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Mimosoideae

(Subfamily)

Overview

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Mostly trees or shrubs. Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic, sympetalous, the lobes valvate. Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous, showy. Pollen released in monads, tetrads, or polyads. Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Taxonomy

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The Subfamily Mimosoideae is a member of the Family Leguminosae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Mimosoideae:

The Subfamily Mimosoideae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Abarema

Abarema is a neotropical genus of large trees in the legume family (Fabaceae). They grow from Mexico (Abarema idiopoda) to Bolivia. Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike foliage, with bipinnately compound leaves. For lack of a better name, they are collectively called abaremas. [more]

Acacia

Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha), the floral emblem of Australia

Acacia ( or /?'ke?si?/) is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not. They are pod-bearing, with sap and leaves typically bearing large amounts of tannins and condensed tannins that historically in many species found use as pharmaceuticals and preservatives. [more]

Acaciella

Acaciella is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Mimosoideae. [more]

Adenanthera

Adenanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains the following species: [more]

Affonsea

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Albizia

Albizia is a genus of about 150 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family, Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Central, South, and southern North America and Australia, but mostly in the Old World tropics. Some species are considered weedy. [more]

Albuca

Albuca is a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Most of the 100-140 species of bulbous plants in this genus are endemic to Southern Africa. [more]

Allocasuarina

Allocasuarina is a genus of trees in the flowering plant family Casuarinaceae. They are endemic to Australia, occurring primarily in the south. Like the closely related genus Casuarina, they are commonly called sheoaks or she-oaks, they are notable for their long, segmented branchlets that function as leaves. Formally termed , these branchlets somewhat resemble pine needles, although sheoaks are actually flowering plants. The leaves are reduced to minute scales encircling each joint. Fallen cladodes form a dense, soft mat beneath sheoaks, preventing the development of undergrowth and making sheoak woods remarkably quiet. [more]

Anadenanthera

Anadenanthera is a genus of South American trees in the Legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains two to four species, including A. colubrina and A. peregrina. These trees respectively are known to the western world primarily as sources of the hallucinogenic snuffs Vilca/Cebil and Yopo/Cohoba. [more]

Archidendron

Archidendron is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. [more]

Archidendropsis

Archidendropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. [more]

Aubrevillea

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Beaufortia

Beaufortia may refer to: [more]

Berzelia

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Calliandra

Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae. It contains about 200 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. [more]

Calpocalyx

Calpocalyx is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Cathormion

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Chloroleucon

Chloroleucon is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Some authorities consider it part of the genus Albizia. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ?????? (chloros), meaning "green," and ?e???? (leukos), meaning "white." [more]

Cylicodiscus

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Desmanthus

Desmanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains about 24 species of herbs and shrubs that are sometimes described as being suffruiticose and have bipinnate leaves. Desmanthus is closely related to Leucaena and in appearance is similar to Neptunia. Like Mimosa and Neptunia, Desmanthus species fold their leaves in the evening. They are native to Mexico and North, Central and South America. [more]

Dichrostachys

Dichrostachys (Greek ?two-colored spike?, in the sense of two-colored inflorescence) is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Dinizia

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Ebenopsis

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Elephantorrhiza

Elephantorrhiza is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Entada

Entada is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches. [more]

Enterolobium

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Faidherbia

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Havardia

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Hydrochorea

Hydrochorea is a legume genus in the subfamily Mimosoideae. It contains a mere 3 species at present: [more]

Indopiptadenia

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Inga

Inga is a of tropical trees and shrubs, member of the infrafamily Ingeae. Inga's leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white. Many of the hundreds of species are used ornamentally. [more]

Leucaena

Leucaena is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. It contains about 24 species of trees and shrubs, which are commonly known as Leadtrees. They are native to the Americas, ranging from Texas in the United States south to Peru. The generic name is derived from the Greek word ?e???? (leukos), meaning "white," referring to the flowers. [more]

Lysiloma

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Macrosamanea

Macrosamanea is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Microlobius

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Mimosa

Mimosa is a genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs, in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word ????? (mimos), meaning "mimic." [more]

Mimozyganthus

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Neptunia

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Newtonia

Newtonia could refer to: [more]

Pararchidendron

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Paraserianthes

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Parkia

Parkia is a genus of plants of the Mimosoideae subfamily. [more]

Pentaclethra

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Piptadenia

Piptadenia a genus of tropical shrubs and trees of the legume family. [more]

Pithecellobium

Pithecellobium is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Plathymenia

Plathymenia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Prosopidastrum

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Prosopis

Prosopis is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains around 45 species of spiny trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa, Western Asia, and South Asia. They often thrive in arid soil and are resistant to drought, on occasion developing extremely deep root systems. Their wood is usually hard, dense and durable. Their fruits are pods and may contain large amounts of sugar. The generic name means "burdock" in late Latin and originated in the Greek language. [more]

Pseudopiptadenia

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Samanea

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Senegalia

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Serianthes

Serianthes is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Stryphnodendron

Stryphnodendron is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Tetrapleura

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Vachellia

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Wallaceodendron

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Xerocladia

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Xylia

Xylia is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Zapoteca

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Zygia

Zygia is a genus of in the Fabaceae family. [more]

At least 91 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Zygia.

More info about the Genus Zygia may be found here.

Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 20:08:46