Calliandra laxa (Willd.) Benth. var. laxa

  • 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 laxa (Willd.) Benth. var. laxa

  • Type

    "Habitat ad Caracas ...Bredemeyer." — Holotypus, Brede- meyer 15 in B-WILLD 19148, seen in Microform! and F Neg. 12711. — Mimosa laxa Poiret, Encycl. suppl. 1: 72. 1810. Feuilleea laxa O. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 188. 1891.

  • Synonyms

    Calliandra cumingii Benth., Calliandra panlosia J.R.Johnst., Calliandra trijugata Schery, Calliandra laxa (Willd.) Benth.

  • Description

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    Variety Description - Lf-formula iii—v(—vii)/16—27(—29); lf-stk of longer lvs 2.5—8(—11) cm, the longer interpinnial segments 6-22(-24) mm; rachis of longer pinnae 4-9 cm, the longer interfoliolar segments (1-) 1.3-4 mm; lfts facially either glabrous, or papillate, or pilosulous, the larger ones 7-14 x 1.7-4.5 mm, the inner posterior primary nerve short and faint; longer peduncles 0.6-3.5 cm, mostly <2 cm in Venezuela.

    Distribution and Ecology - In semideciduous and riparian woodland, thorn scrub, and savanna thickets, surviving disturbance, near sea level on Caribbean coast and up to 1200 m inland, locally plentiful in n. Venezuela, from Aragua and Miranda e. to Nueva Esparta, Sucre (Mochima e. to Cristóbal Colón), Monagas, and n.-e. Bolivar, there fading into var. stipulacea; disjunct in moist lowlands of e. Panama (Colón, Canal Zone, San Blás, Darién) and n.-w. Colombia (Choco). — Map 4. — Fl. I-IX.

  • Common Names

    Clavellino, clavellina serrana

  • Distribution

    Aragua Venezuela South America| Miranda Venezuela South America| Nueva Esparta Venezuela South America| Sucre Venezuela South America| Monagas Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Colón Panama Central America| Canal Zone Panamá Central America| San Blás Panama Central America| Darién Panamá Central America| Chocó Colombia South America|