Fabaceae
Mimosa
Mimosa pigra

Mimosa pigra var. pigra

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 11(1): 1-541. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forero, E. & Castellanos, C. (eds.) (2019). Estudios en Leguminosas Colombianas 3: 1-398. Academia Colombiana de ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales.

Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
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  • da Silva e Silva, W.L., Cajueiro Gurgel, E.S., Moreira dos Santos, J.U. & Falcão da Silva, M. (2013). Inventário e distribuição geográfica de Leguminosae no arquipélago de Marajó, PA, Brazil. Hoehnea 40: 627-647.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Stevens, W. D., et al. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua, 85(2)... Missouri Bot. Gard. Press

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2006 Martínez Feria, A.; Ruíz Albanil, P. [309] Mexico K000503828 No
Mar 1, 1995 Gardner, G. [983] Brazil K000090955 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Barros, C.S.S.; Lemos, R.P.L.; Bayma, I.A.; Moura, F.B.P. [84] Brazil K000090956 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [5636] Brazil K000864094 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Burchell, W.J. [9915] Brazil K000864085 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000090957 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Kerr, J.G. [6] K000864087 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Regnell, A.F. [507] Brazil K000864097 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5349] Brazil K000864099 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Burchell, W.J. [8573] Brazil K000864086 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Blanchet, J.S. [s.n.] Brazil K000091211 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000864096 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Mexia, Y.E.J. [4181] Brazil K000864098 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Pinheiro, R.S. [1182] Brazil K000090954 No
Mar 1, 1995 Pires, J.M.; Cavalcante, P.B. [52452] Brazil K000864088 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Burchell, W.J. [7678] Brazil K000864095 Yes
Mar 1, 1995 Lewis, G.P.; Carvalho, A.M. [779] Brazil K000090958 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3656] Brazil K000090961 No
Jan 1, 1991 Ayala, MA., Guadalupe [146] Mexico K000503835 No
Jan 1, 1991 Smith, H.H. [299] Colombia K001473648 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Lewis, G.P.; Carvalho, A.M. [1032] Brazil K000090959 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Harley, F.B.Souza., R.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [5878] Brazil K000090960 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Krukoff, B.A. [1250] Brazil K000864104 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Cedillo Trigos, R. [3554] Mexico K000503847 No
Chan, C.; Puch, A. [6594] Mexico K000503838 No
Chan, C. [3745] Mexico K000503834 No
González Ortega, J. [5500] Mexico K000503829 No
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6728] Brazil K000864101 Yes
Palmer, E. [157] Mexico K000503844 No
Gillett, John [113315] Mexico K000503823 No
Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G.; Monteiro, O.P. [9505] Brazil K000864092 Yes
Hassler, E.; Rojas, T. [2369] Paraguay K000532561 Type Yes
Rothschild, B.M.; Ayala, M.G.; Vazquez C.S. [171] Mexico K000503836 No
González Ortega, J. [5532] Mexico K000503839 No
Burchell [9521] Brazil K001078061 Yes
Puch, A.; Flores, J.S. [1474] Mexico K000503849 No
Sousa, M.; Schubert, B.G.; Rudd, V.E. [4988] Mexico K000503848 No
Luetzelburg, P. [26794] Brazil K000864110 Yes
González Ortega, J. [6034] Mexico K000503840 No
Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D. [2043] Brazil K000864105 Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [193] Brazil K000864084 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6739] Brazil K000864093 Yes
González Ortega, J. [5574] Mexico K000503832 No
Hinton, G.B. [10232] Mexico K000117720 No
Turrubiarte, Nuria [127] Mexico K000503837 No
Vargas, A.; Ochoa, S. [1345] Mexico K000503831 No
Lewis, G.P. [1571] Brazil K000864109 Yes
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [5653] Mexico K000503830 No
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6164] Brazil K000864100 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5472] Brazil K000864091 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [3165] Brazil K000864108 Yes
Berg, C.C.; Henderson, A.J. [662] Brazil K000864106 Yes
Lima, H.C.; Daly, D.; Lima, R.P. [2756] Brazil K000864107 Yes
Lozada, L. [33] Mexico K000503842 No
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6618] Brazil K000864103 Yes
Lozada, L. [264] Mexico K000503841 No
Turrubiarte, Nuria [126] Mexico K000503846 No
Krukoff, B.A. [6739] Brazil K000864102 Yes
Archer, W.A. [8126] Brazil K000864090 Yes
Langlassé, E. [143] Mexico K000503843 No
Egler, W.A.; Irwin, H.S. [46081] Brazil K000864089 Yes
Palmer, E. [1057] Mexico K000503845 No
Cabrera C., E.; Cabrera, H., de [2365] Mexico K000503833 No
Jan 1, 1994 Amorim, A.M.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Jardim, J.G.; Santos, E.B. [1502] Brazil Mimosa pellita K000091198 Yes

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