Mimosa pigra L. var. pigra

  • Filed As

    Mimosaceae
    Mimosa pigra L. var. pigra

  • Collector(s)

    G. T. Prance 5472, 3-Jul-68

  • Location

    Brazil. Rondônia. Rio Madeira, 4 km north of Mutumparaná.

  • Habitat

    Sandy, rocky periodically flooded river bank.

  • Description

    Shrub, straggling to 1m tall. Capitula pale pink, young fruit green, stem hairy above pink, young fruit green, stem hairy above, with short thorns below. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01346411

    Occurrence ID: 32e37c28-c9ef-42e4-9697-8aca8c65b54e

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Rondônia

  • Locality

    Rio Madeira, 4 km north of Mutumparaná.

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Cited as Mimosa pellita Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
var. pellita
by Bameby, Mem. NYBG 65. 1991.
= M. pigra L. var. pigra
(see Taxon 42: 695. 1993)
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZONIA
Plants of Brazilian Amazonia
Territory of Ronddnia
Basin of Rio Madeira
No. 5U72
Mimosa	L .
Rio fiadeira, Ukm. north of Mutumparana.
Sandy,rocky periodically flooded river bank.
Shrub, straggling to lm. tall. Capitula pale
pink, young fruit green, stem hairy above,
with short thorns below.
G. T. Prance, D. Philcoac, E. Forero,
L. F. Coelho, J. F. Ramos & L. G. Farias July 3 * 1968
Field work carried out in collaboration with the Institute de Pesquisas e
Experimenta?ao Agropecuaria do Norte, Bel6m, and financed in greater part
by the National Science Foundation.
Specimens deposited in: INPA, NY, US, K, S, 116, F, U, A, R, P, M,
MICH, C, G, MO, COL, VEN.
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