Calea
Calea rotundifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Neurolaeneae
Genus: Calea
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Type species
Calea jamaicensis
Synonyms[3]
  • Allocarpus Kunth
  • Amphicalea (DC.) Gardner
  • Aschenbornia Schauer
  • Aschenbornia S.Schauer
  • Brasilia G.M.Barroso
  • Brasilia Torr. & A.Gray
  • Caleacte R.Br.
  • Calebrachys Cass.
  • Calydermos Lag.
  • Geissopappus Benth.
  • Lemmatium DC.
  • Leontophthalmum Willd.
  • Meyeria DC.
  • Mocinna Lag.
  • Schomburghia DC.
  • Schomburgkia Benth. & Hook.f. 1838, rejected name, not Lindl. 1838 (Orchidaceae)
  • Stenophyllum Sch.Bip. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Tonalanthus Brandegee
  • Trinchinettia Endl.

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]
Names brought to synonymy
Calea cymosa
Calea ternifolia

References

  1. ^ lectotype designated by R. Brown, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12: 108-109 (1817)
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b do Nascimento, A. M., et al. (2007). Chromanones with leishmanicidal activity from Calea uniflora. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 62(5-6), 353-56.
  6. ^ 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.
  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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