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Taxon:  Neptunia gracilis Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Neptunia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Mimoseae
Nomen number:
25208
Place of publication:
J. Bot. (Hooker) 4:355. 1841
Verified:
03/21/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (5  active, 4  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Bowen, G. D. 1956. Nodulation of legumes indigenous to Queensland. Queensland J. Agric. Sci. 13:47-60.
  2. Cowan, R. S. 1996. Notes on miscellaneous mimosoid legumes (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), mostly Australian. Nuytsia 11:13.
  3. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  4. Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
  5. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  6. Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist. 2004
  7. Windler, D. R. 1966. A revision of the genus Neptunia (Leguminosae). Austral. J. Bot. 14:412.
Common names
English
selenium-weed –
sensitive-plant –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaEast Timor  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Lesser Sunda Islands], Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Philippines, East Timor
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=25208. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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