Mimosa invisa

Mimosa invisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Genus: Mimosa
Species: M. invisa
Binomial name
Mimosa invisa
Martius ex Colla

Mimosa invisa is a species of leguminous woody shrub or vine native to South America. Mimosa invisa includes two subspecies, each with two varieties:[1][2]

  • 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

References

  1. Rupert C. Barneby (1991). "Sensitivae censitae: a description of the genus Mimosa Linnaeus (Mimosaceae) in the New World" (PDF). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 65: 1–835.
  2. Edwin A. Balbarino, David M. Bates, & Zosimo M. de la Rosa (2010). "Improved Fallows using a Spiny Legume, Mimosa invisa Martius ex Colla, in Western Leyte, Philippines". In Malcolm Cairns. Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming. Routledge. ISBN 9781136522277.
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