Testa: M. microcharoides (P.H.W. Taubert) Schrire - left testa SEMs; M. tritoides (J.G. Baker) Schrire - right testa SEMs.
Seed, cotyledon, embryo, and testa: M. foetidus subsp. foetidus (Jacq.) M. Sousa & G. Andrade - bottom far left seed topography, top left cotyledon concealing all but radicle tip (L) and embryonic axis (R), bottom left center seeds, testa SEMs.
Fruit and seed: M. foetidus subsp. paraguensis (G. Bentham) M. Sousa & G. Andrade - left fruit, right seeds in situ; M. foetidus subsp. foetidus (Jacq.) M. Sousa & G. Andrade - center fruit cluster.
Fruit and seed: M. excelsum H.A.T. Harms - fruit (from Aubréville, 1970), seed with endocarp functioning as testa.
Cotyledon, embryo, and testa: M. excelsum H.A.T. Harms - embryo, cotyledons, magnification, and endocarp SEMs.
Fruit and seed: M. pinnata (C. Linneaus) S.G. Panigraphi - lower-left solitary fruit and lower-right group of 2 seeds; M. spp. - upper-left group of fruits and upper-right group of seeds.
Cotyledon and embryo: M. cinerea G. Bentham - left group of embryo and cotyledons; M. pinnata (C. Linneaus) S.G. Panigraphi - right group of embryo and cotyledons.
Testa: M. grandis (E.H.F. Meyer) H.C. Skeels - left group of testa SEMs; M. pinnata (C. Linneaus) S.G. Panigraphi - right group of testa SEMs.
Fruit and seed: M. acantholoba (C.L. von Willdenow) Poiret var. platycarpa R.C. Barneby - 1st row top fruit; M. aculeaticarpa var. aculeaticarpa Ortega - 3rd row 3rd image fruit; M. aspera M.E. Jones - 1st row bottom replum with several valve segments missing, 2nd row bottom seed in situ; M. bahamensis G. Bentham - 2nd row center fruit; M. depauperata G. Bentham - 3rd row top fruit; M. invisa C.F.P. von Martius ex Colla - 3rd row bottom fruit cluster; M. rhododactyla Robinson - 2nd row top replum with several valve segments missing; M. somnians Humboldt & Bonpland ex C.L. von Willdenow - 3rd row 2nd image fruit; M. weddelliana G. Bentham - 1st row center fruit.
Fruit and seed: M. aculeaticarpa Ortega var. biuncifera (G. Bentham) R.C. Barneby - 1st row 4th image fruit; M. borealis A. Gray - far right top fruit; M. dysocarpa G. Bentham - 1st row 3rd image fruit; M. malacophylla A. Gray - 1st row bottom replum with several valve segments missing; M. microcephala K.S. Kunth ex C.L. von Willdenow - 1st row top fruit; M. microphylla Sessé & Mociño - 1st row 2nd image fruit; M. obovata G. Bentham - 2nd row top seed in situ, 2nd row bottom fruit; M. rufescens G. Bentham var. amnis-nigri R.C. Barneby - 2nd row 3rd image fruit; M. spirocarpa N.E. Ross - 2nd row 2nd image fruit.
Seed: M. aculeaticarpa var. aculeaticarpa Ortega - fourth row top seed topography; M. andina G. Bentham - 2nd row top seed topography; M. camporum G. Bentham - 1st row bottom seed topography; M. galeottii G. Bentham - fifth row bottom seed topography; M. invisa C.F.P. von Martius ex Colla - 2nd row bottom seed topography; M. pigra C. Linnaeus - 4th row bottom seed topography; M. rubicaulis J.B.A.P. de M. de Lamarck - 3rd row top seed topography; M. scabrella G. Bentham - 1st row top seed topography, 3rd row bottom seed topography; M. spp. - 5th row top seeds.
![Cotyledon, embryo, and testa: M. andina G. Bentham - bottom left embryo; M. camporum G. Bentham - top right embryo; M. invisa C.F.P. von Martius ex Colla - top left embryo; M. pigra C. Linnaeus - bottom center embryo; M. rubicaulis J.B.A.P. de M. de Lamarck - bottom right embryo. [All embryos show cotyledons concealing all but radicle tip (L) and embryonic axis (R).]](images/Mimosa4.jpg)
Cotyledon, embryo, and testa: M. andina G. Bentham - bottom left embryo; M. camporum G. Bentham - top right embryo; M. invisa C.F.P. von Martius ex Colla - top left embryo; M. pigra C. Linnaeus - bottom center embryo; M. rubicaulis J.B.A.P. de M. de Lamarck - bottom right embryo. [All embryos show cotyledons concealing all but radicle tip (L) and embryonic axis (R).]
Fruit and seed: M. quadrivalvis (C. Linnaeus) var. angustata (Torrey & Gray) R.C. Barneby - top left center fruit cluster; M. quadrivalvis (C. Linnaeus) var. latidens (Small) R.C. Barneby - far right fruit cluster without valves; M. quadrivalvis (C. Linnaeus) var. leptocarpa (de Candolle) R.C. Barneby - top left seeds in situ, right center fruit without valves; M. quadrivalvis (C. Linnaeus) var. tetragona (Poiret) R.C. Barneby - bottom left fruit cluster with entire fruit and fruit without valves; M. quadrivalvis (C. Linnaeus) var. urbaniana R.C. Barneby - center fruit without valves.
Seed, cotyledon, embryo, and testa: M. quadrivalvis (C. Linnaeus) var. leptocarpa (de Candolle) R.C. Barneby - bottom left two seed topographies, top left cotyledon concealing about 2/3 of radicle (L) and embryonic axis (R), testa SEMS; M. spp. - bottom left center seeds.
Fruit and seed: M. insignis ( E. Hassler) R.C. Barneby - bottom and right center dehiscent fruits, left center valve segment within replum, top seed in situ.
Seed, cotyledon, embryo, and testa: M. insignis (E. Hassler) R.C. Barneby - top left cotyledons concealing all but tip of radicle (L) and embryonic axis (R), left center seed topography, bottom left seeds, testa SEMs.
Fruit and seed: M. carinatus (A.H.R. Grisebach) A.E. Burkart - left fruiting branch, bottom right seed in situ.
Seed, cotyledon, embryo, and testa: M. carinatus (A.H.R. Grisebach) A.E. Burkart - top left cotyledon concealing all but radicle tip (L) and embryonic axis (R), bottom left seeds, testa SEMs.
Authors: J.H. Kirkbride, Jr., C.R. Gunn, A.L. Weitzman, M.J. Dallwitz, K.R. Thiele
Content last updated April 2003
Released April 2024 on idtools.org
