Mimosa pudica / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas

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

Order

FABALES

Family

Genus

Species

Mimosa pudica L. - SENSITIVE PLANT; SHAMEPLANT

MIMOSA PUDICA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 518. 1753.

Basionym

Type

BRAZIL: Without data, Clifford Herb. 208.3 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Brenan, Kew Bull. 1955: 185. 1955.

** Not applicable or data not available.