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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Mimosa

Hierarchical position of the Genus Mimosa

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Mimosaceae R. Br. in Flinders pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 551. 19 Jul 1814.       Subfamilia  Mimosoideae (R. Br.) DC. pub. Prodr. 2: 424. mid Nov 1825.       Tribus  Mimoseae Bronn pub. Form. Pl. Legumin.: 78, 127, 130. 1822.       Subtribus  Mimosinae Benth. pub. J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 128. Apr 1840.       Genus  Mimosa L. pub. (1753) common name: sensitive plant

Named members of the Genus Mimosa

1	Species  aculeaticarpa Ortega
	2    Varietas  biuncifera (Benth.) Barneby common name: catclaw mimosa
3	Species  arenosa (Willd.) Poir. common name: elegant mimosa
4	Species  asperata L. common name: Puerto Rico sensitive-briar
5	Species  biuncifera Benth.
	6    Varietas  glabrescens Gray syn. Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera 7    Varietas  lindheimeri (Gray) B.L. Robins. syn. Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera
8	Species  borealis Gray
	9    Varietas  texana Gray syn. Mimosa texana
10	Species  casta L. common name: graceful mimosa
11	Species  ceratonia L. common name: black ambret
12	Species  cyclocarpa Jacq. syn. Enterolobium cyclocarpum
13	Species  diplotricha C. Wright ex Sauvalle common name: giant false sensitive plant
14	Species  dysocarpa Benth.
	15    Varietas  wrightii (Gray) Kearney & Peebles syn. Mimosa dysocarpa
16	Species  ebano Berl. syn. Ebenopsis ebano
17	Species  emoryana Benth. common name: Emory's mimosa
18	Species  farnesiana L. syn. Acacia farnesiana
19	Species  grahamii Gray
	20    Varietas  lemmonii (Gray) Kearney & Peebles syn. Mimosa grahamii
21	Species  hystricina (Small ex Britt. & Rose) B.L. Turner
22	Species  illinoensis Michx. syn. Desmanthus illinoensis
23	Species  ingoides L.C. Rich. syn. Inga ingoides
24	Species  invisa Mart., non Mart. ex Colla syn. Mimosa diplotricha
25	Species  latidens (Small) B.L. Turner common name: Kairn's sensitive-briar
26	Species  laxiflora Benth. common name: Arizona mimosa
27	Species  lebbeck L. syn. Albizia lebbeck
28	Species  leucocephala Lam. syn. Leucaena leucocephala
29	Species  lindheimeri Gray syn. Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera
30	Species  malacophylla Gray common name: softleaf mimosa
31	Species  microphylla Dry. common name: littleleaf sensitive-briar
32	Species  muricata L. syn. Acacia muricata
33	Species  nilotica L. syn. Acacia nilotica
34	Species  nuttallii (DC.) B.L. Turner common name: Nuttall's sensitive-briar
35	Species  occidentalis (Woot. & Standl.) B. L. Turner syn. Mimosa rupertiana
36	Species  pellita Kunth ex Willd. common name: lollipop mimosa
37	Species  pigra L.
	38    Varietas  berlandieri (Gray) B.L. Turner syn. Mimosa asperata
39	Species  plena L. syn. Neptunia plena
40	Species  portoricensis Jacq. syn. Zapoteca portoricensis
41	Species  procera Roxb. syn. Albizia procera
42	Species  pudica L. common name: sensitive plant, humble plant
	43    Varietas  pudica common name: shameplant 44    Varietas  unijuga (Duchass. & Walp.) Griseb. common name: shameplant
45	Species  quadrivalvis L.
	46    Varietas  angustata (Torr. & Gray) Barneby syn. Mimosa microphylla 47    Varietas  floridana (Chapman) Barneby common name: Florida mimosa 48    Varietas  hystricina (Small ex Britt. & Rose) Barneby syn. Mimosa hystricina 49    Varietas  latidens (Small) Barneby syn. Mimosa latidens 50    Varietas  leptocarpa (DC.) Barneby common name: fourvalve mimosa 51    Varietas  nelsonii (Britt. & Rose) Barneby common name: Nelson's mimosa 52    Varietas  nuttallii (DC.) Barneby syn. Mimosa nuttallii 53    Varietas  occidentalis (Woot. & Standl.) Barneby syn. Mimosa rupertiana 54    Varietas  platycarpa (Gray) Barneby syn. Mimosa roemeriana 55    Varietas  quadrivalvis common name: fourvalve mimosa 56    Varietas  urbaniana Barneby common name: Urban's mimosa
57	Species  roemeriana Scheele common name: Roemer's mimosa
58	Species  rupertiana B.L. Turner common name: eastern sensitive plant
59	Species  schomburgkii Benth. common name: Schomburgk's mimosa
60	Species  strigillosa Torr. & Gray common name: powderpuff
61	Species  texana (Gray) Small common name: Texas mimosa
62	Species  tortuosa L. syn. Acacia tortuosa
63	Species  turneri Barneby common name: desert mimosa
64	Species  warnockii B.L. Turner syn. Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera
65	Species  wherryana (Britt.) Standl. syn. Mimosa texana
66	Species  zygophylla auct. non Benth. syn. Mimosa turneri

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.