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Mimosa somnians Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Mimosa L.

Mimosa somnians Willd. [Preferred name]
    Mimosa acutiflora Benth. {Synonym}
    Mimosa palpitans Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa podocarpa Benth. {Synonym}
    Mimosa quadrijuga Benth. {Synonym}
    Mimosa somnians var. podocarpa (Benth.)Niederl. {Synonym}
    Mimosa somnians var. quadrijuga Niederl. {Synonym}
    Mimosa somniculosa Kunth {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Dormideira [1414]; Dormilona [1645]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
Jamaica (N) [2239]; Trinidad & Tobago (N) [2239]
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242, 1645]; Costa Rica (N) [1367, 1645, 1658]; El Salvador (N) [1645, 2156]; Guatemala (N) [1645]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [2239]; Mexico(South East) (N) [2239]; Nicaragua (N) [3348]; Panama (N) [37, 1121, 1123, 1224, 1442, 1604, 1645]
  South America
Argentina (N) [37, 1233, 3348]; Bolivia (N) [37, 1097, 1121, 1123, 1289, 1356, 1442]; Brazil (N) [37, 1097, 1121, 1231, 1233, 1234, 1356, 1414]; Colombia (N) [37, 1121, 1123, 1231, 1292, 1356, 1442, 1470]; French Guiana (N) [1097, 1234]; Guyana (N) [1121]; Paraguay (N) [37, 1097, 1121, 1123, 1442, 1614, 1645, 1658]; Venezuela (N) [37, 1121, 1356, 1442]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1470, 1645, 2239, 3348]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Adams BR

  
USES:
  Weed [2239]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

37.

  Burkart, A., 1948
    Darwiniana 8(1):9-231 Las Especies de Mimosa-Argentina

1097.

  Barneby, R.C., 1985
    Brittonia 37(2):125-153 Mimosa in Bahia, Brazil: new taxa...

1121.

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

1242.

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

1367.

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

1414.

  Lewis, G.P., 1987
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia

1470.

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

1645.

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

2156.

  Berendsohn, W.G. & AranivaGonza, 1979
    Cuscatlania 1(2):1-16

2239.

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

3348.

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