Comprehensive Description
(
Anglèis
)
fornì da North American Flora
Painteria leptophylla (Cav.) Britton & Rose
Mimosa leptophylla Cav. " Elench. Hort. Matrit. 1803 "; Lag. Gen. & Sp. Nov. 16. 1816. Acacia leptophylla DC. Cat. PI. Hort. Monsp. 74. 1813. Inga leptophylla Lag. Gen. & Sp. Nov. 16. 1816. Pilhecolobium Palmeri Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 3: 50. 1880. Pilhecolobium Palmeri recttrvum S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 23: 272. 1888. Pilhecolobium leptophyllum Daveau, Bull. Soc. Bot. France S9: 635. 1912.
A low shrub with twisted branches clothed with spreading hairs. Pinnae 3-6 pairs; leaflets 5-15 pairs, oblong, more or less pubescent when yomig, ciliate, 1.5-3 mm. long; peduncles 1-2 cm. long, often in clusters, pubescent; calyx 2 mm. long, the teeth pubescent; corolla 3-4 mm. long, glabrous except the lanate teeth; stamens numerous, short, united below into a short tube; legume 10-12 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. broad, often much curved, pubescent at first but often glabrate in age.
Type locality: Mexico.
Distribution: Chihuahua to Durango and Mexico.
- sitassion bibliogràfica
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
