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Taxon

Mimosa pudica L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 518. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Mimosa pudica--Tanzania. Hwy from Amani Nature Reserve to Amani. 29 Jun 04. 029.jpg

Mimosa pudica--Tanzania. Hwy from Amani Nature Reserve to Amani. 29 Jun 04. 029.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Mimosa pudica--Tanzania. Hwy from Amani Nature Reserve to Amani. 29 Jun 04. 027.jpg

Mimosa pudica--Tanzania. Hwy from Amani Nature Reserve to Amani. 29 Jun 04. 027.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mimosa pudica--Tanzania. Hwy from Amani Nature Reserve to Amani. 29 Jun 04. 028.jpg

Mimosa pudica--Tanzania. Hwy from Amani Nature Reserve to Amani. 29 Jun 04. 028.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 33 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into 93 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected.

June 29, 2004

Location

Tanzania, Tanga (Amani)

-5.098333, 38.625278

Location Remarks

East UsambaraMountains. Amani Nature Reserve.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Mimosa

Specific Epithet

pudica

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#146,809 of 335,497

Top 44%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →