Fabaceae
Mimosa

Mimosa albida Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1030 (1806)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Venezuela and Peru. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and nervous system disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Mauritius, Réunion

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forero, E. & Castellanos, C. (eds.) (2019). Estudios en Leguminosas Colombianas 3: 1-398. Academia Colombiana de ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 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.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • S.Calderon & P.C.Standley (1944). Lista Preliminar de las plantas de El Salvador, ed. 2: 1-450. Ediciones culturales de la universidad de El Salvador.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Polhill, R, M. (1990). Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a
  • 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?
Jul 31, 2023 Lewis, G. ; Whaley, O. ; Orellana, A. ; Moat, J. ; Ovstebo, G. ; Zuniga, V. ; Bailetti, M. [GPL-3882] Peru K001639687 Yes
Jul 31, 2023 Lewis, G. ; Whaley, O. ; Orellana, A. ; Moat, J. ; Ovstebo, G. ; Zuniga, V. ; Bailetti, M. [GPL-3882] Peru K001639688 Yes
Jul 31, 2023 Lewis, G. ; Whaley, O. ; Orellana, A. ; Moat, J. ; Ovstebo, G. ; Zuniga, V. ; Bailetti, M. [GPL-3891] Peru K001639683 Yes
Jul 31, 2023 Lewis, G. ; Whaley, O. ; Orellana, A. ; Moat, J. ; Ovstebo, G. ; Zuniga, V. ; Bailetti, M. [GPL-3891] Peru K001639684 Yes
Jul 31, 2023 Lewis, G. ; Whaley, O. ; Orellana, A. ; Moat, J. ; Ovstebo, G. ; Zuniga, V. ; Bailetti, M. [GPL-3895] Peru K001639660 Yes
Jul 31, 2023 Lewis, G. ; Whaley, O. ; Orellana, A. ; Moat, J. ; Ovstebo, G. ; Zuniga, V. ; Bailetti, M. [GPL-3895] Peru K001639661 Yes
Sep 1, 2009 Amith, J.; Santiago, R. [1104] Mexico K000661890 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Tenorio, C.G.; Manríquez, G.I. [2043] Mexico K000654879 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Cruz Espinosa, C.A.; Juárez García, G. [1977] Mexico K000503903 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Cruz Espinosa, C.A.; Cruz, M.A.B.; López O.R. [1750] Mexico K000503901 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Cruz Espinosa, C.A.; Cruz, M.A.B.; López O.R. [1807] Mexico K000503900 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Cruz Espinosa, C.A.; Juárez García, G. [1896] Mexico K000503902 Yes
Oct 1, 1999 Lewis, G.P.; Klitgaard, B.B. [3076] Ecuador K001473821 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Lozada, L. [780] Mexico K000503905 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Chan, C.; Puch, A. [6518] Mexico K000503916 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Salinas T., A.; Martínez Correa, E. [6274] Mexico K000503915 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Arsène, G. [3487] Mexico K000503882 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Arsène, G. [s.n.] Mexico K000503883 Yes
Jan 1, 1937 Matuda, E. [21] Mexico K000503880 Yes
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [733] Mexico K000503890 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [1415] Mexico K000117724 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [1841 bis] Mexico K000503895 No
Andrieux [402] Mexico K000503946 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [6540] Mexico K000117726 Yes
Rosas R., M. [11] Mexico K000503912 Yes
Galleotti, H. [373] Mexico K000503886 Yes
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [9424] Mexico K000117729 Yes
Velazquez L., C. [155] Mexico K000503911 Yes
Kerber, E. [353] Mexico K000503894 No
Barnes, C.R.; Land, W.J.G. [328] Mexico K000503888 Yes
Linden, J. [683] Mexico K000503948 Yes
Orellana, A. ; Capcha, J. ; Quispe, Y. ; Chipa, J. ; Whaley, O. [AO-1290] Peru K001639973 Yes
MACQUEEN, D.J. [259] Mexico K000503908 Yes
Botteri [677/854] Mexico K000503921 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [1642] Mexico K000117725 Yes
Velazquez, E. [530] Mexico K000503922 Yes
