Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Mimosa acanthocarpa
Fabaceae Lindl.
Mimosa acanthocarpa Poir. , legitimate, scientific
Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (5 November 1817), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 5(2): 529 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2010 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make this combination. However, under ICN Art. 35.2 (Melbourne Code, 2012), this name is considered to be validly published.
Goode, M.C. (1926), Annual report on the Botanic Gardens, Darwin, in Northern Territory: Report of the Administrator for the year ended 30th June, 1925. Annual reports of the Northern Territory: 17 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Mexico."
Blake, S.T. (1954), Botanical contributions of the Northern Australia Regional Survey. II. Studies on miscellaneous northern Australian plants. Australian Journal of Botany 2(1): 114 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Not previously recorded for Australia; a native of Mexico, now naturalized as a bad weed at Darwin."
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 238 BHL [secondary reference]
Miller, I.L. & Lonsdale, W.M. (1987), Early records of Mimosa pigra in the Northern Territory. Plant Protection Quarterly 2(3): 141 [doubtful misapplied]
doubtful misapplied to: Mimosa pigra L. nom. cons. by Goode, M.C. (1926), Annual report on the Botanic Gardens, Darwin, in Northern Territory: Report of the Administrator for the year ended 30th June, 1925. Annual reports of the Northern Territory: 17
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: An American taxon, now treated as Mimosa aculeaticarpa Ortega. Listed by M.C.Goode, Ann. Rep. N. Terr. 17 (1926), and S.T.Blake, Austral. J. Bot. 2(1): 114 (1954), as a weed in Darwin, but not known to occur in Australia. Possibly a misapplication to Mimosa pigra L. according to I.L.Miller & W.M.Lonsdale, Pl. Protection Quarterly 2(3): 140–142. (1987).