Calliandra macrocalyx Harms var. macrocalyx

  • Authors

    Rupert C. Barneby

  • Authority

    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.

  • Family

    Mimosaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Calliandra macrocalyx Harms var. macrocalyx

  • Type

    "Brasilien: Bahia, Campo der Serra do São Ignacio [= n. end of Sa. Açuruá near 12°10'S, 42°40'W] (ULE n. 7586. — Dez. 1906)." — Holotypus, +B = F Neg. 1249\ isotypus, HBG! = K Neg. 18755.

  • Synonyms

    Calliandra villosiflora Harms, Calliandra macrocalyx Harms

  • Description

    Variety Description - Calyx as described in key to varieties; lfts pubescent dorsally; androecium 5-7 cm.

    Distribution and Ecology - In caatinga scrub and about outcrops in cerrado, near 750-1100 m, perhaps lower at its n. limit, scattered along right affluents of rio S. Francisco in interior Bahia, from Remanso s. to Caieteté thence n. across river into Pernambuco (Petrolina) and s.-w. Piauí (Pagehú), in lat. 9°40'-14°S. — Map 19. — Fl. XII, II-VI.

  • Distribution

    Bahia Brazil South America| Piauí Brazil South America|