Mimosa claussenii var. dolichopoda Barneby
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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
242j. Mimosa claussenii Bentham var. dolichopoda Barneby, var. nov., a var. claussenii imprimis capitulis absque filamentis maximis ellipsoideis ±4-5 x 2.3-2.7 cm diversa, ulterius flosculis dimorphis necnon legumine angustius oblongo ±2.5 x 1 cm singular
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Synonyms
Mimosa dolichopoda Harms ex Glaz.
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Description
Variety Description - Of unknown stature but described by Glaziou in field-note as singulier vegetal a tige souvent simple, remarkable for great length of lvs and peduncles, the stems and lf-stks densely hispid with coarse, erect or subdeclinate, distally incurved setae to 10 mm long and at dilated base to 0.8 mm diam.; leaf-formula ±xx/50-60, the lf-stks ±3-4 dm, the rachis of longer pinnae 12-17 cm, the longer lfts 13-15 x 2-2.5 mm; peduncles 12-20 cm; capitula without filaments 40-45 x 23-27 mm, the bracts ±8 mm; lower flowers staminate, the corolla campanulate ±5.5 mm, the upper bisexual, the corolla subcylindric to 10 mm; pods narrowly oblong in profile ±3.5 x 1 cm, the replum ±1.5 mm wide, the valves hispid with crowded but not contiguous, erect bulbous- based setae up to 2.5-7 mm.
Distribution and Ecology - On hillsides, to be expected in campo cerrado near 1000 m, known only from the type-locality on the Maranhão-Descoberto divide in s.-centr. Goiás, Brazil.—Fl. IX-X(-?).
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Discussion
See note under the preceding.
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Distribution
Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America|