Mimosa floridana (Chapman) Weakley & Flores-Cruz. Common name: Florida Sensitive-briar. Phenology: Apr-Sep. Habitat: Xeric longleaf pine sandhills and other dry, sandy habitats. Distribution: A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: s. GA south to s. FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: This taxon is distinct at the specific level from M. quadrivalvis (Flores-Cruz et al. 2004; Weakley & Flores-Cruz 2017).
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, POWO, Weakley & Flores-Cruz (2017) in Weakley et al (2017); = Leptoglottis floridana (Chapm.) Small ex Britton & Rose — S; = Mimosa quadrivalvis L. var. floridana (Chapm.) Barneby — Fl3, FNA11.1, NS, WH3, Barneby (1991), Isely (1998); = Schrankia floridana Chapm. = Schrankia microphylla (Dryand.) J.F.Macbr. var. floridana (Chapm.) Isely — SE3. Basionym: Schrankia floridana Chapm. 1892
Links to other floras: = Mimosa quadrivalvis var. floridana - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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