Calliandra physocalyx

Calliandra physocalyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Calliandra
Series: Racemosae Benth.
Species: C. physocalyx
Binomial name
Calliandra physocalyx
H.M.Hern. & M.Sousa

Calliandra physocalyx is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the Fabaceae family, endemic to southwestern Mexico.[1] It is a shrub with pink-and-white or pink-and-red flowers.[2] Like other members of the genus Calliandra, the filaments of the stamens are long and colourful, in this case about 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) long.[2] The species was first scientifically described in 1988.[2]

Distribution

Calliandra physocalyx is known only from a small mountainous area of the Pacific slope of southwestern Mexico, in western Oaxaca and adjacent Guerrero, at 490–1,050 metres (1,610–3,440 ft) elevation.[2] It has been seen mostly in disturbed habitats that were previously forest.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network−GRIN: Calliandra
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Hernandez, H.M.; Mario Sousa, S. (1988), "Two New Species of Calliandra (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) from Southern Mexico", Systematic Botany, 13 (4): 519–524, doi:10.2307/2419197, JSTOR 2419197


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