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Calliandra purpurea (L.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Calliandra Benth.

Calliandra purpurea (L.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Anneslia purpurea (L.)Britton {Synonym}
    Calliandra conoensis H.Karst. {Orthographic variant}
    Calliandra coroensis H.Karst. {Synonym}
    Calliandra obtusifolia (Willd.)H.Karst. {Synonym}
    Calliandra purpurea var. dussiana Stehle {Synonym}
    Calliandra purpurea var. quentiniana Stehle {Synonym}
    Calliandra slaneae R.A.Howard {Synonym}
    Feuilleea purpurea Kuntze {Synonym}
    Inga obtusifolia Willd. {Synonym}
    Inga purpurea (L.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa obtusifolia Poir. {Synonym}
    Mimosa purpurea L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bois Patate [2918]; Buisson Ardent [2918]; Soldier Bush [2918]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (N) [1121, 1231, 1343, 1356]
  South America
Brazil (N) [1231]; Colombia (N) [1121, 1356]; Guyana (N) [2918]; Venezuela (N) [1121]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [2918] ; Distribution Map [2918]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Further editing: 2002-07 Roskov YR, 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Barneby RC & Forero E ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1121.

  Britton, N.L. & Killip, E.P., 1936
    Ann.New York Acad.Sci.35:101-208 Mim. & Caesalp. of Colombia

1231.

  Ducke, A., 1949
    Bol.Tecn.Inst.Agron.N.18:1-248 Notas Flora Neotropica-II:Ama

1343.

  Howard, R.A., 1986
    Phytologia 61(1):1-4. 3 new species from St. Lucia, WestInd

2918.

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

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