Mimosoideae

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The Mimosoideae are a traditional subfamily of trees, herbs, lianas, and shrubs in the pea family (Fabaceae) that mostly grow in tropical and subtropical climates. They are typically characterized by having radially symmetric flowers, with petals that are twice divided (valvate) in bud and with numerous showy, prominent stamens.

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Samanea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species of trees native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Belize to Paraguay, and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. Habitats include tropical moist evergreen and seasonally-dry deciduous forest, woodland, and wooded grassland. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. The type species is Samanea saman from South America.

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Paraserianthes lophantha (syn. Albizia lophantha), the Cape Leeuwin wattle, Bicol wattle, Cape wattle, Crested wattle, Brush wattle or plume albizia, is a fast-growing tree with creamy-yellow, bottlebrush like flowers. It is the sole species in genus Paraserianthes.

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Faidherbia is a genus of fabaceous plants containing one species, Faidherbia albida, which was formerly widely included in the genus Acacia as Acacia albida. The species is native to Africa and the Middle East and has also been introduced to Pakistan and India. Common names include apple-ring acacia (their circular, indehiscent seed pods resemble apple rings), white acacia, and winter thorn. The South African name is ana tree.

Piptadenia is a genus of tropical shrubs and trees of the family Fabaceae. It includes 28 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from central Mexico to southern Brazil and northwestern Argentina.

Pentaclethra is a small genus of trees from the tropics. They are flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. They belong to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Schleinitzia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species of trees and shrubs native to the Philippines, New Guinea, and the South Pacific. Typical habitats include tropical secondary rain forest, woodland, wooded grassland, coastal plain, and beaches. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Parapiptadenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes six species of trees and shrubs native to eastern and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. Typical habitats include tropical coastal and dune forest (restinga), woodland, scrub, and secondary growth forest. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Wallaceodendron celebicum is species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to the Philippines and Sulawesi. Typical habitat is tropical coastal and inland rain forest from sea level to 850 meters elevation. It is the sole species in genus Wallaceodendron. The genus belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Adenopodia is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae, that occurs in the northern Neotropics and Africa. They may grow as lianas, shrubs or trees. The petioles have a distinct gland above their base, hence the Greek name which is a combination of "gland-" and "foot".

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Hydrochorea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 11 species native to Central and South America and west and west-central Africa. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Hydrochorea acreana Hydrochorea corymbosa (Rich.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes Hydrochorea elegans Hydrochorea gonggrijpii (Kleinhoonte) Barneby & J.W.Grimes Hydrochorea leucocalyx Hydrochorea marginata (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes Hydrochorea marginata Hydrochorea obliquifoliolata Hydrochorea panurensis Hydrochorea pedicellaris Hydrochorea rhombifolia Hydr

thumb|Japanese container made of Falcata Falcataria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the monophyletic Mimosoid clade in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. The genus has three species previously classified in the Falcataria section of the genus Paraserianthes by I.C. Neilsen. The distribution of these closely related species within the genus Falcataria links the wet tropics of north-east Australia to New Guinea, the Moluccas, Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands east of Wallace's line similar to other plant taxa from the region.

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Alantsilodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains nine species, which are endemic to Madagascar.

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Pseudoprosopis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species of shrubs, lianas, or small trees native to tropical Africa. Typical habitats include tropical rain forest, gallery forest, seasonally-dry forest, and dense thicket. Three species are native to west-central Africa (Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and DR Congo), two species to West Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia), and two species to southeastern Africa (Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique) – one to the Zambezian region and one to the Zanzibar–Inhambane region. The genus belongs to the mimosoid c

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Plathymenia reticulata () is a species of legume native to much of eastern South America. It is placed in its own genus, Platyhymenia, although other species have previously been recognised in that genus. It grows up to tall, and has distinctive flattened seed pods. Its wood is rot-resistant, and is widely used as a structural timber.

Leucochloron is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species native to Brazil. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Leucochloron foederale – west-central and southeastern Brazil Leucochloron incuriale – southeastern and southern Brazil Leucochloron limae – northeastern Brazil (Bahia) Leucochloron minarum – eastern Brazil

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Gagnebina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes five species native to the islands of the Western Indian Ocean – Aldabra, Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius. Gagnebina bakoliae – Madagascar Gagnebina calcicola – western Madagascar Gagnebina commersoniana – Madagascar Gagnebina microcephala – northeastern Madagascar and Aldabra Gagnebina pterocarpa – Comoros, northern and northwestern Madagascar, and Mauritius

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Cojoba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 15 species, which range through the tropical Americas from northern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Bolivia and northern Brazil. from

Macrosamanea is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of trees and shrubs native to northern South America. The genus is most diverse and numerous in the Amazon Basin, extending into the Orinoco basin and the Guianas. Typical habitat is tropical rain forest, mostly riparian and seasonally-flooded. Two species are native to seasonally-inundated wooded grassland (savanna) on sandy soils. The genus belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Prosopidastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species of shrubs native to the subtropical Americas, with six species native to Bolivia and Argentina, and one (Prosopidastrum mexicanum) native to Baja California. They grow in subtropical xerophytic bushland, thicket, grassland, and semi-desert. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Aubrevillea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes two species of trees native to west and central Africa, ranging from Senegal to Democratic Republic of the Congo. Aubrevillea kerstingii Aubrevillea platicarpa

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Ebenopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species native to Mexico and Texas.

Piptadeniastrum africanum is a tall deciduous tree within the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to the humid tropics of sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Senegal to Sudan and Angola. It is the sole species in genus Piptadeniastrum. It is also called Piptadenia africana, and its timber is traded under the names Dabema or Dahoma. It commonly occurs in freshwater swamp forests but can also be found further north.

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Viguieranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes 18 species of trees and shrubs native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. 17 species are endemic to Madagascar, and one (Viguieranthus subauriculatus) also extends to the Comoros. Typical habitats are tropical lowland and submontane humid forest and seasonally-dry woodland, thicket, and scrubland. Viguieranthus alternans Viguieranthus ambongensis Viguieranthus brevipennatus Viguieranthus cylindricostachys Viguieranthus densinervus V

The genus Sphinga comprises species belonging to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

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Painteria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species of shrubs or small trees native to Mexico. Typical habitats include desert grassland and shrubland (matorral) on the Mexican Plateau, and in the lowlands of Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Cylicodiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes a single species, Cylicodiscus gabunensis, a tree native to the rain forests of western and west-central Africa, ranging from Côte d'Ivoire to Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo.

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Piptadeniopsis lomentifera is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to southwestern Bolivia and Paraguay. It is the sole species in genus Piptadeniopsis. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

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Amblygonocarpus is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its single species, Amblygonocarpus andongensis, is a tree native to sub-Saharan Africa. The genus belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.