Calea (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Other uses|Calea (disambiguation){{!}}Calea}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Flickr - João de Deus Medeiros - Calea rotundifolia.jpg |image_caption = ''Calea rotundifolia'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Calea |authority = L. |type_species_authority = (L.) L.<ref>lectotype designated by R. Brown, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12: 108-109 (1817)</ref><ref name=x>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40034645 Tropicos, ''Calea'' L.]</ref> |type_species = ''Calea jamaicensis'' |synonyms = * ''Amphicalea'' (DC.) Gardner * ''Aschenbornia'' S.Schauer * ''Caleacte'' R.Br. ex Steud. * ''Geissopappus'' Benth. * ''Leontophthalmum'' Willd. * ''Meyeria'' DC. * ''Mocinna'' Lag. * ''Schomburghia'' DC. * ''Stenophyllum'' Sch.Bip. ex Benth. & Hook.f. * ''Trinchinettia'' Endl. * ''Tyleropappus'' {{small|Greenm.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Calea'' L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30005173-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=29 June 2025}}</ref> }}

'''''Calea''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11834566#page/396/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1763. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 2: 1179] in Latin</ref><ref name=x/> They are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions<ref name=nas>do Nascimento, A. M., et al. (2007). [http://znaturforsch.com/ac/v62c/s62c0353.pdf Chromanones with leishmanicidal activity from ''Calea uniflora''.] ''Zeitschrift für Naturforschung'' 62(5-6), 353-56.</ref> in Mexico, Central America, and South America.<ref name=fer>Ferraz, A., et al. (2009). [http://www.latamjpharm.org/trabajos/28/6/LAJOP_28_6_1_8_O9FZ3D7A29.pdf Pharmacological and genotoxic evaluation of ''Calea clematidea'' and ''Calea uniflora''.] ''Latin American Journal of Pharmacy'' 28(6), 858-62.</ref><ref name=pozo>Pozo, P. and D. N. Hind. (2013). [http://www.rufford.org/files/Kew%20Bulletin%20Vol.%2068%201%20Y%205%20(2013).pdf A new species of ''Calea'' sect. ''Meyeria'' (Compositae: Heliantheae: Neurolaeninae), ''Calea woodii'', from Santa Cruz, Bolivia.] ''Kew Bulletin'' 68, 1-5.</ref>

Extracts of ''Calea'' species have produced antifungal, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic, larvicidal, antiplasmodial, and antihypertensive effects in experiments.<ref name=nas/> 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.<ref name=fer/>

