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Fabaceae
Mimosa

Mimosa Linnaeus. Common name: Mimosa.

Key to Mimosa

A genus of about 530 species, herbs, shrubs, trees, and vine, of tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate areas, especially America. Barneby (1991) and Beard (1963) argued that there are no characters which serve to separate Schrankia from Mimosa.

Glossary (beta)

Subfamily: Caesalpinoideae. clade: Mimosoid clade.

ID notes: Unmistakable in our flora for its bipinnate leaves, with tiny (2-4 mm long) leaflet, responding to touch by closing.

References: Barneby (1991); Grether (2023) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023a); Grether & Simon (2018); Isely (1973); Isely (1973); Isely (1998); Weakley & Flores-Cruz (2017) In Weakley et al. (2017). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Grant Morrow Parkins | Mimosa microphylla | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Mimosa strigillosa CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Mimosa microphylla | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Mimosa nuttallii | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Mimosa strigillosa CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Sonnia Hill | Mimosa hystricina | Original Image ⭷

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