Mimosa texana (A.Gray) Small var. texana

  • Authors

    Rupert C. Barneby

  • Authority

    Barneby, Rupert C. 1991. Sensitivae Censitae. A description of the genus Mimosa Linnaeus (Mimosaceae) in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 65: 1-835.

  • Family

    Mimosaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Mimosa texana (A.Gray) Small var. texana

  • Type

    56a. Mimosa texana (A. Gray) Small var. texana. M. texana (A. Gray) Small, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 99. 1901, sens. str., based on M. borealis var. (?) texana A. Gray, Pl. wright. 1: 61. 1852.— "159 . . . Hills near Austin, May, in flower; and on the

  • Synonyms

    Mimosa texana (A.Gray) Small, Mimosa borealis var. texana A.Gray, Mimosopsis wherryana Britton, Mimosa wherryana (Britton) Standl., Mimosa lindheimeri A.Gray

  • Description

    Variety Description - As described for the species and modified by key to varieties.

    Distribution and Ecology - On hillsides and in washes, strongly but not exclusively calciphilous, scattered over s.-centr. and w. Texas (Balcones Escarpment w. over Edwards Plateau to trans-Pecos and head of Brazos river in Floyd Co.), s. through Coahuila and lower Grande valley to the lower Nazas river in n.- e. Durango, s. Coahuila, and along both slopes of Sa. Madre Oriental to s. San Luis Potosí and s.-w. Tamaulipas.—Fl. III-V.

  • Discussion

     

  • Distribution

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