Calliandra Species Pages
Calliandra hirtiflora var. hirtiflora
Rupert C. Barneby
101a. Calliandra hirtiflora Bentham var. hirtiflora. C. hirtiflora Bentham, 1875, l.c.; & in Martius, Fl. Bras. 15(2): 420. 1876. — ". .. in campis deserti ad Caiteté provinciae Bahiensis: Martius— Holotypus, M! = F Neg. 6164 = IPA Neg. 1328 = K Neg. 19447. — Feuilleea hirtiflora O. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 188. 1891.
C. hirtiflora sensu Renvoize, 1981: 75, fig. 4(26).
Characters of the species, except as modified by key to varieties.
In campo, described (perhaps erroneously) from Caieteté, collected since only in mun. Ituaçú in interior upland Bahia, Brazil. — Fl. VI-VII(-?).
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.