==Species== 161 species are accepted.<ref>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30005173-2 ''Calea'' L.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 30 June 2024.</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| * ''Calea abbreviata'' {{small|Pruski & Urbatsch}} * ''Calea abelioides'' {{small|S.F.Blake}} * ''Calea acaulis'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea aldamoides'' {{small|G.H.L. da Silva, Bringel & A.M.Teles}} * ''Calea angosturana'' {{small|Hieron.}} * ''Calea angusta'' {{small|S.F.Blake}} * ''Calea anomala'' {{small|Hassl.}} * ''Calea arachnoidea'' {{small|G.A.R.Silva & J.N.Nakaj.}} * ''Calea asclepiifolia'' {{small|Hassl.}} * ''Calea bahiensis'' {{small|(Mattf.) H.Rob.}} * ''Calea bakeriana'' {{small|Chodat}} * ''Calea berteroana'' {{small|DC.}} * ''Calea bishopii'' {{small|H.Rob.}} * ''Calea breviflora'' * ''Calea brittoniana'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea bucaramangensis''{{small|Pruski & Urbatsch}} * ''Calea cabrerae'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea caleoides'' {{small|(DC.) H.Rob.}} * ''Calea camani'' {{small|Maguire & K.D.Phelps}} * ''Calea candolleana'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea chapadensis'' {{small|Malme}} * ''Calea clausseniana'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea chodatii'' {{small|Hassl.}} * ''Calea clematidea'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea colombiana'' {{small|Gand.}} * ''Calea coriacea'' {{small|DC.}} * ''Calea coridifolia'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea coronopifolia'' {{small|Sch.Bip. ex Krasch.}} * ''Calea × crassa'' {{small|V.R.Bueno & G.Heiden}} * ''Calea crassifolia'' {{small|Standl. & Steyerm.}} * ''Calea crenata'' {{small|Chodat}} * ''Calea crocinervosa'' {{small|Wussow, Urbatsch & G.A.Sullivan}} * ''Calea cuneifolia'' {{small|DC.}} * ''Calea cymosa'' {{small|Less.}} * ''Calea dalyi'' {{small|Pruski & Urbatsch}} * ''Calea densiflora'' {{small|Pruski & Urbatsch}} * ''Calea diamantinensis'' {{small|G.A.R.Silva & J.N.Nakaj.}} * ''Calea diffusa'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea divaricata'' {{small|Benth.}} * ''Calea divergens'' {{small|Sch.Bip. ex Baker}} * ''Calea elongata'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea esposi'' {{small|Maguire & K.D.Phelps}} * ''Calea ferruginea'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea fluviatilis'' {{small|S.F.Blake}} * ''Calea formosa'' {{small|Chodat}} * ''Calea fruticosa'' {{small|(Gardner) Urbatsch, Zlotsky & Pruski}} * ''Calea funkiana'' {{small|V.R.Bueno & G.Heiden}} * ''Calea gardneriana'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea gargantae'' {{small|Cuatrec.}} * ''Calea gentianoides'' {{small|DC.}} * ''Calea graminifolia'' {{small|Sch.Bip. ex Krasch.}} * ''Calea grandiflora'' {{small|V.R.Bueno & G.Heiden}} * ''Calea granitica'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea grazielae'' {{small|J.U.Santos}} * ''Calea harleyi'' {{small|H.Rob.}} * ''Calea harlingii'' {{small|H.Rob.}} * ''Calea hassleriana'' {{small|Chodat}} * ''Calea hatschbachii'' {{small|Pruski & D.J.N.Hind}} * ''Calea heteropappa'' {{small|Pruski & Urbatsch}} * ''Calea huanchacana'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea huigrensis'' {{small|S.F.Blake}} * ''Calea hymenolepis'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea hypericifolia'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea ilienii'' {{small|Malme}} * ''Calea intermedia'' {{small|Pruski & Urbatsch}} * ''Calea irwinii'' {{small|G.M.Barroso}} * ''Calea jamaicensis'' {{small|(L.) L.}} * ''Calea jelskii'' {{small|Hieron.}} * ''Calea kingii'' {{small|H.Rob.}} * ''Calea kirkbridei'' {{small|H.Rob.}} * ''Calea kristiniae'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea kunhardtii'' {{small|Maguire}} * ''Calea lantanoides'' {{small|Gardner}} * ''Calea lemmatioides'' {{small|Sch.Bip. ex Baker}} * ''Calea linearifolia'' {{small|Maguire & Wurdack}} * ''Calea longifolia'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea longipedicellata'' {{small|B.L.Rob. & Greenm.}} * ''Calea lucida'' {{small|Maguire & Wurdack}} * ''Calea lucidivenia'' {{small|Gleason & S.F.Blake}} * ''Calea lutea'' {{small|Pruski & Urbatsch}} * ''Calea marginata'' {{small|S.F.Blake}} * ''Calea martiana'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea mediterranea'' {{small|(Vell.) Pruski}} * ''Calea melissifolia'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea microphylla'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea monocephala'' {{small|Dusén}} * ''Calea montana'' {{small|Klatt}} * ''Calea morii'' {{small|H.Rob.}} * ''Calea multiplinervia'' {{small|Less.}} * ''Calea myrtifolia'' {{small|(DC.) Baker}} * ''Calea nana'' {{small|Maguire}} * ''Calea neblinensis'' {{small|(Maguire & Wurdack) Pruski}} * ''Calea nelsonii'' {{small|B.L.Rob. & Greenm.}} * ''Calea nematophylla'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea nervosa'' {{small|G.M.Barroso}} * ''Calea nitida'' {{small|Less.}} * ''Calea oaxacana'' {{small|(B.L.Turner) B.L.Turner}} * ''Calea oliveri'' {{small|B.L.Rob. & Greenm.}} * ''Calea orbiculata'' {{small|Maguire & Aristeg.}} * ''Calea ottohuberi'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea oxylepis'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea papposa'' {{small|Malme}} * ''Calea paraguayensis'' {{small|(Kuntze) Deble}} * ''Calea × parviantha'' {{small|V.R.Bueno & G.Heiden}} * ''Calea parvifolia'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea perijaensis'' {{small|Cuatrec.}} * ''Calea perimbricata'' {{small|Cuatrec.}} * ''Calea peruviana'' {{small|Benth. ex S.F.Blake}} * ''Calea phelpsiae'' {{small|Lasser & Maguire}} * ''Calea phyllolepis'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea pilosa'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea pinheiroi'' {{small|H.Rob.}} * ''Calea pinnatifida'' {{small|(R.Br. ex Steud.) DC.}} * ''Calea pohliana'' {{small|Sch.Bip. ex Baker}} * ''Calea politii'' {{small|Maguire}} * ''Calea polycephala'' {{small|(Baker) H.Rob.}} * ''Calea punctata'' {{small|Maguire & Wurdack}} * ''Calea purpurea'' {{small|G.M.Barroso}} * ''Calea quadrifolia'' {{small|Pruski & Urbatsch}} * ''Calea ramosissima'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea repanda'' {{small|V.R.Bueno, Gostel & G.Heiden}} * ''Calea reticulata'' {{small|Gardner}} * ''Calea rhombifolia'' {{small|S.F.Blake}} * ''Calea robinsoniana'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea rojasiana'' {{small|Chodat}} * ''Calea rotundifolia'' {{small|(Less.) Baker}} * ''Calea rupicola'' {{small|Chodat}} * ''Calea saxatilis'' {{small|Cuatrec.}} * ''Calea semirii'' {{small|Pruski & D.J.N.Hind}} * ''Calea senecioides'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea septuplinervia'' {{small|Hieron.}} * ''Calea serrata'' {{small|Less.}} * ''Calea sessiliflora'' {{small|Less.}} * ''Calea sessilifolia'' {{small|V.R.Bueno & G.Heiden}} * ''Calea sickii'' {{small|(G.M.Barroso) Urbatsch, Zlotsky & Pruski}} * ''Calea sipapoana'' {{small|Maguire}} * ''Calea solidaginea'' {{small|Kunth}} * ''Calea stenophylla'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea subcordata'' {{small|S.F.Blake}} * ''Calea subintegerrima'' {{small|(Malme) V.R.Bueno & G.Heiden}} * ''Calea sublantanoides'' {{small|V.M.Badillo}} * ''Calea szyszylowiczii'' {{small|Hieron.}} * ''Calea ternifolia'' {{small|Kunth}} * ''Calea teucriifolia'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Calea tocantina'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea tolimana'' {{small|Hieron.}} * ''Calea triantha'' {{small|(Vell.) Pruski}} * ''Calea tricephala'' {{small|Maguire}} * ''Calea tridactylita'' {{small|Sch.Bip. ex Krasch.}} * ''Calea trujilloi'' {{small|V.M.Badillo}} * ''Calea ulei'' {{small|Hieron.}} * ''Calea umbellulata'' {{small|Hochr.}} * ''Calea uniflora'' {{small|Less.}} * ''Calea urticifolia'' {{small|(Mill.) DC.}} * ''Calea venosa'' {{small|Pruski}} * ''Calea verticillata'' {{small|(Klatt) Pruski}} * ''Calea villosa'' {{small|Sch.Bip. ex Baker}} * ''Calea wedelioides'' {{small|S.F.Blake}} * ''Calea yariguiensis'' {{small|Rodr.-Cabeza & S.Díaz}} * ''Calea yuruparina'' {{small|Cuatrec.}} }}

