Mimosa arenosa (Willd.) Poir. var. arenosa (in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. Suppl. 1: 66. 1810.)
Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [], Greater Antilles [ Puerto Rico (naturalized)[], ], South America (native),
Synonyms: Acacia arenosa Willd. (Sp. Pl. 4: 1054. 1806., naturalized in Puerto Rico.), Acacia malacocentra Mart. (Flora 20, Beibl. 2: 106. 1837), Mimosa malacocentra Benth. (Trans. Hort. Soc. London 30: 415. 1875.),
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