Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Mimosa quadrivalvis L..

Mimosa quadrivalvis L.

HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Mimosa L.

Mimosa quadrivalvis L. [Preferred name]
Schrankia quadrivalvis (L.)Merr. {Synonym}

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Sensitive Briar [1360]; Sensitive Brier [3157]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Benin (I) [11]; Gabon (I) [16]; Ghana (I) [11]; Ivory Coast (I) [8]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Togo (I) [23]
Asia: Philippines (I) [2239]
Caribbean: Cuba (U) [2239]; Haiti (N) [2157]; Jamaica (N) [1056]; Martinique (N) [2239]; Puerto Rico (N) [2239]; St Vincent (N) [1790]
Central America: Belize (N) [1242, 2239]; Costa Rica (N) [1367]; Guatemala (N) [1645]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [2239]; Mexico(South East) (N) [2239]; Nicaragua (N) [2239]; Panama (N) [1224, 2239]
North America: United States (N) [2239, 3157]; Alabama [3157]; Florida [3157]; Georgia [3157]; Iowa [3157]; Kansas [3157]; Kentucky [3157]; Louisiana [3157]; Mississippi [3157]; Missouri [3157]; Nebraska [3157]; New Mexico [3157]; North Carolina [3157]; Oklahoma [3157]; South Carolina [3157]; South Dakota [3157]; Tennessee [3157]; Texas [3157]; Virginia [3157]
South America: Argentina (N) [2239]; Bolivia (N) [2239]; Brazil (N) [2239]; Colombia (N) [2239]; Ecuador (N) [2239]; French Guiana (N) [2159]; Paraguay (N) [2239]; Peru (N) [1450]; Venezuela (N) [2239]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [2239] ; Distribution Map [2239]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Adams BR

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.		Lock, J.M., 1985
		Specimen in Herb.Kew

11.		Keay, R.W.J., 1958
		Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

16.		Pellegrin, F., 1949
		Les Legumineuses du Gabon.Mem.Inst.d'Etudes Centrafr.1

23.		Ern, H., 1984
		Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

1056.		Adams, C.D., 1972
		Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1224.		D'Arcy, W.G., 1987
		Monogr.Syst.Botany Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora Panama.

1242.		Dwyer, J.D. & Spellman, D.L., 1981
		Rhodora 83(834):161-236 A List of Dicotyledoneae of Belize

1360.		Isely, D., 1973
		Mem.New York Bot.Gard.25(1):1-152 Legum. of the U.S.: I.

1367.		Janzen, D.H. & Liesner, R., 1980
		Brenesia 18:15-90 Check-list Lowl.GuanacasteProv.Costa Rica

1450.		Martins, E.M.O., 1980
		Contr.Univ.Michigan Herb.14:83-84 A Stryphnodendron New ....

1645.		Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A, 1946
		Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5):1-425 Leguminosae

1790.		Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
		Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum

2157.		Liogier, A.H., 1985
		La Flore de la Espanola.III

2159.		Wiersema, J.H. et al., 1990
		Legume Nomenclature USDA Germplasm Sys. USDA Tech. Bull.1757

2239.		Barneby, R.C., 1991
		Mem.N.Y.Bot.Gard. 65. Sensitivae Censitae (Mimosa).

3157.		Isely, D., 1998
		Native & naturalized Leg.of the USA.Brigham Young Univ.Utah