Taxon: Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Calliandra haematocephala var. haematocephala (no accessions)

Common names:

• powderpuff-tree   (Source: Mem NYBG 74(3):108.) – English
  
• red powder-puff   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• pompon   (Source: Mem NYBG 74(3):108.) – French
  
• bellota   (Source: Mem NYBG 74(3):108.) – Spanish
  
• pudervippa   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Bolivia

• widely cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• 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):108.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. [cult.].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Isely, D. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):80.
• Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. [cultivated].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Nevling, L. I. & T. S. Elias. 1971. Calliandra haematocephala: History, morphology, and taxonomy. J. Arnold Arbor. 52:69–85.

More:

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Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Calliandra haematocephala.

Synonyms:

• Calliandra inaequilatera Rusby [= Calliandra haematocephala var. haematocephala]
  

Check other web resources for Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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