Mimosa polycephala Benth. var. polycephala

  • 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 polycephala Benth. var. polycephala

  • Type

    396b. Mimosa polycephala Bentham var. polycephala. M. polycephala Bentham, 1841, l.c., sens. str.—"Prov. of Pernambuco, Gardner, n. 2832.", the locality expanded in Martius, Fl. bras. 15(2): 329. 1876 to: "ad Rio Preto prope Santa Rita provinciae Pernambu

  • Synonyms

    Mimosa polycephala Benth.

  • Description

    Variety Description - Characters of the species as modified in key to varieties.

    Distribution and Ecology - In unspecified environment, to be expected in cerrado or cerrado-caatinga transition near 550 m, known only from the type-locality in n.-w. Bahia and from Ribeiro Gonçalves in s.-w. Piauí, Brazil.-Fl. IX-X(-?).

  • Discussion

     

  • Distribution

    Brazil South America| Piauí Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America|