Calliandra
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Calliandra haematocephala | |
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Calliandra
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Anneslia Salisb. |
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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
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
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.)[3]
Gallery
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Calliandra tweedi.jpg
Calliandra tweediei
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Calliandra flwr.jpg
Buds and open flowers of Calliandra calothyrsus
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Calliandra-Powder Puff.jpg
Powder Puff
References
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- ↑ 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
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