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:[2][3] The species is considered to be noxious and invasive in much of the United States.[4]

• 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

Mimosa invisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae[1]
(unranked):	Mimosoid clade[1]
Genus:	Mimosa
Species:	M. invisa
Binomial name
Mimosa invisa Martius ex Colla

References

1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "Mimosa Invisa". usda.gov. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 14 November 2019.