Plant Details

Accepted name:: Calliandra houstoniana var. anomala (Kunth) Barneby [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standl.
Infraspecies:: 4

Calliandra houstoniana var. acapulcensis (Britton & Rose) Barneby

Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus (Meisn.) Barneby

Calliandra houstoniana var. colomasensis (Britton & Rose) Barneby

Calliandra houstoniana var. houstoniana

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cabello de ángel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
cabeza-de-angel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
calliandra grandiflora	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tlacoxiloxóchitl	Other	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
tzonxóchitl	Other	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
roots, leaves		Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acacia callistemon Schltdl. Linnaea 12: 568 (1838).
Calliandra anomala (Kunth) J.F.Macbr. Contr. Gray Herb. 59: 4 (1919).
Calliandra grandiflora (L'Hér.) Benth. J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 139 (1840).
Calliandra kunthii Benth. J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 139 (1840), nom. illeg.
Inga anomala Kunth Mimoses: 70 (1824).
Acacia grandiflora (L'Hér.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1074 (1806).
Anneslia albanensis Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 72 (1928).
Anneslia albescens Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 72 (1928).
Anneslia anomala (Kunth) Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 73 (1928).
Anneslia bella Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 71 (1928).
Anneslia callistemon (Schltdl.) Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 71 (1928).
Anneslia chihuahuana Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 71 (1928).
Anneslia conzattiana Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 72 (1928).
Anneslia grandiflora (L'Hér.) Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 64 (1807).
Anneslia puehlana Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 73 (1928).
Anneslia rusbyi Britton in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 194 (1928).
Anneslia strigillosa Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 71 (1928).
Anneslia wendlandii (Benth.) Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 73 (1928).
Calliandra anomala var. callistemon (Schltdl.) J.F.Macbr. Contr. Gray Herb. 59: 4 (1919).
Calliandra callistemon (Schltdl.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 385 (1893).
Calliandra conzattiana (Britton & Rose) Standl. Trop. Woods 34: 40 (1933).
Calliandra grandiflora f. pubescens Micheli ex Donn.Sm. Enum. Pl. Guatem. 4: 51 (1895).
Calliandra grandiflora f. typica Micheli ex P.H.Allen Rain For. Golfo Dulce: 409 (1956), not validly publ.
Calliandra leucothrix Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 366 (1938).
Calliandra strigillosa (Britton & Rose) Standl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 36: 173 (1946).
Calliandra wendlandii Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 556 (1875).
Feuilleea grandiflora (L'Hér.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 188 (1891).
Feuilleea wendlandii (Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 189 (1891).
Inga anomala var. pedicellata Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Prodr. 2: 442 (1825).
Inga elegans M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 321 (1843).
Inga grandiflora (L'Hér.) Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 1836: 7 (1836).
Inga sericea M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 318 (1843).
Mimosa grandiflora L'Hér. Sert. Angl.: 30 (1789).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acacia callistemon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acacia callistemon Schldl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Calliandra anomala	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Calliandra anomala (Kunth.)J.F.Macbr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Calliandra grandiflora (L'Her.)Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Calliandra grandiflora (L'Hér.) Benth.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
Calliandra grandiflora (L'her.) Benth.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Calliandra grandiflora (L’Hér.) Benth.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Calliandra grandiflora Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Calliandra kunthii	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Calliandra kunthii Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Inga anomala Kunth	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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