Mimosa sensitiva L. var. sensitiva
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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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Synonyms
Mimosa sensitiva L., Mimosa litigiosa Mart., Mimosa velloziana Mart.
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Description
Variety Description - Characters as given in key to varieties.
Distribution and Ecology - In seasonally dry woodland, thickets, savanna bush-islands, and coastal restinga, becoming weedy in capoeira and along roadsides, in Brazil from near sea-level to 1000 m in Chapada Diamantina (Bahia), interruptedly widespread over e. Brazil from centr. upland and Atlantic coastal Bahia to the middle and lower Amazon Basin, thence n. to the Orinoco Basin and the Caribbean slope in Zulia, Yaracuy and Carabobo in Venezuela; one Brazilian record from Mato Grosso do Sul (mun. Aquidauana, perhaps adventive in cattle land) and one from s.-centr. Minas Gerais (Ouro Preto).— Fl. primarily XII-IV, but randomly at other seasons.-Lambe-beiço (Bahia). Map 49.
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Discussion
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Distribution
Brazil South America| Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America| Venezuela South America| Yaracuy Venezuela South America| Zulia Venezuela South America| Carabobo Venezuela South America|