Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus
Cabello de angel, palo de ángel, barbe sol, Calliandra, red calliandra
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Calliandra
Species
houstoniana
Subspecies
var. calothyrsus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Calliandra calothyrsus Meissner (C Am.) (POWO, 2022);
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1986
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Breteler, F.J. (1989) The Origin and Identity of Calliandra calothyrsus Meissn. and its Synonym C. confusa Sprague & Riley (Mimos.). Acta Bot. Neerl. 38(1): 79–80.
- Funk, V.T. Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N. (2007) Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1-584.
- Jaramillo, P. (1998) Distribución Espacial de la Vegetación Vascular y Dispersión de Especies Introducidas dentro del Parque Nacional Galápagos. Tesis de Doctorado en Biología, Universidad Central del Ecuador. Especialización ECOLOGIA DE POBLACIONES.
- Linares, J.L. (2005) Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268.
- Prado, L. et al. (1995) Informes de salida al campo, abril y mayo de 1995, Isla Isabela, Investigacion agroforestal. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, Archivos de Botanica.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
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"Galapagos Species Database, Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20346. Accessed 5 November 2026.