Mimosa hypoglauca var. hypoglauca

Title

Mimosa hypoglauca var. hypoglauca

Author(s)

Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Mimosa hypoglauca Mart. var. hypoglauca

Description

394a. Mimosa hypoglauca Martius var. hypoglauca. M. hypoglauca Martius, 1838, l.c., sens. str.—"Crescit in deserto Minarum inter Bananal et vicum Formigas, et alibi, et prope Caieteté, in provinciae Bahiensis mediterraneis."—Lectotypus, Martius 1512, ex parte, labelled: "ad Serra de San Antonio et alibi Serro Frio . . .", cited by Bentham, 1876: 338, M! = F Neg. 6186! syntypus, Martius 1512, ex parte, labelled "in silvis ad Caieteté et in deserto Serro Frio.", M!—A third specimen from Caieteté (M!) was correctly identified by Bentham as M. xanthocentra var. subsericea.

M. hypoglauca sensu Bentham, 1875: 405; sensu Lewis, 1987, fig. 9N.

Lfts of pinnae 30-47-jug., narrowly lance-oblong, the larger ones ±6.5-8.5 x 1.3-2 mm, 3.5-5 times as long as wide, facially glabrous, the blades mostly 2(-3)-nerved from pulvinule, the midrib dividing blade 1:2.5-3; capitula and pod as given in key to varieties.

In cerrado and campo rupestre, 950-1300 m, local on and near crest of Chapada Diamantina and Sa. do Espinhaço from e. slope of Pico de Almas near 13°30'S in Bahia s. to ±18°30'S in n.-centr. Minas Gerais (Grão Mogol, Francisco Sa, Buenópolis).—Fl. VII-IX, XII-III, the full season not documented.