Mimosa diplotricha

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Subfamily Mimosoideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Genus Mimosa

Trees shrubs or herbs, mostly armed ; leaves bipinnate; secondary rachides mostly 2-stipellate. Inflorescence globose head or cylindric spike. Flowers small, sessile 6-3-merous. Calyx usually minute. Petals more or less connate . Stamens double the number of petals or equal, free , often twice as long as the corol¬la; anthers small, eglandular . Ovary usually sessile, 2 or more ovuled; style fill form. Fruit oblong or linear , usually plano-compressed, valves 2, separating from the persistent margins . Seeds ovate or orbicular , flat.

A genus with about 600 species, mostly from tropics and subtropics.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,028 meters (0 to 9,934 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Mimosa invisa C. Mart. • Mimosa longisiliqua Lam. • Morongia pilosa Standl. • Schrankia brachycarpa Benth. • Schrankia pilosa (Standl.)j. F. Macbr.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub , Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mimosa

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 41 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

M. aculeaticarpa (Cat's-Claw Mimosa) · M. albida (Zarza) · M. arenosa (Elegant Mimosa) · M. asperata (Black Mimosa) · M. bahamensis (Bahama Mimosa) · M. borealis (Catclaw Mimosa) · M. caesalpiniifolia (Jupinuan) · M. casta (Graceful Mimosa) · M. ceratonia (Black Ambret) · M. diplotricha (Giant False Sensitive Plant) · M. diplotricha var. inermis (Giant Sensitive-Plant) · M. dysocarpa (Velvetpod Mimosa) · M. emoryana (Emory's Mimosa) · M. grahamii (Graham's Mimosa) · M. hystricina (Porcupine Mimosa) · M. invisa (Giant False Sensitive Plant) · M. latidens (Kairn's Sensitive-Briar) · M. laxiflora (Arizona Mimosa) · M. macracantha (Long-Spined Acacia) · M. malacophylla (Soft-Leaf Mimosa) · M. nuttallii (Catclaw Sensitivebriar) · M. pellita (Lollipop Mimosa) · M. pigra (Amourette) · M. pigra var. pigra (Thorny Sensitive-Plant) · M. pudica (Cierra Tus Puertas) · M. pudica var. hispida (Sensitive Plant) · M. pudica var. pudica (Shameplant) · M. pudica var. setosa (Sensitive-Plant) · M. pudica var. tetrandra (Sensitive-Plant) · M. pudica var. unijuga (Shameplant) · M. quadrivalvis (Cats Claw) · M. quadrivalvis var. floridana (Catclaw Sensitivebriar) · M. quadrivalvis var. hystricina (Bristly Sensitive-Brier) · M. rupertiana (Eastern Sensitive Plant) · M. scabrella (Abaracaatinga) · M. schomburgkii (Schomburgk's Mimosa) · M. somnians (Dormideira) · M. strigillosa (Herbaceous Mimosa) · M. tenuiflora (Cabrera) · M. turneri (Desert Mimosa) · M. verrucosa (Jurema Branca)

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Further Reading

• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 163.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 51 2005 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 298, p. 299, p. 452, p. 461.
• Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 184, p. 214.
• Flora of Jamaica, containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island, by William Fawcett and Alfred Barton Rendle. London.Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1910- url p. 135, p. 135.
• Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 10 2000 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 34.
• Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Boston: Metcalf and Co., 1846-1958 url p. 329.
• The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 372.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
• Zarucchi JL, 1993 (from ILDIS).
• van der Maesen, LJG, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
• Botanical Research Institute of Texas: Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJÍO)
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-XAL)
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
• Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales: Plants of Papua New Guinea
• SysTax
• SysTax: Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax: Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD)
• SysTax: Museu Botanico Municipal
• SysTax: Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Utrecht University branch
• SysTax: New York Botanical Garden
• Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility: Magnoliophyta
• The New York Botanical Garden: Species of Eastern Brazil Vascular Plant Specimens
• University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU: Herbarium WU

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3876628
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-73
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:507909-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 313380
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503836
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 312750-2
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MIIN80
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 50244

Footnotes

1. "Mimosa". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 402.540 meters (1,320.669 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,012.220 based on 61 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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