolleana
  21. Calea chapadensis
  22. Calea chocoensis
  23. Calea chodatii
  24. Calea clematidea
  25. Calea colombiana
  26. Calea coriacea
  27. Calea coronopifolia
  28. Calea crassifolia
  29. Calea crenata
  30. Calea cuneifolia
  31. Calea cymosa
  32. Calea dalyi
  33. Calea densiflora
  34. Calea divaricata
  35. Calea divergens
  36. Calea elongata
  37. Calea esposi
  38. Calea ferruginea
  39. Calea fluviatilis
  40. Calea formosa
  41. Calea gardneriana
  42. Calea gargantae
  43. Calea gentianoides
  44. Calea glabra
  45. Calea glabrata
  46. Calea graminifolia
  47. Calea grazielae
  48. Calea harleyi
  49. Calea harlingii
  50. Calea hassleriana
  51. Calea hatschbachii
  52. Calea huigrensis
  53. Calea hymenolepis
  54. Calea hypericifolia
  55. Calea ilienii
  56. Calea integrifolia
  57. Calea intermedia
  58. Calea irwinii
  59. Calea jamaicensis
  60. Calea jelskii
  61. Calea kingii
  62. Calea kirkbridei
  63. Calea kristiniae
  64. Calea kunhardtii
  65. Calea lantanoides
  66. Calea lemmatioides
  67. Calea lindenii
  68. Calea linearifolia
  69. Calea longipedicellata
  70. Calea lucida
  71. Calea lucidivenia
  72. Calea lutea
  73. Calea marginata
  74. Calea martiana
  75. Calea mediterranea
  76. Calea megacephala
  77. Calea melissifolia
  78. Calea microphylla
  79. Calea monocephala
  80. Calea montana
  81. Calea morii
  82. Calea multiplinervia
  83. Calea myrtifolia
  84. Calea nana
  85. Calea neblinensis
  86. Calea nematophylla
  87. Calea nervosa
  88. Calea nitida
  89. Calea oaxacana
  90. Calea oliveri
  91. Calea orbiculata
  92. Calea oxylepis
  93. Calea pachensis
  94. Calea papposa
  95. Calea parvifolia
  96. Calea perijaensis
  97. Calea perimbricata
  98. Calea peruviana
  99. Calea phelpsiae
  100. Calea phyllolepis
  101. Calea pilosa
  102. Calea pinheiroi
  103. Calea pinnatifida
  104. Calea pohliana
  105. Calea politii
  106. Calea polycephala
  107. Calea punctata
  108. Calea purpurea
  109. Calea quadrifolia
  110. Calea ramosissima
  111. Calea reticulata
  112. Calea rhombifolia
  113. Calea robinsoniana
  114. Calea rojasiana
  115. Calea rotundifolia
  116. Calea rupicola
  117. Calea saxatilis
  118. Calea scabra
  119. Calea semirii
  120. Calea senecioides
  121. Calea septuplinervia
  122. Calea serrata
  123. Calea sessiliflora
  124. Calea sipapoana
  125. Calea sodiroi
  126. Calea solidaginea
  127. Calea stenophylla
  128. Calea subcordata
  129. Calea sublantanoides
  130. Calea szyszylowiczii
  131. Calea ternifolia
  132. Calea teucriifolia
  133. Calea tolimana
  134. Calea triantha
  135. Calea tricephala
  136. Calea tridactylita
  137. Calea trujilloi
  138. Calea ulei
  139. Calea umbellulata
  140. Calea uniflora
  141. Calea urticifolia
  142. Calea verticillata
  143. Calea villosa
  144. Calea wedelioides
  145. Calea yuruparina
Calea cymosa

References

  1. lectotype designated by R. Brown, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12: 108-109 (1817)
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Calea L.
  3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  4. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1763. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 2: 1179 in Latin
  5. 1 2 do Nascimento, A. M., et al. (2007). Chromanones with leishmanicidal activity from Calea uniflora. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 62(5-6), 353-56.
  6. 1 2 Ferraz, A., et al. (2009). Pharmacological and genotoxic evaluation of Calea clematidea and Calea uniflora. Latin American Journal of Pharmacy 28(6), 858-62.
  7. 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.
  8. Calea. The Plant List.
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