Calliandra

Calliandra
	Calliandra haematocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Calliandra; Benth.
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Anneslia Salisb.; Clelia Casar.; Codonandra H.Karst.; Guinetia L.Rico & M.Sousa;

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.^[2]

Description

The genus comprises herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, growing 0.5–6 m (1.5–19.5 feet) 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.

Calliandra are often fed on by caterpillars, such as the larvae of statira sulphur (Aphrissa statira).^[3] It is available in many vibrant colours such as pink, white, etc.

Species

The following is an alphabetical listing of the 149 species in the genus Genus that are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of July 2022^[update]^[1]

Calliandra aeschynomenoides Benth.
Calliandra angustifolia Spruce ex Benth.
Calliandra antioquiae Barneby
Calliandra asplenioides (Nees) Benth.
Calliandra bahiana Renvoize
Calliandra belizensis (Britton & Rose) Standl.
Calliandra bella (Mart. ex Spreng.) Benth.
Calliandra biflora Tharp
Calliandra bifoliolata H.M.Hern. & Ortíz-Rodr.
Calliandra bijuga Rose
Calliandra blanchetii Benth.
Calliandra bombycina Spruce ex Benth.
Calliandra brenesii Standl.
Calliandra brevicaulis Micheli
Calliandra bromelioides E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz
Calliandra caeciliae Harms
Calliandra californica Benth.
Calliandra calycina Benth.
Calliandra carcerea Standl. & Steyerm.
Calliandra carrascana Barneby
Calliandra chilensis Benth.
Calliandra chulumania Barneby
Calliandra coccinea Renvoize
Calliandra colimae Barneby
Calliandra comosa (Sw.) Benth.
Calliandra concinna Barneby
Calliandra conferta Benth.
Calliandra coriacea (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Benth.
Calliandra crassipes Benth.
Calliandra cruegeri Griseb.
Calliandra cualensis H.M.Hern.
Calliandra × cumbucana Renvoize
Calliandra debilis Renvoize
Calliandra depauperata Benth.
Calliandra dolichopoda H.M.Hern.
Calliandra duckei Barneby
Calliandra dysantha Benth.
Calliandra elegans Renvoize
Calliandra enervis (Britton) Urb.
Calliandra eriophylla Benth.
Calliandra erubescens Renvoize
Calliandra erythrocephala H.M.Hern. & M.Sousa
Calliandra estebanensis H.M.Hern.
Calliandra falcata Benth.
Calliandra fasciculata Benth.
Calliandra feioana Renvoize
Calliandra fernandesii Barneby
Calliandra foliolosa Benth.
Calliandra fuscipila Harms
Calliandra ganevii Barneby
Calliandra gardneri Benth.
Calliandra geraisensis E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz
Calliandra germana Barneby
Calliandra glaziovii Taub.
Calliandra glomerulata H.Karst.
Calliandra glyphoxylon Spruce ex Benth.
Calliandra goldmanii Rose ex Barneby
Calliandra grandifolia P.H.Allen
Calliandra guildingii Benth.
Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.
Calliandra haematomma (Bertero ex DC.) Benth.
Calliandra harrisii (Lindl.) Benth.
Calliandra hintonii Barneby
Calliandra hirsuta (G.Don) Benth.
Calliandra hirsuticaulis Harms
Calliandra hirtiflora Benth.
Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standl.
Calliandra humilis Benth.
Calliandra hygrophila Mackinder & G.P.Lewis
Calliandra hymenaeoides (Rich.) Benth.
Calliandra iligna Barneby
Calliandra imbricata E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz
Calliandra imperialis Barneby
Calliandra involuta Mackinder & G.P.Lewis
Calliandra iselyi B.L.Turner
Calliandra jariensis Barneby
Calliandra juzepczukii Standl.
Calliandra laevis Rose
Calliandra lanata Benth.
Calliandra laxa (Willd.) Benth.
Calliandra leptopoda Benth.
Calliandra lewisii E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz
Calliandra linearis Benth.
Calliandra lintea Barneby
Calliandra longipedicellata (McVaugh) Macqueen & H.M.Hern.
Calliandra longipes Benth.
