104b. Calliandra coccinea Renvoize var. coccinea. C. coccinea Renvoize, 1981, sens. str. — "Bahia. Serra do rio de Contas: rio de Contas . . . Mato Grosso Harley et al. 19980." — Holotypus, CEPEC n.v.; isotypus, K!. Fig. 25

Habit, lvs and indumentum of the species; calyx 4-merous 4.7-5.4 mm, the tube 1.7-2.4 mm, the teeth 2.7-3.3 mm; corolla 2-4-merous, 7.5-13.5 mm, slenderly flask-shaped, either a) once cleft to below middle and spathiform, the attenuate limb entire or minutely 4-denticulate at apex, or b) 3-cleft to near middle or further, 2 lobes acute, 1 lobe 2-denticulate.

Habitats of var. trimera, 1000-1600 m, known only from upper rio de Contas in vicinity of Abaira, Piata, and Vila do rio de Contas, in lat. 13°09'-33'S. – Fl. XII-IV, VII.