Calliandra eriophylla var. eriophylla

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Subfamily Mimosoideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Genus Calliandra

Shrubs or small trees ; leaves bipinnate, leaflets small and numerous or larger and from few pairs to one; stiuples often persistent , rarely absent. Inflorescence globose heads , or terminal racemes . Flowers 5-6 merous, with long stamens, red, white and showy. Calyx dentate or rarely deeply divided . Petals united to the middle . Stamens numerous, up to 100, more or less united into a tube and long - exserted, anthers mostly glandular hairy . Ovary sessile, ovules numerous; style filiform . Fruit linear , straight or nearly so, margins thickened, 2 valved , dehiscing from both the margins, continuous inside. Seed obovate or orbicular , compressed .

A genus with about 200 species, distributed in tropical and subtropical America, Madagascar, W. Tropical Africa, India and E. Pakistan.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Anneslia eriophylla (Benth.)britton • Calliandra conferta A. Gray • Feuilleea eriophylla Kuntze

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: 1994-1995

Similar Species

Members of the genus Calliandra

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 39 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. belizensis (Barba De Viejo) · C. biflora (Two-Flowered Stick-Pea) · C. brevicaulis (Nino Sote) · C. brevicaulis var. brevicaulis (Nino Sote) · C. brevicaulis var. glabra (Anchiguito) · C. brevipes (Pink Powderpuff) · C. californica (Baja Fairy Duster) · C. conferta (Fairy Duster) · C. eriophylla (Desert Fairy Duster) · C. eriophylla var. chamaedrys (Fairyduster) · C. eriophylla var. eriophylla (Fairyduster) · C. glomerulata var. glomerulata (Cansa-Caballo) · C. glyphoxylon (Palo De Las Siete Vueltas) · C. haematocephala (Bellota) · C. haematocephala var. boliviana (Powder-Puff-Tree) · C. haematocephala 'Alba' (Powder Puff) · C. haematocephala 'Nana' (Dwarf Red Powderpuff Tree) · C. haematomma (Red Powderpuff) · C. haematomma var. haematomma (Clavelina) · C. houstoniana (Kaliandra) · C. humilis (Dwarf Stickpea) · C. humilis var. humilis (Dwarf Guajilla) · C. humilis var. reticulata (Dwarf Stickpea) · C. iselyi (Iselys Stickpea) · C. laxa (Cuming's Stickpea) · C. laxa var. laxa (Clavellina Serrana) · C. molinae (Palo Corcho) · C. parviflora (Angiquinho) · C. pittieri var. polyphylla (Clavellino) · C. purpurea (Purple Stickpea) · C. rubescens (Cabellos De Angel) · C. schultzii (Pink Powder Puff) · C. surinamensis (Officiers-Kwast) · C. tergemina (Dwarf Red Powderpuff) · C. tergemina emarginata (Pink Powder Puff) · C. tergemina var. emarginata (Clavellino) · C. tweedii (Mexican Flame Bush) · C. 'Pink Pixie' (Powderpuff) · C. 'Sierra Starr' (Fairy Duster Hybrid)

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Further Reading

• Barneby, R. C. 1998. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part III. Calliandra. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(3):44.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Isely, D. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):79.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)

Notes

Contributors

• Barneby RC and Forero E, 1994/1995 (from ILDIS).
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 05, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Identifiers

• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-15397
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13666797
• GRIN Nomen Number: 8505
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 527011
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB0N042
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CAERE
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1475025

Footnotes

1. "Calliandra". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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