Calliandra

Calliandra is Greek for 'beautiful stamens,' and its red flowers make it a popular ornamental.

Chapter 8 1996

Calliandra is Greek for 'beautiful stamens,' and its red flowers make it a popular ornamental.

Chapter 10 1996

In plant nurseries, snails and rats occasionally destroy tightly packed seedlings, but in general terms Calliandra spp. appear to show good resistance to pests and diseases and control measures are rarely necessary (Lowry and Macklin, 1988; Lenne, 1992).

Chapter 7 1994

Alternatively, there are suggestions that wilting will decrease the digestibility and voluntary intake of foliage of trees such as Calliandra calothyrsus.

Chapter 6 1996

Farther inland is open woodland with an oak understory of Quercus oleoides and Byrsonima crassifolia, with Melastomataceae, Calliandra houstoniana and the tree fern Alsophila myosuroides.

Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras 2008

Pine-oak forests dominated by associations of Pinus lagunae with Quercus devia, Arbutus peninsularis, and Quercus tuberculata, and a variety of lower trees like Calliandra peninsularis and Mimosa xantii, as well as shrubs complement the landscape.

Sierra de la Laguna pine-oak forests 2008

Bauhinia megalandra, Bourreria cumanensis, Calliandra caracasana, Erythrina poeppigiana, Hura crepitans, and Tabebuia billbergii are some of the more abundant species.

Coastal Venezuelan mangroves 2008

Although locally called mangroves, Thespesia populnea, Calliandra riparia and Coccoloba uvifera are not mangroves in the strict sense.

Coastal Venezuelan mangroves 2008

“Monserrat” and “Calliandra Shade” and “Lost in Crowds” are as good as anything Jethro Tull did in the distant past.

Archive 2005-04-01 ricklibrarian 2005

“Monserrat” and “Calliandra Shade” and “Lost in Crowds” are as good as anything Jethro Tull did in the distant past.

Divinities: Twelve Dances with God by Ian Anderson; The Secret Language of Birds by Ian Anderson; Rupi’s Dance by Ian Anderson ricklibrarian 2005