Calliandra laxa

{{Short description|Species of legume}}

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|genus = Calliandra

|species = laxa

|authority = (Willd.) Benth.

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• Acacia laxa Willd.
• Calliandra cumingii Hook. & Arn.
• Calliandra panlosia J.R. Johnst.
• Calliandra trijugata Schery
• Feuilleea laxa Kuntze
• Mimosa laxa Poir.

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|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-20123

|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species

|accessdate=19 June 2016}}

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Calliandra laxa is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae.

It is usually found in between Mexico and South Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.{{Cite web |title=Calliandra laxa (Willd.) Benth. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1161746-2 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}

The species was first published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 551 (1875)