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Calliandra brevipes Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Calliandra Benth.

Calliandra brevipes Benth. [Preferred name]
    Acacia selloi Spreng. {Synonym}
    Calliandra selloi (Spreng.)J.F.Macbr. {Synonym}
    Calliandra selloi sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Calliandra yucunensis N.F.Mattos {Synonym}
    Feuilleea brevipes Kuntze {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Esponginha [2918]; Munduruva [2918]; Sarandi [2918]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
India (I) [3020, 3027, 3609, 3751]; Bihar [3609]; Karnataka [3020]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3751]; West Bengal [3751]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Myanmar (I) [3751]; Singapore (I) [3938]
  Caribbean
Dominican Republic (I) [2918]
  Central America
  South America
Argentina (N) [2918]; Misiones [2918]; Brazil (N) [1167, 1414, 1457, 1537, 2918]; Bahia [2918]; Minas Gerais [2918]; Paraguay (N) [2918]; Uruguay (N) [2918]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1983, 2022, 2918, 3751, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2918] ; Illustration [2918]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2022] ; Further editing: 2002-07 Roskov YR, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [2022] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2022] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Barneby RC & Forero E ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [2022]

  
NOTES:
  Cultivated in Malesia. [2022]
  Introduced to Malesia; native of Tropical America. [3938]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

1167.

  Burkart, A., 1979
    Flora Ilustrada Catarinense 299 pp Leguminosas Mimosoideas

1457.

  Mattos, N.F., 1977
    Loefgrenia 71:3-4,fig.1. Tax. Leguminosae-Rio Grande do Sul

1983.

  Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z., 1976
    Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

2918.

  Barneby, R.C., 1998
    Mem.N.Y.Bot.Gard.74(3).Silk Tree,Guanacaste,Monkey's Earring

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3609.

  Singh, M.P., 1986
    Flora of Patna (Dicotyledons). New Delhi.

3751.

  Paul, S.R., 1979
    Geophytology 9:175-183. Notes on some ... Calliandra...

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3938.

  Keng, H., 1990
    Concise Flora of Singapore. Singapore
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