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.; 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 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.

Selected species

Species include:^[4]

Calliandra aeschynomenoides Benth.
Calliandra angustifolia Spruce ex Benth.
Calliandra anomala
Calliandra bella Benth.
Calliandra biflora Tharp
Calliandra brevipes Benth.
Calliandra californica Benth.
Calliandra calothyrsus Meissn.
Calliandra chilensis Benth.
Calliandra comosa (Sw.) Benth.
Calliandra conferta Benth.
Calliandra cruegeri Griseb.
Calliandra decrescens Killip & J.F.Macbr.
Calliandra dysantha Benth.
Calliandra elegans Renvoize
Calliandra eriophylla Benth.
Calliandra erubescens Renvoize
Calliandra erythrocephala H.M.Hern. & M.Sousa
Calliandra foliolosa Benth.
Calliandra glyphoxylon Spruce ex Benth.
Calliandra guildingii Benth.
Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.
Calliandra haematomma (Bertero ex DC.) Benth.

Calliandra harrisii Benth.
Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standl.
Calliandra humilis Benth.
Calliandra juzepczukii Standl.
Calliandra laevis Rose
Calliandra laxa (Willd.) Benth.
Calliandra longipedicellata (McVaugh) MacQueen & H.M. Hernández
Calliandra macrocalyx Harms
Calliandra paniculata Adams
Calliandra parviflora Benth.
Calliandra parvifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Speg.
Calliandra peninsularis Rose
Calliandra physocalyx H.M.Hern. & M.Sousa
Calliandra pillosa (Bert. ex DC.) Urb.
Calliandra purpurea (L.) Benth.
Calliandra riparia Pittier
Calliandra surinamensis Benth.
Calliandra tergemina (L.) Benth.
Calliandra tumbeziana J.F.Macbr.
Calliandra tweediei Benth.^[5]

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.)^[5]

Gallery

Calliandra tweediei
Buds and open flowers of Calliandra calothyrsus

References

^ ^a ^b "Genus: Calliandra Benth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ The Plant List, retrieved 18 June 2016
^ ^a ^b "GRIN Species Records of Calliandra". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-07-24.

[GRIN-1] "Genus: Calliandra Benth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2013-07-24.

[de_Souza-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.

[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.

[4] The Plant List, retrieved 18 June 2016

[GRINSpecies-5] "GRIN Species Records of Calliandra". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-07-24.

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