Mimosa bifurca var. hassleriana

Title

Mimosa bifurca var. hassleriana

Authors

Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Mimosa bifurca var. hassleriana (Chodat) Barneby

Description

157c. Mimosa bifurca Bentham var. hassleriana (Chodat) Barneby, comb. nov., based on autonym generated by M. hassleriana var. reducta Hassler, 1910, l.c. supra. M. hassleriana Chodat in Chodat & Hassler, Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 4: 557 [=P1. hassler. 413]. 1904.- " [Paraguay]. . . inter rupes in collibus pr. Tobaty, Sept., [Hassler] n. 6280."—Holotypus, G! = F Neg. 28212; isotypi, F! = F Neg. 54838, GH! K! MO! S! W!—M. hassleriana var. genuina Hassler, 1910, l.c., nom. illeg.

M. hassleriana var. genuina fma intermedia Hassler, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 8. 1910.—"Paraguay: ad ripas humidas fluminis Tebicuary, flor. mens. Jan.; Hassler no. 9401."—Isotypus, NY!

Piptadenia sp. sensu Micheli, 1889: 90.

Mimosa hassleriana sensu Bemardi, Boissiera 35: 148. 1984.

Foliage and stipules as described in key to varieties; capitula mostly 5.5-7 mm diam.

In either moist or dry stony campo, apparently localized in s.-e. Paraguay (Tobatí; Parque Ybycuí; Pirebebuí; río Tebecuari).—Fl. IX-II.