Calliandra Species Pages

Calliandra brevicaulis var. brevicaulis

Rupert C. Barneby

84a.  Calliandra brevicaulis M. Micheli var. brevicaulis. C. brevicaulis M. Micheli, 1883, l.c., sens. str. — "[PARAGUAY.] Caaguazu in campis; Mart., [Balansa] n. 1436." — Holotypus, G n.v.; isotypus, K!. — C. brevicaulis var. genuina Chodat & Hassler, Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 4: 484. 1904. C. brevicaulis var. genuina Hassler, Feddes Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 556. 1910 (presented as a new combination for revised circumscription).

C. brevicaulis var. genuina fma robusta Chodat & Hassler, Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 4: 484. 1904. — "[PARAGUAY.] in campis Ipe hu Sierra de Maracayu ... [Hassler] n. 4980." — Holotypus, G n.v.; isotypi, BM!, GH!, K! [the plant so numbered at A = var. glabra]. — C. brevicaulis var. pubescens fma. robusta Hassler, Feddes Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 556. 1910.

C. brevicaulis var. puberula Hassler, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 555. 1910. — "Paraguay: Villa Sana ... Fiebrig no. 4862 in Herb. Hassler." — Holotypus, G n.v.; isotypi, BM!, GH!, K! [calyx ciliate but otherwise glabrous, intermediate to var. glabra].

C. brevicaulis var. puberula fma. hirsutula Hassler, Feddes Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 555. 1910. — "Paraguay: in campis siccis in regione cursus superioris fluminis Apa, Hassler no. 7765." — Holotypus, G n.v.; isotypi, A!, GH!, K!. C. brevicaulis var. pubescens Hassler, Feddes Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 556. 1910. — "Paraguay: in campis arenosis pr. Estrella ... Hassler no. 10135 leg. Rojas." — Holotypus, G n.v.; isotypi, BM!, NY!.

C. brevicaulis var. pubescens fma. intermedia Hassler, Feddes Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 556. 1910. — "Paraguay: in campo pr. flumen Carimbatay ... Hassler 4560." — Holotypus, G n.v.; isotypus, BM!.

C. brevicaulis var. tomentosa Hassler, Feddes Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 556. 1910. — "Paraguay: ... prope Cerro Cora ... Hassler no. 9736." — Holotypus, G n.v.

As described for the species except as modified by key to varieties.

In campo, often on sandy soils, ±250-550 m, locally plentiful in cisparaguaian Paraguay, in deptos. Amambay, Alto Parana, Canindeyú, and Caaguazú, and in immediately adj. mun. Amambai in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. — Map 40. — Fl. IX—III. — Niño sote.

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.