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Neptunia plena (L.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Neptunia Lour.

Neptunia plena (L.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Acacia lycopodioides Desv. {Synonym}
    Acacia punctata Desf. {Synonym}
    Desmanthus comosus A.Rich. {Synonym}
    Desmanthus plenus (L.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Desmanthus polyphyllus DC. {Synonym}
    Desmanthus punctatus Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa adenanthera Roxb. {Synonym}
    Mimosa lycopodioides Desf. {Synonym}
    Mimosa plena L. {Synonym}
    Mimosa punctata L. {Synonym}
    Neptunia polyphylla (DC.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Neptunia surinamensis Steud. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Dead-and-awake [1056]; Water Dead-and-awake [1056]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
China (I) [3403]; Fujian [3403]; Guangdong [3403]; India (I) [1056, 1914, 3027, 3118, 3366]; Andhra Pradesh [3366]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3366]; Maharashtra [3366]; Orissa [3366]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3366]; Rajasthan [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; West Bengal [3118]; Indonesia (I) [2022]; Jawa (N) [2022]; Malaysia (I) [2022]; Peninsular Malaysia (I) [2022]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Sri Lanka (I) [1927, 3898]
  Caribbean
Antigua-Barbuda (N) [1722]; Aruba (N) [1722]; Bahamas (N) [1056, 1722, 2153]; Cuba (N) [1722]; Dominican Republic (N) [2157]; Grenada (N) [1722]; Guadeloupe (N) [1722]; Haiti (N) [2157]; Jamaica (N) [1056]; Martinique (N) [1722]; Puerto Rico (N) [1722]; Trinidad & Tobago (N) [1722]
  Central America
Costa Rica (N) [1367]; El Salvador (N) [1722]; Guatemala (N) [1604, 1614, 1645, 1722]; Honduras (N) [1722]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1470, 1722]; Baja California [1722]; Guerrero [1722]; Michoacan [1722]; Oaxaca [1722]; Sinaloa [1722]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1117, 1188, 1470, 1722]; Chiapas [1722]; Nicaragua (N) [1722, 3348]; Panama (N) [1224, 1604, 1614, 1645, 1722]
  North America
United States (N) [1056, 1256, 1430, 1431, 1470, 1680, 1712, 1722, 3348]; Texas [1056, 3348]
  South America
Brazil (N) [1233, 1414, 1604, 1614, 1712, 1722]; Bahia [1722]; Ceara [1722]; Maranhao [1722]; Para [1722]; Pernambuco [1722]; Colombia (N) [1604, 1614, 1722]; Ecuador (U) [1722]; French Guiana (N) [1056, 1408, 1430, 1722, 3348]; Galapagos (U) [1712, 1722]; Guyana (N) [1056, 1430, 1722, 3348]; Peru (U) [1712, 1722]; Surinam (N) [1056, 1430, 1722]; Venezuela (N) [1722]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1056, 1645, 1722, 1790, 1927, 2022, 2153, 2157, 3348, 3386, 3403, 3898] ; Distribution Map [1722] ; Illustration [1722, 2153, 3403]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2022] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb [2022], Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Weed [2022]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1056.

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

1117.

  Breedlove, D.E., 1986
    Listados Floristicos de Mexico 4:90-112 Flora de Chiapas

1188.

  Cowan, C.P., 1983
    Listados Floristicos de Mexico 1:47-61 Flora de Tabasco

1224.

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

1233.

  Ducke, A., 1953
    Mem.Inst.Oswaldo Cruz 51:417-461 Legumionosas-Pernamb.,Parai

1367.

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

1470.

  McVaugh, R., 1987
    Flora Novo-Galiciana 5:1-786. Leguminosae

1604.

  Schery, R.W., 1950
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.37(2):184-314 Leguminosae-Mimosoideae

1645.

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

1712.

  Wiggins, I.L. & Porter, D.M., 1971
    Flora of Galapagos Islands Leguminosae

1722.

  Windler, D.R., 1966
    Austral.J.Bot.14:379-420 A Revision of the Genus Neptunia

1790.

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

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1927.

  Kostermans, A.J.G.H., 1980
    Mimosaceae. In Flora of Ceylon, Vol. 1.M.D. Dassanayalu....

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

2153.

  Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B., 1982
    Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. 1692pp J.Cramer

2157.

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

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3118.

  Prain, D., 1905
    The vegetation ... Hugli-Howarh and 24-Pergunaha

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3403.

  Wu, T.L., 1988
    Mimososoideae. In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 39 (Leguminosae 1)

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3938.

  Keng, H., 1990
    Concise Flora of Singapore. Singapore
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