Callisia fragrans(Lindl.) Woodson

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WFO wfo-0000343262 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Callisia fragrans, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. a Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-18 / obs. 199005310
Callisia fragrans, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. b Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197734191
Callisia fragrans, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 191437159
Callisia fragrans, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. d Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188695907
Callisia fragrans, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. e Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184287182
Callisia fragrans, photographed by David Anderson
fig. f David Anderson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167790018
Callisia fragrans, photographed by Cenoteando
fig. g Cenoteando, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140691910
Callisia fragrans, photographed by Cenoteando
fig. h Cenoteando, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139366840

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Callisia fragrans is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Callisia fragrans, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Rectanthera fragrans (Lindl.) O.Deg.
  • Spironema fragrans Lindl.
  • Spironema orthandrum Lindb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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