Fabaceae
Mimosa

Mimosa leimonias Barneby & Fortunato

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 65: 566 (1991)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (SW. Mato Grosso do Sul) to E. Paraguay. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil West-Central, Paraguay

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Morales, M., Ribas, O.S. & Fortunato, R.H. (2015). Increasing reports in Mimosa (Mimosoideae, Leguminosae) for the Brazilian flora. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 50: 221-233.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Morales, M., Ribas, O.S. & Fortunato, R.H. (2015). Increasing reports in Mimosa (Mimosoideae, Leguminosae) for the Brazilian flora. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 50: 221-233.

Other Data

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Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0