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Calliandra

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Key to Calliandra

A genus of about 142 species, trees and shrubs, of the New World tropics and subtropics. We follow Souza et al. (2013) regarding the circumscription of the genus and its sections.

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Subfamily: Caesalpinoideae. clade: Mimosoid clade.

ID notes: The dehiscence of the fruits is distinctive in our region: both sutures of the legume separate simultaneously from the tip of the pod downwards, with each valve recurving outwards.

References: Hernández (2023) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023a); Isely (1998); Souza et al. (2013). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Calliandra© J.W. Hardin | Calliandra haematocephala var. haematocephala | Original Image ⭷

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