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Calliandropsis nervosus (Britton & Rose) H. M. Hern. & P. Guinet

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Anneslia nervosa Britton & Rose, sp. nov
A low shrub, the twigs pubescent when young, glabrate when old, gray or brown, often short and spur-like. Leaves very small; stipules ovate, acute, persistent; petioles 2-3 mm. long; pinnae 1 pair, about 1 cm. long or shorter; leaflets S-7 pairs, linear, 1-2 mm. long, dull, strongly nerved beneath, obtuse, puberulent, somewhat ciliate; legume slender, 5-6 cm. long, 2-4 mm. broad, puberulent, obtuse.
Tehuacan, Puebla, September 12, 1906, /. N. Rose and J. S. Rose 11416.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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