Mimosa ceratonia L., 1988

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 : 674

Mimosa ceratonia Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 523. 1753.

“Habitat in America calidiore.” RCN: 7694.

Lectotype (Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 4: 367. 1988): [icon] “ Mimosa aculeata , foliis bipinnatis, propriis trijugis” in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 4, t. 8. 1755.

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