Mimosa polycephala var. taxifolia

Title

Mimosa polycephala var. taxifolia

Authors

Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Mimosa polycephala var. taxifolia Barneby

Description

396a. Mimosa polycephala Bentham var. taxifolia Barneby, nom. et stat. nov. M. taxifolia Bongard ex Bentham, J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 373. 1841, nom. illeg. — " ‘Chapada,’ in Brazil [=Chapada dos Guimarães n.-e. of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, leg. Riedel, commun.] Langsdorff"—Holotypus, Riedel 118= 1838 = 985, collected V.1827 (fl), K (hb. Benth.)! = NY

Neg. 1810; isotypi, A! NY!—Non M. taxifolia (Willdenow) Poiret, Encycl. suppl. 1: 59. 1810.

M. taxifolia sensu Bentham, 1875: 401 (errore e prov. Minas Gerais indicata); 1876: 328.

Characters of the species as modified in key to varieties.

In cerrado, 350-700 m, sometimes colonial on roadsides, locally plentiful on headwaters of rio Araguaia and on both slopes of the Araguaia- Paraguai watershed in s. and s.-e. Mato Grosso, n.-e. Mato Grosso do Sul, and far s.-w. Goiás, Brazil, in lat. 14°-17°S, long. 52°-57°W.-Fl. II-VI-VIII; fr. VI-VIII(-?).