Mimosa sensitiva L. var. sensitiva

  • 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 sensitiva L. var. sensitiva

  • Synonyms

    Mimosa sensitiva L., Mimosa litigiosa Mart., Mimosa velloziana Mart.

  • 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.

  • Discussion

     

  • 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|