Calliandra grandiflora (L'Her.) Benth. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Calliandra grandiflora (L'Her.) Benth.

Summary

Genus:

Calliandra

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Mimosoideae

Tribe:

Ingeae

Nomen number:

409058

Place of publication:

J. Bot. (Hooker) 2:139. 1840

Verified:

07/01/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

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

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym

Mimosa grandiflora L'Her.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Acacia grandiflora (L'Her.) Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Anneslia strigillosa Britton & Rose
Calliandra anomala (Kunth) J. F. Macbr.
Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standl. var. anomala (Kunth) Barneby
Calliandra strigillosa (Britton & Rose) Standl. ex Leavenw.
Inga anomala Kunth

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Reference(s)

Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
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):179.
Corby, H. D. L. 1988. Types of rhizobial nodules and their distribution among the Leguminosae. Kirkia 13(1):53-123.
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Macqueen, D. J. & H. M. Hernández. 1997. A revision of Calliandra ser. Racemosae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Kew Bull. 52:21.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].

Common names

Spanish
cabello de ángel –
cabeza-de-angel –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Queretaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
2	Cultivated	Europe		Europe

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador

Cultivated
Europe

REGION: Europe

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000

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=409058. Accessed 16 December 2025.