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Family : Mimosaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
| Protologue : Cent. Pl. I 13 (1755) |
| Information on the genus : Mimosa |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (indigenous) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Mimosa asperata L. (1759) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrub 0,6-3(-4,5) m tall, sometimes scandent or rambling; stems armed with broad-based prickles to 7 mm long, also usually ± appressed-setose; leaves sensitive. |
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| Ecology : |
Swamps; especially along rivers and lake-shores; on sandy- or alluvial soils; forming dense thickets; 2-2000 m alt. |
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Very common in the Paleotropics and Americas (from tropical Mexico and Cuba S to N Peru and NE Argentina). |
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EL GHAZALI, G. E. B. & al. (1997). Intra-specific pollen polymorphism in Mimosa pigra (Mimosaceae). Grana 36: 279-283. |
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Well-known widespread invasive species which is currently causing major land-use problems in several countries such as Australia and Thailand; a major pest. [see more in the book] |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Shrub; Humid, Dry, Subarid; Thicket, Freshwater Wetland; 0-499 m, 500-999 m; distribution: Comoros, Mascarenes, Africa, New World, |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 100 (1985).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- Med-Checklist 4: 149 (1989).
- Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 1: 364 (1999).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°63584 |
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