Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Mimosa pudica Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Mimosa pudica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 518. 1753.

"Habitat in Brasilia." RCN: 7664.

Lectotype (Brenan in Kew Bull. 10: 185. 1955): Herb. Clifford: 208, Mimosa 3, excl. inflorescences (BM-000628752).

Generitype of Mimosa Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 162. 1929).

Current name: Mimosa pudica L. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae).

Note: Mimosa sensitiva was treated as the generitype by Britton & Wilson (Scient. Surv. Porto Rico 5: 357. 1924; see McNeill & al. in Taxon 36: 378. 1987). However, under Art. 10.5, Ex. 7 (a voted example) of the Vienna Code, this is a type choice made under the American Code and is to be replaced under Art. 10.5b by Green’s choice (Prop. Brit. Bot.: 162. 1929) of M. pudica L. Barneby (in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 65: 624. 1991) notes that the type is not identifiable below species level.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 676, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM
Material sample ID
BM-000628752
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Mimosa
Species
pudica
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Mimosa pudica Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007