Mimosa pudica var. pudica

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., DR Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Korea, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Zimbabwe

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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