Mimosa xanthocentra Mart. var. xanthocentra

  • 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 xanthocentra Mart. var. xanthocentra

  • Type

    384/I. Mimosa xanthocentra Martius subsp. xanthocentra. M. xanthocentra Martius, 1838, l.c., sensu paullo ampliato.—Typus infra sub var. xanthocentra indicatur.

  • Synonyms

    Mimosa xanthocentra Mart.

  • Description

    Subspecies Description - Prickles variable in strength and number, the longest l-4(-6) mm, when small and few easily overlooked and sometimes almost concealed by vesture; lfts of lvs at mid-stem commonly 35-70-jug. per pinna, rarely 24-40- or to 105-jug., the blades usually greenish and finely strigose beneath or on both faces, seldom silky-pilose; valves of pod either glabrous, or finely puberulent, or retrosetulose, the setae of replum (l-)2.5-4.5 mm.

  • Discussion