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Mimosa
Mimosa is a genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs, in the mimosoid clade of the legume family Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word μιμος (mimos), an "actor" or "mime," and the feminine suffix –osa, "resembling", suggesting its 'sensitive leaves' which seem to 'mimic conscious life'.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sensitive Plant
speciesMimosa pudica
Mimosa quadrivalvis
complexMimosa quadrivalvis
sunshine mimosa
speciesMimosa strigillosa
Giant Sensitive Plant
speciesMimosa pigra
Mimosa albida
speciesMimosa albida
catclaw mimosa
speciesMimosa aculeaticarpa
Giant False Sensitive Plant
speciesMimosa diplotricha
pink mimosa
speciesMimosa borealis
Texas Mimosa
speciesMimosa texana
velvetpod mimosa
speciesMimosa dysocarpa
Catclaw Mimosa
speciesMimosa biuncifera
Mexican mimosa
speciesMimosa distachya
Cape Mimosa
speciesMimosa tricephala
Mimosa candollei
speciesMimosa candollei
Mimosa bimucronata
speciesMimosa bimucronata
Mimosa tenuiflora
speciesMimosa tenuiflora
Softleaf Mimosa
speciesMimosa malacophylla
Mimosa quitensis
speciesMimosa quitensis
Mimosa caesalpiniifolia
speciesMimosa caesalpiniifolia
Bahama Mimosa
speciesMimosa bahamensis
Black Mimosa
speciesMimosa berlandieri
Mimosa monancistra
speciesMimosa monancistra
desert mimosa
speciesMimosa zygophylla
Mimosa ceratonia
speciesMimosa ceratonia
Mimosa benthamii
speciesMimosa benthamii
Mimosa debilis
speciesMimosa debilis
Graham's Mimosa
speciesMimosa grahamii
Mimosa scabrella
speciesMimosa scabrella
Mimosa hamata
speciesMimosa hamata
Mimosa xanthocentra
speciesMimosa xanthocentra
Mimosa claussenii
speciesMimosa claussenii
Mimosa sensitiva
speciesMimosa sensitiva
Mimosa lacerata
speciesMimosa lacerata
graceful mimosa
speciesMimosa casta
Mimosa velloziana
speciesMimosa velloziana
Mimosa farinosa
speciesMimosa farinosa
Emory's Mimosa
speciesMimosa emoryana
Mimosa rocae
speciesMimosa rocae
Mimosa somnians
speciesMimosa somnians
Mimosa dolens
speciesMimosa dolens
Mimosa lanuginosa
speciesMimosa lanuginosa
Mimosa uraguensis
speciesMimosa uraguensis
Mimosa ramulosa
speciesMimosa ramulosa
Mimosa arenosa
speciesMimosa arenosa
Mimosa latispinosa
speciesMimosa latispinosa
Mimosa polycarpa
speciesMimosa polycarpa
Mimosa spirocarpa
speciesMimosa spirocarpa
Mimosa luisana
speciesMimosa luisana
Mimosa guilandinae
speciesMimosa guilandinae
Mimosa misera
speciesMimosa misera
Mimosa flagellaris
speciesMimosa flagellaris
Mimosa acantholoba
speciesMimosa acantholoba
Mimosa bonplandii
speciesMimosa bonplandii
South-Indian Mimosa
speciesMimosa rubicaulis
Mimosa tweedieana
speciesMimosa tweedieana
Mimosa myriadenia
speciesMimosa myriadenia
Mimosa dutrae
speciesMimosa dutrae
Mimosa camporum
speciesMimosa camporum
Mimosa detinens
speciesMimosa detinens
Mimosa invisa
speciesMimosa invisa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
A key to physic, and the occult sciences
Sibly, Ebenezer · 1810 · p.585
Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales
Cristóvão da Costa · 1578 · p.274
Ten Books of Exotic Things
Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.311
A voyage to the islands Madera Barbados Jamaica Vol. 1
Hans Sloane · 1707 · p.546
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.277
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Mimosa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47450.