===Formerly placed here=== In 2023 John F. Pruski reclassified many ''Calea'' species into the new genera ''Laceanthos'' (formerly ''Calea'' sect. ''Haplocalea''), ''Podocalea'' (formerly ''Calea'' sect. ''Monanthocalea''), and ''Tepuipappus'', and into the revived genera ''Lemmatium'', ''Meyeria'', and ''Tonalanthus''.<ref name = Pruski>Pruski, J.F. 2023. The new genera ''Laceanthos'', ''Podocalea'', ''Tepuipappus'', the resurrected genera ''Lemmatium'', ''Meyeria'', ''Tonalanthus'', and other novelties in the ''Calea'' Alliance I. ''Phytoneuron'' 2023-42: 1–171. Published 6 November 2023. ISSN 2153-733X</ref> As of June 2025, ''Plants of the World Online'' still considers ''Meyeria'' to be a synonym of ''Calea''.<ref name = powo/> * ''Tonalanthus megacephalus'' {{small|(B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Pruski}} (as ''Calea megacephala'' {{small|B.L.Rob. & Greenm.}})

; Names brought to synonymy: * ''Calea elegans'' DC., a synonym for ''Perymenium acuminatum'', a plant found in Mexico

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Category:Calea (plant) Category:Asteraceae genera Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus