Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Schomburgk's Mimosa, Carbon
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]
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 40 meters (132 feet).[2]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Shrub
, Habit: Tree
, 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
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 20, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- The New York Botanical Garden, Species of Eastern Brazil Vascular Plant Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2670306
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-12388
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13637594
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:508651-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 311948
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506309
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MISC5
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 49056
Footnotes
- "Mimosa". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Standard Deviation = 44.380 based on 21 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