Calliandra longipinna Benth.
Calliandra luetzelburgii Harms
Calliandra macqueenii Barneby
Calliandra macrocalyx Harms
Calliandra magdalenae (Bertero ex DC.) Benth.
Calliandra mayana H.M.Hern.
Calliandra medellinensis Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip
Calliandra molinae Standl.
Calliandra mollissima (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Benth.
Calliandra mucugeana Renvoize
Calliandra nebulosa Barneby
Calliandra oroboensis E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz
Calliandra paganuccii E.R.Souza
Calliandra pakaraimensis R.S.Cowan
Calliandra palmeri S.Watson
Calliandra paniculata C.D.Adams
Calliandra parviflora Benth.
Calliandra parvifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Speg.
Calliandra paterna Barneby
Calliandra pauciflora (A.Rich.) Griseb.
Calliandra pedicellata Benth.
Calliandra peninsularis Rose
Calliandra physocalyx H.M.Hern. & M.Sousa
Calliandra pilgeriana Harms
Calliandra pilocarpa A.E.Estrada, Rebman & Villarreal
Calliandra pittieri Standl.
Calliandra pityophila Barneby
Calliandra purdiei Benth.
Calliandra purpurea (L.) Benth.
Calliandra quetzal (Donn.Sm.) Donn.Sm.
Calliandra renvoizeana Barneby
Calliandra rhodocephala Donn.Sm.
Calliandra ricoana H.M.Hern. & R.Duno
Calliandra rigida Benth.
Calliandra riparia Pittier
Calliandra rubescens (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl.
Calliandra samik Barneby
Calliandra santosiana Glaz. ex Barneby
Calliandra seleri Harms
Calliandra selloi (Spreng.) J.F.Macbr.
Calliandra semisepulta Barneby
Calliandra sesquipedalis McVaugh
Calliandra sessilis Benth.
Calliandra silvicola Taub.
Calliandra sincorana Harms
Calliandra spinosa Ducke
Calliandra squarrosa Benth.
Calliandra staminea (Thunb.) Barneby
Calliandra stelligera Barneby
Calliandra subspicata Benth.
Calliandra surinamensis Benth.
Calliandra taxifolia (Kunth) Benth.
Calliandra tehuantepecensis (L.Rico & M.Sousa) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz
Calliandra tergemina (L.) Benth.
Calliandra tolimensis Taub. ex Hieron.
Calliandra trinervia Benth.
Calliandra tsugoides R.S.Cowan
Calliandra tumbeziana J.F.Macbr.
Calliandra tweediei Benth.
Calliandra ulei Harms
Calliandra umbellifera Benth.
Calliandra vaupesiana R.S.Cowan
Calliandra virgata Benth.
Calliandra viscidula Benth.

Formerly placed here

Havardia pallens (Benth.) Britton & Rose (as C. pallens Benth.)
Viguieranthus alternans (Benth.) Villiers (as C. alternans Benth. and as C. thouarsiana Baill.)^[4]
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.)

Gallery

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Calliandra Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ 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. doi:10.12705/626.2.
^ Srygley, Robert B.; Dudley, Robert; Oliveira, Evandro G.; Riveros, Andre J. (2006). "Experimental evidence for a magnetic sense in Neotropical migrating butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)". Animal Behaviour. 71 (1): 183–191. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.04.013. S2CID 25203050.
^ "Viguieranthus alternans (Benth.) Villiers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[POWO-1] "Calliandra Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[DESOUZA-2] 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. doi:10.12705/626.2.

[SRYGLEY-3] Srygley, Robert B.; Dudley, Robert; Oliveira, Evandro G.; Riveros, Andre J. (2006). "Experimental evidence for a magnetic sense in Neotropical migrating butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)". Animal Behaviour. 71 (1): 183–191. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.04.013. S2CID 25203050.

[4] "Viguieranthus alternans (Benth.) Villiers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

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