Mimosa pilulifera var. pilulifera

  • 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 pilulifera var. pilulifera

  • Type

    213b. Mimosa pilulifera Bentham var. pilulifera. M. pilulifera Bentham, 1841, l.c., quoad syn. et pl. uruguayens., exclus. pl. Pohl., Claussen. et Langsdorff. —"Uruguay, Tweedie, Baird." = Acacia sprengelii sensu Hooker & Amott, Bot. Mis. 3: 209. 1833, non DeCandolle, exclus. basionym.—Syntypi, Baird s.n., from río Uruguay below Salto, K (hb. Hook.)! = Burkart, 1948, lam. XII (sinistr., majori ex parte); Tweedie 1406, K (hb. Benth.)! = NY Neg. 1845, exclus. pl. sellov. quae = var. pseudincana.

  • Synonyms

    Mimosa pilulifera Benth., Acacia sprengelii Hook. & Arn., Mimosa tacuarembensis Arechav., Mimosa pilulifera f. calvescens Malme, Mimosa incana (Spreng.) Benth.

  • Description

    Variety Description - Characters as given in key to varieties.

    Distribution and Ecology - Forming thickets at edge of streams and rivers, on rocky riverbanks, and in low moist places, mostly below 200 m, locally plentiful along lower río Uruguai in Entre Ríos and Buenos Aires, Argentina, thence e. through valley of río Negro in Uruguay to lower Piratina valley in s. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.—Fl. VII-X, sporadically later. —Aromo de los sapos.

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  • Distribution

    Brazil South America| Rio Grande do Sul Brazil South America| Argentina South America| Buenos Aires Argentina South America| Uruguay South America|