Mimosa sensitiva L. var. sensitiva, 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 677

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Mimosa sensitiva Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 518. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Brasilia." RCN: 7663.

Lectotype (Barneby in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 65: 538. 1991): [icon] " Mimosa spinosa prima, s. Brasiliana latifolia siliquis radiatis" in Breyn, Exot. Pl. Cent.: 31, t. 16. 1678.

Current name: Mimosa sensitiva L. var. sensitiva ( 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.