Taxon:
Calliandra calothyrsus Meisn.
Summary
Place of publication:
Linnaea 21:251. 1848
Verified:
06/23/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Barneby, R. 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(3):180. Note: = Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus (Meisn.) Barneby
- Breteler, F. J. 1989. The origin and identity of Calliandra calothyrsus Meissn. and its synonym C. confusa Sprague and Riley (Mimos.). Acta Bot. Neerl. 38:79-80.
- Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:79-83. URL: http://proseanet.org
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Calliandra+calothyrsus&quantity=1
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Macqueen, D. J. & H. M. Hernández. 1997. A revision of Calliandra ser. Racemosae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Kew Bull. 52:16.
- McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
- National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
- National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
- Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932-. Flora of Suriname.
- Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
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Common names
English
calliandra – red calliandra –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Campeche | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacán de Ocampo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Durango, Sinaloa]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:68-70. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Environmental | agroforestry | green manure & nitrogen fixation fide Pl Res SEAs 4:68. 1992 | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:68-70. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Environmental | erosion control | green manure & nitrogen fixation fide Pl Res SEAs 4:68. 1992 | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:68-70. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Environmental | ornamental | green manure & nitrogen fixation fide Pl Res SEAs 4:68. 1992 | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:68-70. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Environmental | soil improver | green manure & nitrogen fixation fide Pl Res SEAs 4:68. 1992 | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:68-70. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Fuels | fuelwood | | National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future |
Materials | fiber | for pulp & paper production | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:68-70. URL: http://proseanet.org |