Mimosa xanthocentra subsp. tremula (Benth.) Barneby

  • 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 subsp. tremula (Benth.) Barneby

  • Type

    384/III. Mimosa xanthocentra Martius subsp. tremula (Bentham) Barneby, stat. nov. M. tremula Bentham, J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 380. 1841. — Typus sub var. sequente indicatur.

  • Synonyms

    Mimosa tremula Benth.

  • Description

    Subspecies Description - Like subsp. subsericea except for hispid indumentum of stems, dorsal rib of pinna-rachises, and peduncles, the cauline setae widely ascending, horizontal, or declined below middle and thence incurved, the longer ones 1.5-6 mm; petioles except randomly near base of stem less than 1 cm, the upper ones often reduced to pulvinus or almost so; rachis of pinnae (deflected from petiole in most dry specimina) 2-8.5(-9) cm; lfts of longer pinnae (20-)25-37-jug.

  • Discussion