Mimosa viva L., 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 : 678

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Mimosa viva Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 517. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Jamaicae pratis." RCN: 7659.

Lectotype (Barneby in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 65: 772. 1991): [icon] " Mimosa herbacea non spinosa minima, repens" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 58, t. 182, f. 7. 1725. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 6: 49, right specimen ( BM-SL) .

Current name: Mimosa viva L. ( Fabaceae : Mimosoideae ).

Note: Fawcett & Rendle (Fl. Jamaica 4: 133. 1920) treated the corresponding material in Herb. Sloane (6: 49, BM) as the type, but this was not seen by Linnaeus and is not itself original material for the name.