Mimosa extensa var. extensa

Title

Mimosa extensa var. extensa

Authors

Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Mimosa extensa Benth.

Description

8a. Mimosa extensa Bentham var. extensa. M. extensa Bentham, 1842, l.c.—"Brazil, Sello, a single specimen."—Holotypus, Sello 151, K (hb. Hook.)!; presumed isotypus, Sello 2250 from Magé, ⁺B = F Neg. 13181.

Leaf-stalks (3—)4.5—11 cm, the petiole (1.5-) 3-6.5 cm, the 1-2 interpinnal segments (1-) 1.5—3.5(—5) cm; rachis of pinnae (5-) 10-32 mm; lfts of lvs close below inflorescence (2.5-)3-6 x (1 —) 1.5—3 cm, of shade-lvs to 10 x 5 cm; otherwise as given in key to varieties.

Sarmentose at edge of humid Atlantic forest along and near the coast, between 17° and 23°S in s.e. Bahia (Mte. Pascoal), Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.—Fl IX-II(-?). Map 4.

A record from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais (iSchwacke 10394, RB) requires confirmation.