Calliandra haematomma var. colletioides (Griseb.) Barneby
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Authors
Rupert C. Barneby
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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.
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Family
Mimosaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
"[CUBA. Oriente:] in praeruptis montium prope Nouvelle Sophie, etc. ... [C. Wright] 153." — Holotypus, GOET n.v.; isotype, A!. — Feuilleea colletioides O. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 187. 1891. Anneslia colletioides Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 41: 18.
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Synonyms
Calliandra colletioides Griseb., Anneslia colletioides (Griseb.) Britton, Calliandra colletioides Griseb. var. gonavensis Urb. & Ekman ex Urb.
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Description
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Variety Description - Commonly erect and 1-2 m; lvs either glabrous, or glabrous ciliolate, or thinly puberulent dorsally; stipular spicules (1—)2—11(—13) mm; petiole of primary lvs 0.6-1.6 mm and longer rachises (0.7-)1-2.5 mm, the interfoliolar segments 0.4-1 mm; lfts 2-3 pairs, the penultimate 3-6 x 2-3.5 mm; calyx glabrous except sometimes for puberulent teeth; corolla white-silky.
Distribution and Ecology - In xeromorphic shrub communities and on savanna, mostly on limestone but occasionally on serpentine, locally plentiful below 200 m along and near the s. coast of Oriente, Cuba, from Cabo Maasi w. to Santiago, and in scattered stations, inland and on the n. coast of the province, to Holguín and Nicaro; one record from Camaguey. — Map 39. — Fl. XII-IV, VII-VIII.
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Distribution
Oriente Cuba South America| Holguín Cuba South America| Camagüey Cuba South America|