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Calliandra surinamensis

Pink Powderpuff

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pink Powderpuff, Surinamese Stickpea, Surinam Powderpuff

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Guyana - Brazil

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; S.Group - uncommon; Land, lowlands, gardens

KEY FEATURES: Spreading shrub or small tree, to 2m (to 6m elsewhere). LEAVES divided into one pair pinnae each to 8cm (rarely to 3 paors pinnae); leaflets 7-12 pairs per pinna, to 20x5mm, near-parallel sides, glossy above, dull below. FLOWERS in head of c.25; each flower with filaments erect, c.12, base white, top pink, fragrant. FRUIT flat pod, 5-6 seeds (not seen).

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++						-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Calliandra surinamensis Benth.
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Fabales (Legumes); MIMOSACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimen+photo, Vakatini garden, 11/2002, ID GM; fieldspecimen, S.Carruthers garden Muri, 12/2002, ID GM (formerly misID as Calliandra haematocephala by GM&FS-2000).

References:
p.201 Hortus 3rd
p.187 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.548 Tropica
p.3/081 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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