Calliandra foliolosa Bentham (1844: 110)

Rauber, Cristiane Ritter, Lima, Laura Cristina Pires, Caxambu, Marcelo Galeazzi & Temponi, Lívia Godinho, 2021, Synopsis of Leguminosae from Iguaçu National Park, Paraná, Brazil, Phytotaxa 501 (2), pp. 245-280 : 253

6. Calliandra foliolosa Bentham (1844: 110) . ( Fig. 2C and D )

Distribution: It occurs in Argentina, Paraguay and in the South, Southeast and Central-west regions of Brazil ( Hoc 1992; Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Céu Azul and Foz do Iguaçu areas.

Reproductive period: The species flowers and fruits nearly throughout the year ( Hoc 1992). In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in the months of August and October and in fruit in September, November and December.

Diagnostic characteristics: Shrubs to trees with bipinnate leaves recognized by the caducous stipules, leaves with 3–9 pinnae, flowers with more than 35, whitish and pinkish stamens.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul, 28 September 2018, (fl.), C.R. Rauber et al. 169 ( EVB, UNOP); Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 02 February 2016. (fl., fr.), L.C.P. Lima 758 ( EVB) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. A and B: Bauhinia forficata: A: flower; B: fruit; C and D: Calliandra foliolosa: C: branch with flower; D: flower; E: Cenostigma pluviosum, inflorescence; F: Centrosema virginianum, flower; G: Cochliasanthus caracalla, flower; H: Cratylia intermedia, inflorescence and fruit; I: Crotalaria micans, flower; J: Crotalaria pallida, inflorescence; K and L: Dahlstedtia muehlbergiana: K: branch with inflorescence; L: flower. (A–E; H–L Rauber CR 2018; F Wink, JG 2019; G Hentz-Junior, EJ 2019)