Mimosa foliolosa subsp. brevibractea 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 foliolosa subsp. brevibractea Barneby

  • Type

    227/III. Mimosa foliolosa Bentham subsp. brevibractea Barneby, subsp. nov., a subsp. pachycarpa caeterius simili bracteis floralibus abbreviatis capitulisque ergo ante anthesin moriformibus absimilis. —Typus sub var. brevibractea indicatur.

  • Description

    Subspecies Description - Habit, stature and lf-formula essentially those of subsp. pachycarpa, but floral bracts no longer than fl-buds prior to anthesis and the capitula then moriform (not conelike).

    Distribution and Ecology - The collective range of the varieties assembled under subsp. brevibractea extends from the S. Bartolomeu basin in Distrito Federal north through Sa. Geral do Paranã in Goiás and east interruptedly to Sas. de Anta and do Cabral in Minas Gerais. Within this range they are mutually vicariant, but in the Distrito, and in Minas Gerais, they are sympatric with members of subspp. foliolosa and pachycarpa.

  • Discussion

     

  • Distribution

    Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America|