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Magnoliopsida
Calliandra Benth.
EOL Text
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves 2-pinnate. Flowers numerous, pink or white in spherical or 'powder-puff' heads. Calyx 5-toothed or -lobed. Corolla 5-lobed, small, concealed among the numerous long stamens; stamens with coloured filaments, these providing much of the colour of the inflorescence. Ovary with many ovules. Pod ± straight, usually flattened, not pulpy within, elastically dehiscent from the apex.
Quite similar in appearance to Albizia and differing from that genus in the method of dehiscence of the pod.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:87
Specimens with Sequences:74
Specimens with Barcodes:71
Species:32
Species With Barcodes:27
Public Records:37
Public Species:22
Public BINs:0
Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae. It contains about 140 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.[2]
Description[edit]
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[edit]
Formerly placed here[edit]
- 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.)[3]
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References[edit]
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- ^ a b "Genus: Calliandra Benth.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
- ^ de Souza, Élvia Rodrigues; Lewis, Gwilym P.; Forest, Félix; Schnadelbach, Alessandra S.; van den Berg, Cássio; de Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci. Phylogeny of Calliandra (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) based on nuclear and plastid molecular markers. 2013. Taxon. 62(6): 1200-1219
- ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Calliandra". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
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