Beechy [s.n.] Mexico K000503897 No
Orcutt, C.R. [3363] Mexico K000503899 Yes
Meisner [107] Mexico K000503884 Yes
Galeotti, H. [3329] Mexico K000503949 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [10639] Mexico K000117731 Yes
Diego, N.; Beltran, A. [6076] Mexico K000503906 Yes
Hernandez, A.,, C. [221] Mexico K000503910 Yes
Sinclair [s.n.] Mexico K000503898 No
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [733] Mexico K000503881 Yes
Botteri [676/854] Mexico K000503920 Yes
Botteri [674/854] Mexico K000503919 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [26305] Mexico K000503887 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [10640] Mexico K000117730 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [11485] Mexico K000117728 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [9761] Mexico K000503889 Yes
Bates, M. [s.n.] Mexico K000503947 Yes
Nee, M. [22987] Mexico K000503914 Yes
Tenorio L., P.; Romero de T., C. [9010] Mexico K000503924 Yes
Monroy, L. [34] Mexico K000503909 Yes
Sanders, A.C.; Charlton, D.; Garcia R.I.; Phillips, B.; Vazquez [10873] Mexico K000503917 Yes
Martínez, E.; Ramos, C.H.; Lombera, R. [25957] Mexico K000503923 Yes
Sousa, M.; Schubert, B.G.; Rudd, V.E. [4980] Mexico K000503913 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [2867] Mexico K000503893 No
Gaumer, G.F. [2244] Mexico K000503918 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [2867] Mexico K000503896 No
Soto Núñez, J.C.; Silva, G. [10466] Mexico K000503907 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [11971] Mexico K000117727 Yes
Botteri [675/854] Mexico K000503885 Yes
n/a K001473757 Yes
n/a K001473758 Yes
n/a K001473759 Yes
n/a K001473760 Yes
n/a K001473761 Yes
n/a K001473762 Yes
n/a K001473763 Yes
n/a K001473764 Yes
n/a K001473765 Yes
n/a K001473766 Yes
n/a K001473767 Yes
n/a K001473768 Yes
n/a K001473769 Yes
n/a K001473770 Yes
n/a K001473771 Yes
Peru K001473772 Yes
Peru K001473773 Yes
Peru K001473774 Yes
Peru K001473775 Yes
Peru K001473776 Yes
Peru K001473777 Yes
Peru K001473778 Yes
Peru K001473779 Yes
Ecuador K001473780 Yes
Ecuador K001473781 Yes
Ecuador K001473782 Yes
Ecuador K001473783 Yes
Ecuador K001473784 Yes
Ecuador K001473785 Yes
n/a K001473786 Yes
n/a K001473787 Yes
n/a K001473788 Yes
n/a K001473789 Yes
n/a K001473790 Yes
n/a K001473791 Yes
n/a K001473792 Yes
n/a K001473793 Yes
n/a K001473794 Yes
n/a K001473795 Yes
n/a K001473796 Yes
n/a K001473797 Yes
Peru, Venezuela K001473798 Yes
Peru, Venezuela K001473799 Yes
Peru, Venezuela K001473800 Yes
Peru, Venezuela K001473801 Yes
Peru, Venezuela K001473802 Yes
Peru, Venezuela K001473803 Yes
Peru, Venezuela K001473804 Yes
Peru, Venezuela K001473805 Yes
Ecuador K001473806 Yes
Ecuador K001473807 Yes
Ecuador K001473808 Yes
Ecuador K001473809 Yes
Ecuador K001473810 Yes
Ecuador K001473811 Yes
Ecuador K001473812 Yes
Ecuador K001473813 Yes
Ecuador K001473814 Yes
Ecuador K001473815 Yes
Ecuador K001473816 Yes
Ecuador K001473817 Yes
Ecuador K001473818 Yes
Ecuador K001473819 Yes
Ecuador K001473820 Yes
Ecuador K001473821 Yes
n/a K001473822 Yes
n/a K001473823 Yes
n/a K001473824 Yes
n/a K001473825 Yes
n/a K001473826 Yes
n/a K001473827 Yes
n/a K001473828 Yes
n/a K001473829 Yes
Colombia K001473830 Yes
Colombia K001473831 Yes
Colombia K001473832 Yes
Colombia K001473833 Yes
n/a K001473834 Yes
n/a K001473835 Yes
n/a K001473836 Yes
n/a K001473837 Yes
n/a K001473838 Yes
n/a K001473839 Yes
n/a K001473840 Yes
n/a K001473841 Yes
n/a K001473842 Yes
n/a K001473843 Yes
n/a K001473844 Yes
Peru K001473845 Yes
Peru K001473846 Yes
Ecuador K001473847 Yes
Ecuador K001473848 Yes
Ecuador K001473849 Yes
Ecuador K001473850 Yes
n/a K001473851 Yes
n/a K001473852 Yes
n/a K001473853 Yes
n/a K001473854 Yes
n/a K001473855 Yes
n/a K001473856 Yes
n/a K001473857 Yes
n/a K001473858 Yes
n/a K001473859 Yes
n/a K001473860 Yes
n/a K001473861 Yes
n/a K001473862 Yes
n/a K001473863 Yes
n/a K001473864 Yes
n/a K001473865 Yes
n/a K001473866 Yes
n/a K001473867 Yes
Peru K001473868 Yes
Peru K001473869 Yes

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