Calliandra trinervia Benth. var. arborea (Standl.) Barneby GRIN-Global

Taxon: Calliandra trinervia Benth. var. arborea (Standl.) Barneby

Summary

Genus:

Calliandra

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Mimosoideae

Tribe:

Ingeae

Nomen number:

460610

Place of publication:

Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(3):117. 1998

Verified:

03/08/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Calliandra trinervia Benth. (0 active accession[s])
Calliandra trinervia Benth. var. trinervia (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Calliandra arborea Standl.

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Reference(s)

Balick, M. J. et al. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85. 2000
Barneby, R. C. 1998. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part III. Calliandra. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(3):117-118.

Common names

Spanish (Costa Rica)
quita –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
		Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=460610. Accessed 16 December 2025.