Mimosa densa var. alligantina Barneby

  • 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 densa var. alligantina Barneby

  • Type

    251b. Mimosa densa Bentham var. alligantina Barneby, var. nov., a var. densa pube e setis basi erectis deinde incurvis attenuatis vel flagelliformibus (nec subappresse strigosis), iis folii axium dorsalium basi palmatim conjunctis constanti diversa, ulter

  • Description

    Variety Description - Characters as given in key to varieties.

    Distribution and Ecology - In habitats of var. densa but at 1000-1125 m, and flowering 2-3 months earlier in the year, known only from the upper Paranã valley 13-20 km s. of S. João da Aliança near lat. 14°50'S in e.-centr. Goiás, and on Chapada das Perdiz in Distrito Federal, Brazil.—Fl. III-IY.

  • Discussion

    The var. alligantina was first collected by Glaziou (21107) in December 1894 and reported in his Liste (1906: 183) as M. densa.

  • Distribution

    Brazil South America| Distrito Federal Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America|