Mimosa distachya var. laxiflora (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 distachya var. laxiflora (Benth.) Barneby

  • Type

    31b. Mimosa distachya Cavanilles var. laxiflora (Bentham) Barneby, stat. nov. M. laxiflora Bentham, London J. Bot 5: 93. 1846.—"Sonora alta, Mexico, Coulter"—Holotypus, K!

  • Synonyms

    Mimosa laxiflora Benth.

  • Description

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    Variety Description - Characters as given in key to varieties.

    Distribution and Ecology - On dry stony hillsides and along desert washes below 350 m, in thorn forest and with arborescent cacti, widespread over plains and foothills of Sonora, Mexico, extending n. into the Gila Desert in Arizona (Pima Co.) and s. into the Fuerte valley in n. Sinaloa and adj. Chihuahua, in Sinaloa fading into var. distachya.— Fl. VII- IX. — Gatuha(s).

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  • Distribution

    Mexico North America| Chihuahua Mexico North America| Sonora Mexico North America| Sinaloa Mexico North America| United States of America North America| Arizona United States of America North America|