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Calliandra caeciliae Harms

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Anneslia caeciliae (Harms) Britton & Rose
Calliandra Caeciliae Harms, Repert. 17: 89. 1921.
A shrub with light gray bark, the young growth with brownish-appressed pubescence. Leaves in fascicles at the end of short slender branches; stipules ovate, acute, persistent; petioles 1 cm. long or shorter, sometimes wanting; pinnae 1 pair, 2—4 cm. long; rachilla sparingly pilose; leaflets 20-40 pairs, linear, about 5 mm. long, acute, ciliate, strongly veined beneath; heads small on very short peduncles; calyx 1 mm. long, pubescent at the teeth; corolla-tube 3 times as long as the calyx, glabrous; filaments short.
Type locality: Uaxackanal, Department Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Distribution: Chiapas to Guatemala.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Anneslia densifolia (Rose) Britton & Rose
Calliandra densifolia Rose; Harms, Repert. 17: 89. 1921.
A shrub, 2-4 m. high, the twigs somewhat pubescent. Stipules ovate to linear, longacuminate, persistent; petiole 5 mm. long or less; pinnae I pair, 4-6 cm. long; rachilla densely villous; leaflets about 25 pairs, linear, 5-6 mm. long, reticulate-veined beneath, glabrous, ciliate, acute; peduncles 8 mm. long or less; calyx glabrous; corolla glabrous, puiplish; stamens long, purple; legume about 6 cm. long.
Type locality: Monte Le6n Station, Michoac4n. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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