Mimosa frontispiece
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Title
Mimosa frontispiece
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Creator(s)
B. Angell
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Publisher
The New York Botanical Garden Press
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Description
FRONTISPIECE. Four species of Mimosa, demonstrating part of the wide range of life-form in the genus. A-C. M. (sect. Habbasia) cryptothamnos Barneby, a virgate subshrub of campo rupestre in central Goias: A. Habit x 1/3; B. leaflet, ventral view x 3; Flower + bract x 5 (all from Irwin 24674). D-G. M. (sect. Batocaulon) sericantha Bentham, an arborescent shrub of cerrado on the Brazilian Planalto: D. Flowering branchlet x 1/2; E. Leaflet, dorsal view x2; F. Flower x4; G. Pods x 1/2 (D, E from Irwin 14811, F, G from Irwin 14392). H-K. M. (sect. Mimosa) uniceps Barneby, a dwarf subshrub of campo rupestre in central Minas Gerais: H. Habit xl/2; I. Leaflet, dorsal view x3; J. Flower + bract x5; K. Seed x2 (all from Irwin 22527). L-O. M. (sect. Mimosa) viva Linnaeus, a creeping herb of lowland savanna in the Greater Antilles: L. Habit x 1/2; M. Leaflet, dorsal view x 5; N. Flower + bract x 5; O. Pod, showing adventitious rootlets x 5. (L, M, N from Pollard 247; O from León 8553.)
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Taxonomy
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License Statement
Image may not be reproduced without the permission of The New York Botanical Garden Press and Bobbi Angell.
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