Mimosa somnians
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Mimosa somnians's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 455 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Mimosa somnians, commonly known as dormideira, is a species of woody shrub in the genus Mimosa and the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Caribbean, Central America and South America. It is a short, low-lying shrub with minuscule thorns lining its stem-like hairs. Mimosa somnians is notable for exhibiting rapid plant movement. Its leaves are sensitive to tactile stimulus, folding quickly when touched, similar to Mimosa pudica. It can be differentiated from Mimosa pudica in that its leaves are bipinnate, there are more than four subbranchlets and these originate from more than one point on the branch. Mimosa somnians leaflets are 4–5 mm long. The flowers form pink balls. It propagates by seeds.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology3
Life cycle & reproduction2
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry1
Compounds documented for Mimosa somnians across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds5 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Methoxytryptamine | present | LOTUS | |
| Bufotenin | present | LOTUS | |
| Methyltryptamine | present | LOTUS | |
| Serotonin | present | LOTUS | |
| Tryptamine | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Mimosa somnians has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Mimosa somnians carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 262×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 132×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · Cannon, 2015
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type1 455 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions55 of 130 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 129 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 98 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 82 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 77 |
| Brasília, BR | 77 |
| Bronx, US | 64 |
| Durango, MX | 63 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 45 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 40 |
| Salvador, BR | 40 |
| Brasília, BR | 39 |
| Kew, GB | 33 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 29 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 28 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 24 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 23 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 21 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 20 |
| Mexico City, MX | 18 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 18 |
| Masindi, UG | 17 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 16 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 16 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 14 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 13 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 13 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 13 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 13 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 11 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 10 |
| Chicago, US | 9 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 9 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 9 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 9 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 9 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 9 |
| Corrientes, AR | 8 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 8 |
| Austin, US | 7 |
| Austin, US | 7 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 7 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 7 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 7 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Mérida, MX | 6 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 6 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 5 |
| San José, CR | 5 |
| Berlin, DE | 5 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 4 |
| Tampa, US | 4 |
| UNITINSlocation not on record | 4 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 4 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 4 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 4 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 4 |
| South Kensington, GB | 4 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 4 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 3 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 3 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 3 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 3 |
| Universidade Federal do Vale do São Franciscolocation not on record | 3 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 3 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 3 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 3 |
| FPMZBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 3 |
| Flagstaff, US | 3 |
| URCAlocation not on record | 3 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 2 |
| Phoenix, US | 2 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 2 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Diego, US | 2 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 2 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 2 |
| Londrina, BR | 2 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Pelotas, BR | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Tapachula, MX | 2 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 2 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 2 |
| San Isidro, AR | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chapingo, MX | 2 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 2 |
| BMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 2 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 2 |
| INTAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lubbock, US | 1 |
| Puebla, MX | 1 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Castelar, AR | 1 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 1 |
| Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 1 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 1 |
| Cornell Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Pamplona (UPamplona)location not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| OTSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santarém, BR | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uberlândia, BR | 1 |
| Culiacán, MX | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-SLlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 1 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 1 |
| UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Mimosa somnians was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.