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:''For other uses, see [[Mimosa (disambiguation)]].''
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Sensitive Plant
| image = Mimosa pudica 2.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Mimosa pudica'' foliage and flower-head
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Mimosoideae]]
| genus = '''''Mimosa'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Mimosa diplotricha]]''
*''[[Mimosa hostilis]]''
*''[[Mimosa nuttallii]]''
*''[[Mimosa pudica]]''
*''[[Mimosa strigillosa]]''
and about 400 other species.
}}
'''''Mimosa''''' is a [[genus]] of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs, in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family [[Fabaceae]]. The most curious plant in the genus is [[Mimosa pudica]] or '''sleeping grass''' because of the way it folds its leaves down when touched or exposed to heat; many others also fold their leaves in the evening. It is native to southern [[Mexico]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Central America]] but is widely cultivated elsewhere for its curiosity value, both as an indoor plant in temperate areas, and outdoors in the tropics. Outdoor cultivation has led to [[weed]]y [[invasive species|invasion]] in some areas, notably [[Hawaii]].

Members of this genus are among the few plants capable of [[rapid plant movement|rapid movement]]; examples outside of ''Mimosa'' include the [[Telegraph plant]], and the [[Venus Flytrap]].

The genus ''Mimosa'' has had a tortuous history, having gone through periods of splitting and lumping, ultimately accumulating over 3,000 names, many of which have either been synonymized under other species or transferred to other genera. In part due to these changing circumscriptions, the name "Mimosa" has also been applied to several other related species with similar pinnate or bipinnate leaves but now classified in other genera, most commonly to ''[[Albizia julibrissin]]'' (Silk Tree) and [[Acacia|''Acacia dealbata'']] (Silver Wattle).

In [[Russia]], [[Italy]] and other countries it is customary to present women with yellow mimosas (among other flowers) on [[International Women's Day]] ([[March 8]]). This flower is from the ''[[Acacia dealbata]]'' (Silver Wattle), which is not a true ''Mimosa''.

==References==

*Barneby, R.C. 1992. Sensitivae Censitae: A description of the genus ''Mimosa'' Linnaeus (Mimosaceae) in the New World. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, vol. 65.

== External links ==
* http://www.mimosa-pudica.de/e_index.html
* [http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/movements/nastic/mimosa/mimosa.html Two small videos showing the plant folding its leaves]

[[Category:Mimosoideae]]
[[Category:Invasive species]]

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 {{Inc|
 Mimosa (Greek, a mimic, alluding to the fact that the leaves of some species are sensitive). Leguminbsae. Woody or herbaceous plants, mostly tropical, grown for the showy flowers or feathery foliage; of some species the leaves are sensitive. What the florists know as mimosas are acacias (chiefly A. arrnata).
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 M. argentea, Hort. Of climbing habit, suitable for warmhouse, said to be of the same section of the genus as M. pudica, slender, the sts. and branches hairy: pinna; 2 or 3 pairs; lfts. about 40, oblong pinkish on the under side (as are the young shoots), green at the tips and silver-gray on lower half. Brazil.
 }}
-Members of this genus are among the few plants capable of [[rapid plant movement|rapid movement]]; examples outside of ''Mimosa'' include the [[Telegraph plant]], and the [[Venus Flytrap]].
+===Pests and diseases===
-In [[Russia]], [[Italy]] and other countries it is customary to present women with yellow mimosas (among other flowers) on [[International Women's Day]] ([[March 8]]). This flower is from the ''[[Acacia dealbata]]'' (Silver Wattle), which is not a true ''Mimosa''.
+==Species==
 ==References==
-*Barneby, R.C. 1992. Sensitivae Censitae: A description of the genus ''Mimosa'' Linnaeus (Mimosaceae) in the New World. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, vol. 65.
+==External links==
+*{{wplink}}
-[[Category:Mimosoideae]]
+{{stub}}
-[[Category:Invasive species]]
+__NOTOC__

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	Trees, shrubs or herbs of varying habit (sometimes woody climbers), mostly thorny or prickly, with bipinnate often sensitive lvs. (sometimes the lvs. reduced to phyllodia): fls. not papilionaceous, in close heads or head-like spikes, usually with 4 or 5 united petals, and a minute or obsolete calyx; stamens 4-10, exserted; pollen granular: pod flat, oblong or linear, breaking up into 1-seeded joints when ripe. Mimosa has stamens 10 or less (once or twice as many as the petals); Acacia has numerous stamens.—Of Mimosas there are probably 300 species, chiefly of Trop. Amer. A number of the bushy species, and the small trees, are planted more or less in warm countries for ornament. They require the treatment given the woody acacias.		Trees, shrubs or herbs of varying habit (sometimes woody climbers), mostly thorny or prickly, with bipinnate often sensitive lvs. (sometimes the lvs. reduced to phyllodia): fls. not papilionaceous, in close heads or head-like spikes, usually with 4 or 5 united petals, and a minute or obsolete calyx; stamens 4-10, exserted; pollen granular: pod flat, oblong or linear, breaking up into 1-seeded joints when ripe. Mimosa has stamens 10 or less (once or twice as many as the petals); Acacia has numerous stamens.—Of Mimosas there are probably 300 species, chiefly of Trop. Amer. A number of the bushy species, and the small trees, are planted more or less in warm countries for ornament. They require the treatment given the woody acacias.
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		+	M. argentea, Hort. Of climbing habit, suitable for warmhouse, said to be of the same section of the genus as M. pudica, slender, the sts. and branches hairy: pinna; 2 or 3 pairs; lfts. about 40, oblong pinkish on the under side (as are the young shoots), green at the tips and silver-gray on lower half. Brazil.
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		+	{{Inc\|
		+	Mimosa (Greek, a mimic, alluding to the fact that the leaves of some species are sensitive). Leguminbsae. Woody or herbaceous plants, mostly tropical, grown for the showy flowers or feathery foliage; of some species the leaves are sensitive. What the florists know as mimosas are acacias (chiefly A. arrnata).
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		+	Trees, shrubs or herbs of varying habit (sometimes woody climbers), mostly thorny or prickly, with bipinnate often sensitive lvs. (sometimes the lvs. reduced to phyllodia): fls. not papilionaceous, in close heads or head-like spikes, usually with 4 or 5 united petals, and a minute or obsolete calyx; stamens 4-10, exserted; pollen granular: pod flat, oblong or linear, breaking up into 1-seeded joints when ripe. Mimosa has stamens 10 or less (once or twice as many as the petals); Acacia has numerous stamens.—Of Mimosas there are probably 300 species, chiefly of Trop. Amer. A number of the bushy species, and the small trees, are planted more or less in warm countries for ornament. They require the treatment given the woody acacias.
		+	}}
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	:''For other uses, see [[Mimosa (disambiguation)]].''		:''For other uses, see [[Mimosa (disambiguation)]].''
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