Mimosa phyllodinea Benth. var. phyllodinea
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Authors
Rupert C. Barneby
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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.
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Family
Mimosaceae
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Scientific Name
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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.
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Synonyms
Mimosa phyllodinea Benth.
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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.
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Discussion
Bentham described M. phyllodinea as glabrous, but most plants now known, including the isotypus at NY, have thinly pubescent peduncles, perianth, and leaflets.
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Distribution
Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America|