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The genus Mimosa (Mimosaceae) in Bahia, Brazil: New taxa and nomenclatural adjustments

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Preliminary to a second edition of Checklist of the Leguminosae of Bahia by G. P. Lewis (K), 15 new species and seven new varieties of Mimosa are described, and nine new nomenclatural combinations are proposed. The relationship of each new entity is consideredl; 16 are illustrated. Some special terms adapted to the description of Mimosa are defined.

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    Rupert C. Barneby

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Barneby, R.C. The genus Mimosa (Mimosaceae) in Bahia, Brazil: New taxa and nomenclatural adjustments. Brittonia 37, 125–153 (1985). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806089

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