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Calliandra

The genus Calliandra is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Calliandra

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Calliandra aeschynomenoides Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra alba (Colla) Benth. ex Jackson Accepted M TRO
Calliandra angustifolia Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra antioquiae Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra asplenioides (Nees) Renvoize Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra bahiana Renvoize Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra belizensis (Standl.) Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra bella (Spreng.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra biflora Tharp Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra bijuga Rose Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra blanchetii Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra bombycina Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra brenesii Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra brevicaulis Micheli Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra brevipes Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra caeciliae Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra californica Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra callistemon (Schltdl.) Standl. Accepted M TRO
Calliandra calothyrsus Meisn. Accepted M TRO
Calliandra calycina Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra carcerea Standl. & Steyerm. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra carrascana Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra chilensis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra chotanoana Harms Accepted M TRO
Calliandra chulumania Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra coccinea Renvoize Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra colimae Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra comosa (Sw.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra concinna Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra conferta Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra coriacea (Willd.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra crassipes Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra cruegeri Griseb. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra cumbucana Renvoize Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra cynometroides Bedd. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra debilis Renvoize Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra dendroidea Renvoize Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra depauperata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra duckei Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra dysantha Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra elegans Renvoize Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra enervis (Britton) Urb. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra eriophylla Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra erubescens Renvoize Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra erythrocephala H.M.Hern. & M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra falcata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra fasciculata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra feioana Renvoize Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra fernandesii Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra foliolosa Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra fuscipila Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra ganevii Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra gardneri Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra germana Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra gilbertii Thulin & Asfaw Accepted L ILDIS
Calliandra glaziovii Taub. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra glomerulata H.Karst. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra glyphoxylon Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra goldmanii Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra grandifolia P.H.Allen Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra guildingii Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra haematocephala Hassk. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra haematomma (DC.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra harrisii (Lindl.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra hintonii Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra hirsuta (G.Don) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra hirsuticaulis Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra hirtiflora Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra humilis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra hygrophila Mackinder & G.P.Lewis Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra hymenaeodes (Pers.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra iligna Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra imperialis Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra inermis (L.) Druce Accepted M TRO
Calliandra involuta Mackinder & G.P.Lewis Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra jariensis Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra juzepczukii Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra kuhlmannii Hoehne Accepted L ILDIS
Calliandra laevis Rose Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra lanata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra laxa (Willd.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra leptopoda Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra linearis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra lintea Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra longipedicellata (McVaugh) MacQueen & H.M. Hernández Accepted M TRO
Calliandra longipes Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra longipinna Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra luetzelburgii Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra macqqueenii Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra macrocalyx Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra magdalenae (DC.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra medellinensis Britton & Killip Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra metrosideriflora (Schltdl.) Benth. ex Jackson Accepted M TRO
Calliandra molinae Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra mollissima (Willd.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra mucugeana Renvoize Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra myriophylla Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra nebulosa Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra pakaraimensis Cowan Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra palmeri S.Watson Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra paniculata C.D.Adams Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra parviflora Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra parvifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Speg. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra paterna Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra pauciflora (A.Rich.) Griseb. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra pedicellata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra peninsularis Rose Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra physocalyx H.M.Hern. & M.Sousa Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra pilgerana Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra pilosa (DC.) Urb. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra pittieri Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra pityophylla Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra pubens Renvoize Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra purdiaei Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra purpurea (L.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra quetzal (Donn.Sm.) Donn.Sm. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra redacta (J.H.Ross) Thulin & Asfaw Accepted L ILDIS
Calliandra renvoizeana Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra rhodocephala Donn.Sm. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra rigida Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra riparia Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra rubescens (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra samik Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra santosiana Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra schottii Torr. ex S. Watson Accepted M TRO
Calliandra seleri Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra semisepulta Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra sesquipedalis McVaugh Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra sessilis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra silvicola Taub. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra sincorana Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra spinosa Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra squarrosa Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra staminea (Thunb.) Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra stelligera Barneby Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra stipulacea Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra strigillosa (Britton & Rose) Standl. ex Leavenw. Accepted M TRO
Calliandra subspicata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra surinamensis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra taxifolia (Kunth) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra tergemina (L.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra tolimensis Taub. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra trinervia Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra tsugoides Cowan Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra tumbeziana J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra tweedii Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra ulei Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra umbellifera Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra umbrosa (Wall.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra ungulata (Desv.) Benth. ex Jackson Accepted M TRO
Calliandra urbanii Alain Accepted L ILDIS
Calliandra vaupesiana Cowan Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra vespertina (Macfad.) Benth. ex B.D. Jacks. Accepted M TRO
Calliandra virgata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra viscidula Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Calliandra wendlandii Benth. Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 420 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Calliandra. Of these 157 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 81 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Calliandra. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 420 species names for the genus Calliandra recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 157 37.4%
◕ Synonym 238 56.7%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 25 6.0%

All names

The status of the 501 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Calliandra recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 195 38.9%
◕ Synonym 281 56.1%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 25 5.0%

Of these names,

A further 2 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 420 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Calliandra, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 142 215 0 0 357 85.0%
Medium confidence 11 21 0 0 32 7.6%
Low confidence 4 2 0 25 31 7.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Calliandra, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 146 217 0 0 2 365 86.9%
Tropicos 11 21 0 11 0 43 10.2%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 14 0 14 3.3%