Mimosa pigra Linnaeus (1755:13)

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

43. Mimosa pigra Linnaeus (1755:13) . ( Fig. 6G and H )

Distribution: It occurs in Argentina and Paraguay ( Barneby 1991); in Brazil it occurs throughout the country 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: In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in May and October and in fruit in October and December.

Diagnostic characteristics: Shrubs with bipinnate leaves easily recognized by the prickles between each pair of pinnae, stamens of a pinkish color and fruits with brown trichomes.

Conservation: Native-NE.

Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 11 November 2018, (fl.), C.R. Rauber et al. 188 ( EVB, UNOP) .

Figures

FIGURE 6.A:Lonchocarpus cultratus, flower; Band C:Machaerium hirtum:B: branch withinflorescence;C:fruit;D: Macropsychanthus violaceus, flower; E and F: Macroptilium erythroloma: E: inflorescence; F: infructescence; G and H: Mimosa pigra: G: branch with inflorescence; H: infructescence; I and J: Mucuna urens: I: branch with inflorescence; J: inflorescence; K: Parapiptadenia rigida, branch with fruit; L: Schnella microstachya, fruit. (Rauber CR 2018)