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Calliandra calothyrsus; photograph Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CC BYForest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Calliandra calothyrsus Meisn.

Fabaceae · Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest +9

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Summary

Calliandra calothyrsus is a small leguminous tree or large shrub in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the tropics of Central America where its typical habitat is wet tropical forests or seasonally dry forests with a dry season of four to seven months, when it may become deciduous. This tree grows to about 6 m (20 ft) and has pinnate compound leaves and flowers with a boss of prominent reddish-purple stamens. It is not very drought-tolerant, and the above-ground parts can be short-lived in case of severe drought lasting many months, but the roots regularly resprout.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Calliandra calothyrsus", CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the genus · Calliandra

Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains about 140 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Calliandra", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.

Climate across the habitat

Not checked. GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so none is derived here. This is not a statement that no climate exists.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeMexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama · introduced: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Jawa, Hawaii, Dominican Republic, Windward Is., Bolivia · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Doubtfully present inMexico Gulf · recorded by WCVP as doubtfully present: not part of the range records are tested against
Kew's description“shrub or tree” · “wet tropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (6).

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Calliandra 19 in the reference

Calliandra angustifolia Calliandra angustifolia Fabaceae Photo: CC BY, Jared ShormaCalliandra californica Calliandra californica Baja fairy duster Photo: CC BY, Bill LevineCalliandra dysantha Calliandra dysantha Fabaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Wallace Carneiro AlmeidaCalliandra eriophylla Calliandra eriophylla Fairy-duster Photo: CC BY, Paul Asman and Jill LenobleCalliandra haematocephala Calliandra haematocephala Stickpea Photo: CC0, author not statedCalliandra haematomma Calliandra haematomma Red powderpuff Photo: CC BY, Stuart CableCalliandra houstoniana Calliandra houstoniana Tree calliandra Photo: CC BY, Amy GoodmanCalliandra humilis Calliandra humilis Dwarf stickpea Photo: CC BY, Sam KieschnickCalliandra magdalenae Calliandra magdalenae Fabaceae Photo: CC BY, Alexis López Hernández Calliandra medellinensis Fabaceae Calliandra parvifolia Calliandra parvifolia Fabaceae Photo: CC BY, avocatCalliandra peninsularis Calliandra peninsularis Fabaceae Photo: CC0, author not stated all 20 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Anneslia acapulcensis; Anneslia similis; Calliandra confusa; Calliandra houstoniana var. acapulcensis; Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus and 5 more. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Fabaceae
Described by
Meisn.
Native to
Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest +8
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Calliandra calothyrsus Meisn. (plant_name_id 2691997), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 42102-2, POWO 42102-2
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
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