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Neptunia gracilis Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Neptunia Lour.

Neptunia gracilis Benth. [Preferred name]
    Neptunia depauperata Merr. {Synonym}
    Neptunia gracilis var. villosula Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Sensitive Plant [1917]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
East Timor (U) [261]; Indonesia (N) [261, 2022]; Lesser Sunda Is (I) [261, 2022]; Philippines (I) [261]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [261, 1880]; New South Wales [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Western Australia [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1722, 1917, 1919, 2022, 3962] ; Distribution Map [1722] ; Illustration [261, 1722, 1917, 1919]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [261], Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005)

  
USES:
  Forage [1919]

  
NOTES:
  Reported introduced into Timor and the Philippines. [261]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1722.

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

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1917.

  Harden, G.J.(Ed.), 1991
    Flora of New South Wales,Vol 2. Kensington: New South Wales

1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

2022.

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

3962.

  Merrill, E.D., 1918
    Philip.J.Sci.Sect.C Bot.13(1):16-18 New Philippine Plants
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