Calliandra Species Pages
Calliandra glomerulata var. glomerulata
Rupert C. Barneby
3a. Calliandra glomerulata Karsten var. glomerulata. C. glomerulata Karsten, l.c., t. CIII. 1862, sens. str. — "... in montibus Venezuelanis, prope pagum Sanare inter Quibor et Tucujo [El Tocuyo, edo. Lara] ... 1000 metr." — Holotypus, to be expected at LE or W (n.v.). — Feuilleea glomerulata O. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 188. 1891.
C. glomerulata sensu Bentham, 1875: 554; Britton & Killip, 1936: 137; Steyermark & Huber, Fl. del Avila 560. 1978.
The relatively foliose forms of the species, with lf- measurements as given in key to varieties.
In seasonally dry brush-woodland, savanna thickets, and llano, 140-1400 m, scattered around the Orinoco basin in Venezuela (Monagas w. to Táchira and Zulia, s. to n. Bolívar and n. Amazonas), n. in Distrito Federal to the n. slope of Cord. Costanera, w. just into Colombia (Norte de Santander); disjunct in s. Guyana (Kanuku Mts) and adj. Brazil (Surumú, Sa. da Lua). — Map 2. — Fl. (IX—)X-III. — Cansa-caballo"; clavellino; quebra-potro (the last two generic in scope).
References: [Article] Barneby, Rupert C. 1998. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: A generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part III. Calliandra. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74: 1-223.