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

Mimosa casta L.

HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Mimosa L.

Mimosa casta L. [Preferred name]
Mimosa dominiciana Desv. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Caribbean: Caribbean-TRP (U) [1056, 1121, 1123, 1222, 1231, 1429, 1430, 1604]
Central America: Panama (U) [1056, 1121, 1123, 1222, 1224, 1429, 1430, 1604, 1614]
South America: Brazil (U) [1056, 1121, 1123, 1222, 1231, 1429, 1430, 1604]; Colombia (U) [1121, 1123, 1429, 1430]

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DESCRIPTORS:
	Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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

1121.		Britton, N.L. & Killip, E.P., 1936
		Ann.New York Acad.Sci.35:101-208 Mim. & Caesalp. of Colombia