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Mimosa
pudica
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Classification
Dicots
Family
FABACEAE
Genus
Mimosa
Species
Mimosa
pudica
L.
Common Name
SENSITIVE PLANT; SHAMEPLANT
Growth Habit
**
C Value
**
Plant Notes
**
Status
Not Native
FACU (NWPL)
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Supraordinal
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FABALES
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FABACEAE
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Mimosa
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Mimosa
pudica
L.
- SENSITIVE PLANT; SHAMEPLANT
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MIMOSA PUDICA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 518. 1753.
Basionym
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Type
BRAZIL: Without data, Clifford Herb. 208.3 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Brenan, Kew Bull. 1955: 185. 1955.
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Mimosa pudica
- Keith Bradley