Mimosa texana

Mimosa texana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Mimosa
Species:
M. texana
Binomial name
Mimosa texana
(A. Gray) Small
Synonyms
  • Mimosa biuncifera
  • Mimosa borealis var. texana
  • Mimosa wherryana
  • Mimopsis wherryana[1]

Mimosa texana is a shrub in the family Fabaceae.[2] It is commonly known as the Texas mimosa, the Texas catclaw or the Wherry mimosa and is endemic to upland regions of Mexico and Texas.[1] This species used to be classified as Mimosa biuncifera but it was found that phenotypic variations occurred across its range and a new taxonomy was proposed by Rupert C. Barneby in 1986, splitting the species into Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera and Mimosa texana.[3]

  1. ^ a b USDA
  2. ^ 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. hdl:10568/90658.
  3. ^ Barneby, Rupert C.; Isely, Duane (1986). "Reevaluation of Mimosa biuncifera and M. texana (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)". Brittonia. 38 (2): 119–122. Bibcode:1986Britt..38..119B. doi:10.2307/2807262. JSTOR 2807262.