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Taxon:  Neptunia plena (L.) Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Neptunia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Mimoseae
Nomen number:
25211
Place of publication:
J. Bot. (Hooker) 4:355. 1841
Verified:
10/17/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 2  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa plena L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  6. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  7. Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. 2003
  8. Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
  9. Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist. 2004
  10. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  11. Slocum, P. D. et al. 1996. Water gardening: water lilies and lotuses. 1996 66.
  12. Wilson, J. K. 1944. The nodulating performance of three species of legumes. Proc. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. 9:95-97.
  13. Windler, D. R. 1966. A revision of the genus Neptunia (Leguminosae). Austral. J. Bot. 14:398.
Common names
English
water sensitive –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
  • MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Slocum, P. D. et al. 1996. Water gardening: water lilies and lotuses. 1996 66.
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=25211. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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