Calliandra Species Pages

Calliandra dysantha var. turbinata

Rupert C. Barneby

25d. Calliandra dysantha Bentham var. turbinata (Bentham) Barneby, stat. nov. C. turbinata Bentham, London J. Bot. 3: 109. 1844. — "[Brazil.] Matto grosso, Manso, Lhotzky," the locality more precisely stated by Bentham, 1876: 422: "in Serra Santa provinciae Matto Grosso." — Holotypus, collected by Silva Manso and distributed by L’Hotsky, K!; isotypus, †B = F Neg. 1265. — Feuilleea turbinata O. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 189. 1891.

C. chapadae S. Moore, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 11, Bot. 4: 349. 1895. — "Hab. Serra de Chapada, circa 1000 ped. supra mare ... ([S. Moore] N. 160.)" — Holotypus, labeled: "chapada plateau, frequent at about 1800 ft [540 m]," BM!.

C. turbinata sensu Bentham, 1875: 552.

C. chapadae sensu Hoehne, Com. Lin. Telegr., Bot. 5(8): 21. 1919.

Shrubs 1-3 m, except for facially glabrous lfts finely puberulent or hirsutulous throughout, the stems distally, the peduncles, and the individual fls white- pilose-tomentose; stipule-blades (2-)3-9 x 1.2-2.5 mm; lf-formula (vi-)vii-xi(-xii)/26-38, the lfts linear-oblong, the longer ones 3.5-8 x 0.8-1.8 mm, 3.5-5 times as long as wide; peduncles 1.5-5.5 cm; pedicel of peripheral fls 2-5 mm; calyx 6-8.5 mm; corolla 9—13 mm; androecium 58—80-merous, 46-52 mm, the tassel white.

In campo cerrado, often in rocky places, ±550-830 m, localized on the Brazilian Planalto in s. Mato Grosso and centr. Mato Grosso do Sul, there sympatric with var. opulenta. — Map 18. — Fl. Ill, V, VIII-X.

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.