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Calliandropsis

Calliandropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains a single species, Calliandropsis nervosa, a shrub native to northeastern, central, and southern Mexico. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

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Calliandropsis
Pod of C. nervosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Calliandropsis
H.M.Hern. & Guinet (1990)
Species:
C. nervosa
Binomial name
Calliandropsis nervosa
(Britton & Rose) H.M.Hern. & Guinet (1990)
Synonyms1
  • Anneslia nervosa Britton & Rose (1928)
  • Desmanthus nervosus (Britton & Rose) Rudd (1966)

Calliandropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains a single species, Calliandropsis nervosa, a shrub native to northeastern, central, and southern Mexico (Durango to Oaxaca).1 It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.2

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