Mimosa paucifolia var. paucifolia

  • 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 paucifolia var. paucifolia

  • Type

    133a. Mimosa paucifolia Bentham var. paucifolia. M. paucifolia Bentham, 1842, l.c., sens. str.—"Brazil, Pohl.", the data expanded in Martius, Fl. bras. 15(2): 373. 1875: "Habitat in provincia Minas Geraës ad Oliveira et Formigas [near Rio Grande-Rio S. Fr

  • Synonyms

    Mimosa paucifolia Benth.

  • Description

    Variety Description - Characters as given in key to varieties; capitula 4-5.5 mm diam.; calyx 0.4 mm and bisexual corollas ±2-2.3 mm; filaments exserted 4-5.5 mm.

    Distribution and Ecology - On sandy campo subject to fire in the dry season, ±700-900 m, encountered in w. Minas Gerais (between Oliveira and Formiga; Uberaba) and in e. S. Paulo (between Uberaba and Franca; Itú) by St. Hilaire, Riedel and Lund, Pohl, Regnell, and Burchell, but apparently by no modem collector.—Fl. VIII, X-II, the full season not documented. Map 22.

  • Discussion

     

  • Distribution

    Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America| São Paulo Brazil South America|