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Mimosa
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Herbs or shrubs; stems armed with prickles. Leaves 2-pinnate, sensitive (in ours). Inflorescences of ovoid or subspherical heads which are axillary or arranged in clusters. Flowers bisexual or male. Calyx very small. Corolla gamopetalous, (3-)4(-6)-lobed. Pods flat, bristly or prickly (in ours), splitting transversely into 1-seeded segments.
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Peren nial, Shrubs, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems prostrate, trailing, or mat forming, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems 1-2 m tall, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Trunk or stems armed with thorns, spines or prickles, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Stems with hooked uncinate hairs or prickles, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves bipinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Flowers solitary in axils, or appearing solitary, Flowers in axillary clusters or few-floweredracemes, 2-6 flowers, Inflorescences globose heads, capitate or subcapitate, Inflorescence axillary, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals united, valvate, Petals white, Imperfect flowers present, dioecious or polygamodioecious, Stamens 9-10, Stamens completely free, separate, Stamens long exserted, Filaments glabrous, Filaments pink or red, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit spiny, bur-like, with hooked bristles or prickles, Fruit beaked, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seed with elliptical line or depression, pleurogram, Seeds subquadrate, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.
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Type fragment for Mimosa biuncifera Benth.
Catalog Number: US 1209591
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): K. Hartweg
Year Collected: 1839
Locality: E of Monserrat, Mexico, Central America
- Type fragment: Bentham, G. 1839. Pl. Hartw. 12.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
Mimosa
Hierbas o arbustos erectos o escandentes; tallos espinosos. Hojas alternas, bipinnadas; pinnas opuestas; folíolos pequeños, numerosos, opuestos; pecíolos y raquis sin glándulas nectaríferas; estípulas diminutas, deciduas o persistentes; estipelas diminutas o ausentes. Flores bisexuales o estaminadas, actinomorfas, producidas en cabezuelas, solitarias o agrupadas en racimos axilares o terminales; brácteas pequeñas, usualmente más cortas que la corola. Cáliz diminuto, hipocrateriforme, coronado por 5 diminutos sépalos; corola amarilla o rosada, infundibuliforme, con 3-6 lóbulos; estambres tan numerosos como el numero o el doble del numero de pétalos, exertos, los filamentos libres; ovario súpero, unicarpelar, estipitado, con varios óvulos, el estilo filiforme, el estigma punctiforme. Fruto una legumbre oblonga, cartácea, comprimida, margen usualmente espinoso, indehiscente o dehiscente por desprendimiento del margen engrosado para liberar las semillas; semillas comprimidas, lenticulares u ovadas. Género con alrededor de 450 especies, con distribución pantropical, en su mayoría del neotrópico.
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
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Comments: Dry soil on mesas and rocky slopes, commonly in chaparral, 3000-6000 ft.
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United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
Mimosa
Erect or scandent herbs or shrubs; stems spiny. Leaves alternate, bipinnate; pinnae opposite; leaflets small, numerous, opposite; petioles and rachis without nectariferous glands; stipules minute, deciduous or persistent; stipels minute or absent. Flowers bisexual or staminate, produced in heads, solitary or grouped in axillary or terminal racemes; bracts small, usually shorter than the corolla. Calyx minute, hypocrateriform, crowned by 5 minute sepals; corolla yellow or pink, infundibuliform, with 3-6 lobes (petals); stamens as numerous as or double the number of petals, exserted, the filaments free; ovary superior, stipitate, with several ovules, the style filiform, the stigma punctiform. Fruit an oblong legume, chartaceous, flattened, indehiscent or dehiscent by the walls that separate from the thickened margin, usually spiny; seeds flattened, lenticular or ovate. A genus of about 450 species, of pantropical distribution, the majority of the Neotropics.
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
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