Calliandra humilis var. reticulata (A.Gray) L.D.Benson

  • 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 humilis var. reticulata (A.Gray) L.D.Benson

  • Type

    "Stony hills at the copper mines [= Sta. Rita del Cobre, Grant County], New Mexico, Aug. [1851] . . . [C. Wright] 1045." — Holotypus, GH!; isotypi, K!, NY!. — Feuilleea reticulata O. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 189. 1891. Anneslea [sic] reticulata Britton

  • Synonyms

    Calliandra reticulata A.Gray

  • Description

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    Variety Description - Thinly pubescent or glabrate, the stems mostly <1 dm, the peduncles most often 0, rarely well developed at some nodes; lf-formula and lft-size as given in the key to varieties; lfts often well separated along pinna- rachis; color of androecial tassel scarcely known.

    Distribution and Ecology - In habitats of var. humilis but of narrower range in and around the margin of the Gila Basin in Arizona and s.-w. New Mexico, thence s. along the w. and s. margins of the Mexican Plateau to Jalisco, n. Mexico, w. Hidalgo, and (reportedly, Standley, 1922: 387) Puebla. — Map 10. — Fl. VI-IX.

    Relationships - The vars. humilis and reticulata are known to occur in close proximity and in a common habitat, but no mixed populations or mixed collections are on record.

  • Distribution

    Arizona United States of America North America| New Mexico United States of America North America| Jalisco Mexico North America| Hidalgo Mexico North America| Puebla Mexico North America|