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Genus:
Mimosa Life
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Chloroplastida
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> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) >
Angiospermae (flowering
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Fabales
> Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
About 400 species, found throughout the
tropics but mainly in South America. There is one native species and one
naturalised species in southern Africa. Mimosa pigra (Giant sensitive
plant, Raak-my-nie) is a declared Category 3
invasive plant in South Africa. An additional eight species are
cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Flora of Zimbabwe.
Mimosa pigra (Giant sensitive
plant, Raak-my-nie) Recorded from Zimbabwe; it is a
naturalised escape elsewhere in southern Africa. |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI)
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Mimosa acanthocarpa
Native to Mexico. |
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Mimosa biuncifera
Native to Mexico. |
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Mimosa bracaatinga
Native to Brazil. |
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Mimosa latispinosa
Native to Madagascar. |
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Mimosa lindheimeri
Native to SW USA and Mexico. |
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Mimosa polycarpa
Native to Peru. |
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Mimosa rubricaulis
Indigenous from India to Pakistan. |
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Mimosa spegazzinii
Native to Argentina. |
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