Fabaceae
Mimosa
Mimosa albida

Mimosa albida var. albida

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Mexico to Venezuela and Peru. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Mauritius, Réunion

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • S.Calderon & P.C.Standley (1944). Lista Preliminar de las plantas de El Salvador, ed. 2: 1-450. Ediciones culturales de la universidad de El Salvador.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2002 Hughes, C.E.; Bailey, C.D.; Forrest, R.; Ochoterena, H. [2083] Mexico K000503934 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Brummitt, R.K.; Gama, S.; Calzada, J.I. [20141] Mexico K000503935 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Chan, C. [4448] Mexico K000503945 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Hutchison, P.C.; Wright, J.K. [3402] Peru K001473826 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Méndez Ton, A. [6691] Mexico K000503940 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Teixeira, L.O.A.; Fife, A.J.; McFarland, K.; Mota, C.D.A.; Santos, J.L.; Gomes, S.P.; Nelson, B.W. [575] Brazil K000864363 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Arsène [s.n.] Mexico K000503937 Yes
Balls, E.K.; Gourlay, W.B. [B.5476] Mexico K000503933 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Brenan, J.H.; Greenwood, E.W.; Greenwood, M. [14398] Mexico K000503928 Yes
Calzada, J.I. [887] Mexico K000503932 Yes
Monroy M., R. [1207] Mexico K000503942 Yes
Palmer, E. [693] Mexico K000503938 No
Barclay [s.n.] Mexico K000503939 No
Brenan, J.P.M.; Brenan, J.H.; Greenwood, E.W.; Greenwood, M. [14307] Mexico K000503927 Yes
McVaugh, R.; Sooby, J. [13221] Mexico K000503926 Yes
Martínez Salas, E.M. [2976] Mexico K000503943 Yes
Hughes, C.E. [945] Mexico K000503941 Yes
Tenorio L., P.; Romero de T., C. [2365] Mexico K000503929 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [3970] Mexico K000503936 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [4671] Mexico K000117732 Yes
Hernández, A.,, C. [131] Mexico K000503931 Yes
Cabrera C., E.; Cabrera, H., de [3719] Mexico K000503930 Yes
Sousa, M.; Ramos, C.; Tellez, O.; Rico, L. [6010] Mexico K000503944 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Soto Núñez, J.C.; Sutton, D.; Hampshire, R.; Reyes G., A. [13302] Mexico Mimosa albida var. strigosa K000503955 No
Jan 1, 1990 Martínez Salas, E.M.; Villaseñor, J.L.; Torres, R. [2485] Mexico Mimosa albida var. strigosa K000503953 No
Jan 1, 1990 Tenorio L., P.; Téllez, O.; Magaña, P [5653] Mexico Mimosa albida var. strigosa K000503954 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images