Mimosa phyllodinea Benth. var. phyllodinea

  • 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 phyllodinea Benth. var. phyllodinea

  • Type

    134a. Mimosa phyllodinea Bentham var. phyllodinea. M. phyllodinea Bentham, 1842, l.c., sens. str.—"Brazil, Pohl.", the data elaborated in Martius, Fl. bras. 15(2): 374. 1876: "in Serra dos Christaës, provinciae Goyaz."—Holotypus, Pohl 817 = d.1466, K (hb.

  • Synonyms

    Mimosa phyllodinea Benth.

  • Description

    Variety Description - Characters as given in key to varieties.

    Distribution and Ecology - On stony hillsides and in flat campo, on sandstone, 900-1200 m, local, recorded only from the divide between rios Corumbá and S. Marcos, from Sa. dos Cristais s. to vicinity of Catalão in lat. 16°30'-18°S in s.-e. Goiás, Brazil.-Fl. XI-III. Map 18.

  • Discussion

    Bentham described M. phyllodinea as glabrous, but most plants now known, including the isotypus at NY, have thinly pubescent peduncles, perianth, and leaflets.

  • Distribution

    Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America|