Mimosa pellita var. hispida (Willd.) 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
266c. Mimosa pellita Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow var. hispida (Willdenow) Barneby, stat. nov. M. hispida Willdenow, Sp. pl. 4: 1037. 1806.—"Habitat ad Caracas ... Bredemeyer."—Holotypus, B-WILLD 19081, seen in microform!; isotypus (?), Bredemeyer 9,
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Synonyms
Mimosa hispida Willd., Mimosa asperata L.
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Description
Description - Essentially like var. pellita except for narrow pod and small seeds, the stems appressed-strigose, armed close below nodes with infrastipular and on most internodes with one infrapetiolar, all strongly recurved aculei, the prickles of lf-stks mostly straight; pods when well fertilized 55-70 x 5.5-7 mm, 12-20-seeded, the articles 2.5-3.5 mm long, hirsute with narrowly ascending tawny setae, individually indehiscent; 3-3.7 x 2.5 mm.
Distribution and Ecology - In wet scrub-savanna below 800 m, known only from the Coastal Cordillera of n. Venezuela in edos. Carabobo, Aragua, Distrito Federal, and Miranda.—Fl. X-II(-?).
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Discussion
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Distribution
Venezuela South America| Carabobo Venezuela South America| Aragua Venezuela South America| Distrito Federal Venezuela South America| Miranda Venezuela South America|