Calliandra Species Pages
Calliandra vaupesiana var. vaupesiana
Rupert C. Barneby
126a. Calliandra vaupesiana Cowan var. vaupesiana. C. vaupesiana Cowan, 1958, l.c., pl. XXIX. — "COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Vaupés, Río Kuduyari, Cerro Yapobodá . . . October 3-4, 1951. Richard Evans Schultes & Isidoro Cabrera 14203." — Holotypus, US 171280!; isotypus, NY!.
Stipules linear-lanceolate 3-7 mm; otherwise as described in key to varieties. Lvs sensitive (Schultes 5533, GH).
In stony savanna and around arenitic outcrops, in habitats described by R. E. Schultes, Caldasia 3(12): 121-sequ. 1944, locally plentiful on the upper Vaupés and Apoporis rivers in Vaupés, Colombia, within 0°-2°N, 70°30'-72°30'W. — Map 47. — Fl. III-IX.
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.