Calliandra

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Buds and open flowers of Calliandra calothyrsus

Calliandra is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Africa and the Americas. The genus comprises herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs and rarely small trees growing 0.5-6 m tall, with bipinnate leaves. The flowers have numerous long slender stamens, and are produced in cylindrical or globose inflorescences; the stamens give rise to the common name of Powder-puff Plant and Fairy Duster.

Selected species

• Calliandra bella Benth.
• Calliandra biflora Tharp
• Calliandra brevipes Benth.
• Calliandra californica Benth.
• Calliandra calothyrsus Meisn.
• Calliandra chilensis Benth.
• Calliandra conferta Benth.
• Calliandra cruegeri Griseb.
• Calliandra eriophylla Benth.
• Calliandra erubescens Renvoize
• Calliandra foliolosa Benth.
• Calliandra grandiflora (L'Hér.) Benth.
• Calliandra guildingii Benth.
• Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.
• Calliandra haematomma (Bertero ex DC.) Benth.
• Calliandra harrisii Benth.
• Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standl.
• Calliandra humilis Benth.
• Calliandra inaequilatera Rusby
• Calliandra juzepczukii Standl.
• Calliandra laxa (Willd.) Benth.
• Calliandra macrocalyx Harms
• Calliandra macrocephala Benth.
• Calliandra parviflora Benth.
• Calliandra parvifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Speg.
• Calliandra peninsularis Rose
• Calliandra physocalyx H. M. Hern. & M. Sousa
• Calliandra purpurea (L.) Benth.
• Calliandra riparia Pittier
• Calliandra surinamensis Benth.
• Calliandra tergemina (L.) Benth.
• Calliandra tweediei Benth.

References

• [Germplasm Resources Information Network: Calliandra ]

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