Mimosa densa Benth. var. densa

  • 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 Benth. var. densa

  • Type

    251a. Mimosa densa Bentham var. densa. M. densa Bentham, 1842, l.c., sens. str.—"Brazil, Pohl", the locality particularized in Martius, Fl. bras. 15(2): 390.1876: "in summitate montium S. Feliz ad Santa Ana [n.-w. of Caval- cante] provinciae Goyaz."—Holot

  • Synonyms

    Mimosa densa Benth.

  • Description

    Variety Description - Characters as given in key to varieties.

    Distribution and Ecology - On open rocky slopes and summits in cerrado or campo rupestre, 1200-1800 m, apparently endemic to the Tocantins-Paraná watershed between the head of rio S. Felix and Alto Paraíso, in lat. 13°20'-14°S, in e.-centr. Goiás, Brazil.— Fl. V-VIII.

  • Discussion

     

  • Distribution

    Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America|