Mimosa invisa

Mimosa invisa is a species of leguminous woody shrub or vine native to South America. Mimosa invisa includes two subspecies, each with two varieties:[1][2] The species is considered to be noxious and invasive in much of the United States.[3]

  • Mimosa invisa Martius ex Colla
  • Mimosa invisa invisa Barneby
  • Mimosa invisa invisa var. invisa Barneby - native to Brazil and Paraguay
  • Mimosa invisa invisa var. macrostachya (Bentham) Barneby - native to Brazil and Paraguay
  • Mimosa invisa spiciflora (Karsten) Barneby
  • Mimosa invisa spiciflora var. spiciflora Barneby - native to northern South America
  • Mimosa invisa spiciflora var. tovarensis (Bentham) Barneby - native to Venezuela
Not to be confused with Mimosa diplotricha.

Mimosa invisa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Mimosa
Species:
M. invisa
Binomial name
Mimosa invisa

References
  1. Rupert C. Barneby (1991). "Sensitivae censitae: a description of the genus Mimosa Linnaeus (Mimosaceae) in the New World" (PDF). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 65: 1–835.
  2. Edwin A. Balbarino; David M. Bates & Zosimo M. de la Rosa (2010). "Improved Fallows using a Spiny Legume, Mimosa invisa Martius ex Colla, in Western Leyte, Philippines". In Malcolm Cairns (ed.). Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming. Routledge. ISBN 9781136522277.
  3. "Mimosa Invisa". usda.gov. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 14 November 2019.


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