''Calliandra physocalyx'' is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s of the genus ''
Calliandra'' in the family
,
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to southwestern
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
.
It is a shrub with pink-and-white or pink-and-red flowers.
[ Like other members of the genus ''Calliandra'', the filaments of the stamens are long and colourful, in this case about long.][ The species was first scientifically described in 1988.]
Distribution
''Calliandra physocalyx'' is known only from a small mountainous area of the Pacific slope of southwestern Mexico, in western Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...
and adjacent Guerrero, at elevation.[ It has been seen mostly in disturbed habitats that were previously forest.][
]
References
physocalyx
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of Guerrero
Flora of Oaxaca
Flora of the Sierra Madre del Sur
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