Calliandra

Calliandra

Calliandra haematocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae^[1]
(unranked):	Mimosoid clade^[1]
Genus:	Calliandra Benth.^[2]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Anneslia Salisb. Codonandra H.Karst.^[2] Guinetia L.Rico & M.Sousa^[3]

Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains about 140 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.^[3]

Description

The genus comprises herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs and rarely small trees growing 0.5–6 m tall, with bipinnate leaves. The flowers are produced in cylindrical or globose inflorescences and have numerous long slender stamens which give rise to the common names powder-puff, powder puff plant, and fairy duster. These plants flower all year round, but the best blooming is in spring and summer. They can be easily pruned.

Selected species

Species include:^[4]

Calliandra angustifolia Spruce ex Benth.
Calliandra bella Benth.
Calliandra biflora Tharp
Calliandra brevipes Benth.
Calliandra californica Benth.
Calliandra calothyrsus Meissn.
Calliandra chilensis Benth.
Calliandra comosa (Sw.) Benth.
Calliandra conferta Benth.
Calliandra cruegeri Griseb.
Calliandra decrescens Killip & J.F.Macbr.
Calliandra dysantha Benth.
Calliandra elegans Renvoize
Calliandra eriophylla Benth.
Calliandra erubescens Renvoize
Calliandra erythrocephala H.M.Hern. & M.Sousa
Calliandra foliolosa Benth.
Calliandra glyphoxylon Spruce ex Benth.
Calliandra guildingii Benth.
Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.
Calliandra haematomma (Bertero ex DC.) Benth.

Calliandra harrisii Benth.
Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standl.
Calliandra humilis Benth.
Calliandra juzepczukii Standl.
Calliandra laevis Rose
Calliandra laxa (Willd.) Benth.
Calliandra longipedicellata (McVaugh) MacQueen & H.M. Hernández
Calliandra macrocalyx Harms
Calliandra paniculata Adams
Calliandra parviflora Benth.
Calliandra parvifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Speg.
Calliandra peninsularis Rose
Calliandra physocalyx H.M.Hern. & M.Sousa
Calliandra pillosa (Bert. ex DC.) Urb.
Calliandra purpurea (L.) Benth.
Calliandra riparia Pittier
Calliandra surinamensis Benth.
Calliandra tergemina (L.) Benth.
Calliandra tumbeziana J.F.Macbr.
Calliandra tweediei Benth.^[5]

Formerly placed here

Havardia pallens (Benth.) Britton & Rose (as C. pallens Benth.)
Zapoteca caracasana (Jacq.) H.M.Hern. (as C. caracasana (Jacq.) Benth.)
Zapoteca formosa subsp. formosa (as C. formosa (Kunth) Benth. and C. marginata Griseb. ex R.O.Williams)
Zapoteca formosa subsp. schottii (Torr. & S.Watson) H.M.Hern. (as C. schottii Torr. & S.Watson)
Zapoteca portoricensis (Jacq.) H.M.Hern. (as C. portoricensis (Jacq.) Benth.)
Zapoteca tetragona (Willd.) H.M.Hern. (as C. tetragona (Willd.) Benth.)^[5]

Gallery

Calliandra tweediei
Buds and open flowers of Calliandra calothyrsus

References

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1 2 The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
1 2 "Genus: Calliandra Benth.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
1 2 de Souza ER, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP, Forest F, Schnadelbach AS, van den Berg C. (2013). "Phylogeny of Calliandra (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) based on nuclear and plastid molecular markers". Taxon. 62 (6): 1200–1219.
↑ The Plant List, retrieved 18 June 2016
1 2 "GRIN Species Records of Calliandra". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-07-24.

Taxon identifiers	Wd: Q164454 EoL: 28314 FOC: 105091 GBIF: 2981784 GRIN: 1887 ITIS: 500171 NCBI: 148673 PLANTS: CALLI Tropicos: 40034910

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