Mimosa verrucosa Benth.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Maranhão

• County/Municipio

  Loreto Mun.

• Locality

  Ilha de Balsas region, between the Rios Balsas and Parnaiba. About 25km south of Loreto. In front of main house of Fazenda Santa Rita

• Elevation

  Alt. 300 m. (984 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -7.283, -45.125

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF BRAZIL
STATU OF MARANHÄO
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Mimosa verrucosa Be nth*
Bst* 8. ST. Irwin, 1966
Municipio de Loreto: “Hha de Balsas” region, between the
Rios Balsas and Pamaiba. About 25 km south of LORfiTO.
ca,7°17 ’S., 45°7-Srw. In front of main house of Fazenda
Santa Rita. Alt. afcG-300 m.. 7 April 1962
Main vegetation types of region: (1) “chapada”, a semi-closed tree woodland (or
“cerrad&o”) on flat tops & steep sides of plateaus, » i*i»> hMly»4«iwd, and on
some areas of rolling o? flat dry land; (2) “tabuleiro”, a semi-closed woodland,
or “cerrad&o”, of different physiognomy & species composition, on tops of hilly
, or gently rolling land; {3) “mata”, a closed tropical forest of many tree speeies,
usually with palms, in flat stream valleys and in or alongside of brook ravines &
courses; (4) “caatinga”, a semi-open forest of few forest tree species on low
moist flat land and in narrow vaUeyg between “tabuleiro”-covered hills; (5) "var-
j&o”, low moist flat land with scattered forest trees of one or a few species;
(6) “cocal”, thick groves of baba?u palm on flat river plain of Bio Pamaiba and
some of its tributary streams^/} AW vegetation types completely deciduous during
dry season. All brooks intermittent. Annual ground fires and cattle grazing in
aU areas. Part of “tabuleiro” cut over, forming treeless grassy areas; most
“mata” and much “caatinga” & “varj&o” cultivated or abandoned, forming dense
secondary vegetation of low trees & tall shrubs (“capoelra”); some areas of
“chapada” with dense secondary vegetation (“carrasco”). Upland soils grayish,
tan, or light reddish brown silt or silty clay, very stony on slopes; lowland soils
mostly reddish brown to black silt loam, sUty clay loam or clay loam, without
stones. Country rock horizontal light brown sandstone, exposed only on tops
of morros and on cliffs along the Bio Pamaiba.
This habitat: in dense, shaded "carrascon, at edge of
cut-over open part.
Shrub 4 m. tall. Filaments bright purplish-pink;
anthers light yellow.
leg.. George Eiten and Liene T. Eiten, no. 4138®
Herbario
UEC
Revisionary and phylogenetic studies of
Mimosa ser. Leiocarpae Benth.
Rev!: Juliana Santos Silva
°¿»/ X3 72010
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Cited as Mimosa vemuosa Bfflfc.
by Bameby, Mem. NYBG 65.1991.
Distributed by the Instituto de Botànica, Sáo Paulo
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