Calliandra

Accepted species 156 Documented here 23 Family Fabaceae

Accepted species 156 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Calliandra eriophylla Benth. 504 documented
Calliandra calothyrsus Meisn. 63 documented
Calliandra haematocephala Hassk. 49 documented
Calliandra californica Benth. 47 documented
Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standl. 38 documented
Calliandra surinamensis Benth. 34 documented
Calliandra selloi (Spreng.) J.F.Macbr. 20 documented
Calliandra tweediei Benth. 20 documented
Calliandra hirsuta (G.Don) Benth. 17 documented
Calliandra dysantha Benth. 14 documented
Calliandra magdalenae (Bertero ex DC.) Benth. 14 documented
Calliandra humilis Benth. 13 documented
Calliandra parvifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Speg. 9 documented
Calliandra angustifolia Spruce ex Benth. 7 documented
Calliandra parviflora Benth. 7 documented
Calliandra virgata Benth. 6 documented
Calliandra brevicaulis Micheli 5 documented
Calliandra longipes Benth. 5 documented
Calliandra peninsularis Rose 4 documented
Calliandra tergemina (L.) Benth. 4 documented
Calliandra brenesii Standl. 3 documented
Calliandra haematomma (Bertero ex DC.) Benth. 3 documented
Calliandra purpurea (L.) Benth. 3 documented
Calliandra foliolosa Benth. 2 below the evidence gate
Calliandra pittieri Standl. 2 below the evidence gate
Calliandra riparia Pittier 2 below the evidence gate
Calliandra bijuga Rose 1 below the evidence gate
Calliandra juzepczukii Standl. 1 below the evidence gate
Calliandra × cumbucana Renvoize 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra aeschynomenoides Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra antioquiae Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra asplenioides (Nees) Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra bahiana Renvoize 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra belizensis (Britton & Rose) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra bella (Mart. ex Spreng.) Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra biflora Tharp 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra bifoliolata H.M.Hern. & Ortíz-Rodr. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra blanchetii Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra bombycina Spruce ex Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra bromelioides E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra caeciliae Harms 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra calycina Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra carcerea Standl. & Steyerm. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra carrascana Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra chilensis Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra chulumania Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra coccinea Renvoize 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra colimae Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra comosa (Sw.) Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra concinna Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra coriacea (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra crassipes Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra cruegeri Griseb. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra cualensis H.M.Hern. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra debilis Renvoize 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra depauperata Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra dolichopoda H.M.Hern. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra duckei Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra elegans Renvoize 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra enervis (Britton) Urb. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra erubescens Renvoize 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra erythrocephala H.M.Hern. & M.Sousa 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra estebanensis H.M.Hern. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra falcata Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra fasciculata Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra feioana Renvoize 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra fernandesii Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra fuscipila Harms 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra ganevii Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra gardneri Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra geraisensis E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra germana Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra gilbertii Thulin & Hunde 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra glaziovii Taub. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra glomerulata H.Karst. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra glyphoxylon Spruce ex Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra grandiflora (L'Hér.) Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra grandifolia P.H.Allen 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra guildingii Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra harrisii (Lindl.) Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra hintonii Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra hirsuticaulis Harms 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra hirtiflora Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra hispidulocarpa H.M.Hern. & Gómez-Hin. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra hygrophila Mackinder & G.P.Lewis 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra hymenaeoides (Rich.) Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra iligna Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra imbricata E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra imperialis Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra involuta Mackinder & G.P.Lewis 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra iselyi B.L.Turner 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra jariensis Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra laevis Rose 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra lanata Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra laxa (Willd.) Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra leptopoda Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra lewisii E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra linearis Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra lintea Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra longipedicellata (McVaugh) Macqueen & H.M.Hern. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra longipinna Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra luetzelburgii Harms 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra macqueenii Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra macrocalyx Harms 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra mayana H.M.Hern. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra medellinensis Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra molinae Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra mollissima (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra mucugeana Renvoize 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra nebulosa Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra oroboensis E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra paganuccii E.R.Souza 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra pakaraimensis R.S.Cowan 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra palmeri S.Watson 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra paniculata C.D.Adams 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra paterna Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra pauciflora (A.Rich.) Griseb. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra pedicellata Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra physocalyx H.M.Hern. & M.Sousa 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra pilgeriana Harms 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra pilocarpa A.E.Estrada, Rebman & Villarreal 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra pityophylla Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra prostrata Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra purdiei Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra quetzal (Donn.Sm.) Donn.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra redacta (J.H.Ross) Thulin & Hunde 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra renvoizeana Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra rhodocephala Donn.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra ricoana H.M.Hern. & R.Duno 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra rigida Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra rubescens (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra samik Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra santosiana Glaz. ex Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra seleri Harms 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra semisepulta Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra sesquipedalis McVaugh 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra sessilis Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra silvicola Taub. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra sincorana Harms 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra spinosa Ducke 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra squarrosa Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra staminea (Thunb.) Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra stelligera Barneby 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra stenophylla Wawra 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra subspicata Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra tamarindifolia Ettingsh. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra taxifolia (Kunth) Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra tehuantepecensis (L.Rico & M.Sousa) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra tolimensis Taub. ex Hieron. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra trinervia Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra tsugoides R.S.Cowan 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra tumbeziana J.F.Macbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra ulei Harms 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra umbellifera Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra vaupesiana R.S.Cowan 0 below the evidence gate
Calliandra viscidula Benth. 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.