Comprehensive Description
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由North American Flora提供
Mimosa invisa Mart. Flora 20: Beibl. 2: 121. 1837
Sckrankia brachycarpa Benth. Journ. Bot. Hook. 2: 130. 1840. Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright; Sauvalle. Anales Acad. Habana 5: 405. 1869. Morongia pilosa Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 105. 1916. Schrankia pilosa Macbride, Contr. Gray Herb. 59: 11. 1919.
A woody clambering vine, 1-2 m. long, the branches angled, with numerous, short reflexcd prickles, pilose or glabrous. Pinnae 4-8 pairs; petiole and rachis more or less prickly; leaflets many pairs, oblong-linear, 3-5 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide, glabrous on both sides, ciliate; peduncles about 1 cm. long, or shorter; flowers in dense heads; calyx and corolla glabrous; stamens 8, twice as many as the corolla-lobes, purplish; legume linear-oblong, 1-2.5 cm. long, 5—6 mm. wide, short-setose on the valves and margin, more or less pubescent, sessile, 3-5jointed.
Type locality: Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.
Distribution: Jamaica; Cuba; Hispaniola; Trinidad; Tepic and Veracruz to Panama, Colombia and Brazil.
- 書目引用
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Physical Description
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由USDA PLANTS text提供
Perennial, Shrubs, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, 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 hairy on one or both surfaces, Flowers solitary in axils, or appearing solitary, Inflorescences globose heads, capitate or subcapitate, Inflorescence axillary, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals united, valvate, Petals white, Petals pinkish to rose, Petals blue, lavander to purple, or violet, Imperfect flowers present, dioecious or polygamodioecious, Stamens 9-10, Fertile stamens 6-8, Stamens completely free, separate, Stamens long exserted, Filaments glabrous, Filaments pink or red, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit strongly curved, falcate, bent, or lunate, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit spiny, bur-like, with hooked bristles o r prickles, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seed with elliptical line or depression, pleurogram, Seeds subquadrate, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.
Mimosa invisa: Brief Summary
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Mimosa invisa is a species of leguminous woody shrub or vine native to South America. Mimosa invisa includes two subspecies, each with two varieties: The species is considered to be noxious and invasive in much of the United States.
Mimosa invisa Martius ex Colla Mimosa invisa invisa Barneby Mimosa invisa invisa var. invisa Barneby - native to
Brazil and
Paraguay Mimosa invisa invisa var. macrostachya (Bentham) Barneby - native to
Brazil and
Paraguay Mimosa invisa spiciflora (Karsten) Barneby Mimosa invisa spiciflora var. spiciflora Barneby - native to northern
South America Mimosa invisa spiciflora var. tovarensis (Bentham) Barneby - native to
Venezuela