Mimosa candollei Grether (2000: 34)

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 : 265

42. Mimosa candollei Grether (2000: 34) . ( Fig. 7D )

Distribution: In Brazil it occurs throughout the counrty except in the state of Rio Grande do Sul ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Foz do Iguaçu area.

Reproductive period: It flowers and fruits all year long ( Peterle et al. 2015). In ParNa Iguaçu it was found with flowers and fruits in May.

Diagnostic characteristics: The species is recognized by being a decumbent, herbaceous plant with stems bearing prickles, bipinnate leaves, flowers with pinkish stamens and fruits up to 4 mm wide.

Conservation: Native-NE

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 11 May 2017, (fl., fr.), M.G. Caxambu 7802 ( ASE, 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.