Mimosa prionopus Barneby (1991: 611)

Rauber, Cristiane Ritter, Lima, Laura Cristina Pires, Caxambu, Marcelo Galeazzi & Temponi, Lívia Godinho, 2021, Synopsis of Leguminosae from Iguaçu National Park, Paraná, Brazil, Phytotaxa 501 (2), pp. 245-280 : 266

44. Mimosa prionopus Barneby (1991: 611) . ( Fig. 7E )

Distribution: The species is endemic to Brazil, occurring only in the state of Paraná ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Céu Azul area.

Reproductive period: In ParNa Iguaçu it was found with fruits in April.

Diagnostic characteristics: Decumbent subshrubs recognized by a combination of characteristics: only one pair of pinnae, flowers with pinkish stamens and fruits with urticating trichomes.

Conservation: Native-NE

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 1, Céu Azul , 06 April 2018, (fr.), M.G. Caxambu 8076 ( HCF) .

Figures

FIGURE 7. A: Machaerium paraguariense, branch; B: Machaerium stipitatum, branch with fruit; C: Mimosa bimucronata, branch with fruit; D: Mimosa candollei, fruit; E: Mimosa prionopus, fruit; F: Mucuna urens, fruit; G: Muellera campestris, branch with inflorescence; H: Myrocarpus frondosus, branch with inflorescence; I: Nissolia brasiliensis, branch with flower and fruit; J: Peltophorum dubium, fruit.