Calliandra haematocephala

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

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

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,666 meters (0 to 5,466 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 10-12' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 7.9 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Anneslia haematocephala (Hassk.) Britton and P. Wilson

Notes

Publishing author : Hassk. Publication : Retzia 1: 216 1855

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Shrub , Habit: Tree , 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

• Annales du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg. Leiden [etc.]: E. J. Brill [etc.] url p. 8.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 301, p. 445, p. 504.
• Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 212.
• Flora of Peru / by J. Francis Macbride. 13 1943 Chicago, [Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, [1943] url p. 70.
• Official guide to the Botanic Gardens, Dominica: illustrated: with an index of the principal plants. Dominica: The Garden, 1922? url , p. 18.
• Plant Form OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS url p. 27, p. 324.
• The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 340.
• The physiology of plants. a treatise upon the metabolism and sources of energy in plants, ed. by A.J. Ewart. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1900-6. url , p. 238.
• The physiology of plants; a treatise upon the metabolism and sources of energy in plants, by Dr. W. Pfeffer. .. 2d fully rev. ed., translated and edited by Alfred J. Ewart. Oxford, Clarendon press, 1900-06. url p. 609.
• Vernacular list of trees, shrubs, and woody climbers in the Madras Presidency. Madras, Printed by the Superintendant, Government Press, 1915. url p. 753, p. 912.

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 and 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.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• 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.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 26, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, New York Botanical Garden
• SysTax, SysTax
• The New York Botanical Garden, Species of Eastern Brazil Vascular Plant Specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2670335
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-130
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13637113
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:483145-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 8506
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506351
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 42180-2
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CAHA31
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 26976

Footnotes

1. "Calliandra". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 178.270 meters (584.875 feet), Standard Deviation = 231.620 based on 1,784 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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