The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Showing Mimosa acanthocarpa
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Rosanae(superordo)
- Fabales(ordo)
- Fabaceae(fam.)
- Mimosa(gen.)
- acanthocarpa(sp.)
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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.
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Text: "Mexico."
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Text: "Not previously recorded for Australia; a native of Mexico, now naturalized as a bad weed at Darwin."
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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).