Mimosa invisa

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

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 invisa var. invisa Barneby - native to Brazil and Paraguay
Mimosa invisa invisa var. macrostachya (Bentham) Barneby - native to Brazil and Paraguay

Mimosa invisa spiciflora var. spiciflora Barneby - native to northern South America
Mimosa invisa spiciflora var. tovarensis (Bentham) Barneby - native to Venezuela

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.
^ 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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
^ "Mimosa Invisa". usda.gov. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

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