Fabaceae
Mimosa

Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir.

First published in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 82 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Venezuela, NE. Brazil. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has social uses, as animal food and a medicine and for fuel.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Sumatera

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Forero, E. & Castellanos, C. (eds.) (2019). Estudios en Leguminosas Colombianas 3: 1-398. Academia Colombiana de ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

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
  • Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Nombres comunes de las plantas de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/es/
  • 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
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Barneby, R. C. (1991). Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 65. Sensitivae Censitae (Mimosa).
  • Lewis, G. P. (1987). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2012 Gomes, A.P.S.; Laurênio, A.; Tschá, M.C.; Inácio, E. [153] Brazil K000851130 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Silva, G.P.; Medeiros, A.C.S.; Way, M.; EMBRAPA; Kew Gardens [2441] Brazil K000090642 Yes
Apr 1, 1995 Carvalho, A.M.; Saunders, J. [2867] Brazil K000091197 Yes
Apr 1, 1995 Carvalho, A.M.; Saunders, J. [2867] Brazil K000091164 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Melo, E.; França, F. [1088] Brazil K000090653 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3944] Brazil K000090654 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Fraga, V.L.F. [3266] Brazil K000090652 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3533] Brazil K000091188 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3322] Brazil K000091186 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3415] Brazil K000091187 Yes
Sep 1, 1991 Lewis, G.P.; Andrade, S.M.M. [1871] Brazil K000090622 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21402] Brazil K000090628 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21416] Brazil K000090629 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18971] Brazil K000090633 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21416] Brazil K000090630 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Mori, S.; Santos, T.S.; Thompson, C.B. [11110] Brazil K000090626 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18971] Brazil K000090634 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19862] Brazil K000090632 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19862] Brazil K000090631 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21519] Brazil K000090635 Yes
Sep 1, 1990 Lima, H.C.; Faria, S.M.; Brito, H.S. [3871] Brazil K000090644 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Hatschbach, G.; Hatschbach, M.; Nicolack, V. [53356] Brazil K000090623 Yes
Nov 1, 1986 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Harley, F.B.Souza., R.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [5918] Brazil K000090648 Yes
Nov 1, 1986 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Harley, F.B.Souza., R.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [5737] Brazil K000090649 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Hatschbach, G.; Zelma, F.J. [50041] Brazil K000090636 Yes
Jul 1, 1985 Noblick, L.R. [2082] Brazil K000090624 Yes
Apr 1, 1985 Queiroz, L.P. [436] Brazil K000090651 Yes
Dec 1, 1984 Lewis, G.P.; Silva, R.M.; Pirai, J.R.; Furlan, A.; Harley, R.M. [CFCR7491] Brazil K000090650 Yes
Apr 1, 1984 Carvalho, A.M.; Barroso, G.M.; Bautista, H.P.; Lima, M.P.; Silva, L.A.M.; O Peixoto; Santos, A.V.P. [1919] Brazil K000090625 Yes
Apr 1, 1984 Carvalho, A.M.; Barroso, G.M.; Bautista, H.P.; Lima, M.P.; Silva, L.A.M.; O Peixoto; Santos, A.V.P. [1955] Brazil K000090627 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Anderson, W.R.; Stieber, M.; Kirkbride Jr, J.H. [36791] Brazil K000090643 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [4953] Brazil K000090641 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Tenorio L., P.; Torres C., R.; Romero de T., C. [3433] Mexico K000503742 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Ule, E. [6956] Brazil K000090639 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Drouet, F. [2434] Brazil K000090638 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P.; Pearson, H.P.N. [1127] Brazil K000090646 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Glaziou, A.F.M. [10623] Brazil K000851129 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P.; Pearson, H.P.N. [1076] Brazil K000090647 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Glaziou, A.F.M. [10629] Brazil K000851128 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Paula, J.E.; Alves, H. [1483] Brazil K000090640 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L. [841] Brazil K000090645 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Faria, E. [3] Brazil K000090637 Yes
Hughes, C.E. [522] Mexico K000503741 Yes
Marulanda, O.; Betancur, J. [2283] Colombia K001473540 Yes
Lima, D.P. [13147] Brazil K000090621 Type No
Torres C., R.; Cedillo Trigos, R. [68] Mexico K000503740 Yes
Panama K001473539 Yes
Colombia K001473540 Yes
Venezuela K001473541 Yes
Venezuela K001473542 Yes
Venezuela K001473543 Yes
Venezuela K001473544 Yes
Venezuela K001473545 Yes
Venezuela K001473546 Yes
Venezuela K001473547 Yes
Venezuela K001473548 Yes

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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
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    • 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/
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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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