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As noted below, in some classifications (e.g. the Cronquist system
Cronquist system

A list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants ....
), "Mimosoideae" refers to what here is considered the tribe
Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe — or infrafamily — is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes....
 Mimoseae
Mimoseae

Mimoseae is a tribe of Fabaceae plants in the subfamily Mimosoideae. Where this is treated as a family of its own , the Mimoseae become the subfamily Mimosoideae....
.


Mimosoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
 family Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
 (alt. Leguminosae) characterized by flowers with small petals and numerous prominent stamens. This subfamily is subdivided into five tribes: Acacieae, Ingeae, Mimoseae, Mimozygantheae, and Parkieae.

Some classification systems, for example the Cronquist system
Cronquist system

A list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants ....
, treat Fabaceae in a narrow sense, raising Mimisoideae to the rank of family as Mimosaceae.






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As noted below, in some classifications (e.g. the Cronquist system
Cronquist system

A list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants ....
), "Mimosoideae" refers to what here is considered the tribe
Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe — or infrafamily — is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes....
 Mimoseae
Mimoseae

Mimoseae is a tribe of Fabaceae plants in the subfamily Mimosoideae. Where this is treated as a family of its own , the Mimoseae become the subfamily Mimosoideae....
.


Mimosoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
 family Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
 (alt. Leguminosae) characterized by flowers with small petals and numerous prominent stamens. This subfamily is subdivided into five tribes: Acacieae, Ingeae, Mimoseae, Mimozygantheae, and Parkieae.

Some classification systems, for example the Cronquist system
Cronquist system

A list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants ....
, treat Fabaceae in a narrow sense, raising Mimisoideae to the rank of family as Mimosaceae. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, or APG, refers to two international groups of systematic botany who came together to try to establish a consensus view of the taxonomy of flowering plants that would reflect new knowledge in angiosperm relationships based upon molecular systematics studies....
 treats Fabaceae in the broad sense.

Acacieae

  • Acacia
    Acacia

    Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Sweden botanist Carolus Linnaeus in 1773....
     (presently being split up into several genera)
  • Faidherbia


Ingeae

  • Abarema
    Abarema

    Abarema is a neotropical genus of large trees from the legume family . They grow from Mexico to Bolivia. Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands....
  • Albizia
    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....
  • Archidendron
    Archidendron

    Archidendron is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.Species include:* Archidendron bigeminum* Archidendron forbesii* Archidendron grandiflorum, pink laceflower...
  • Archidendropsis
    Archidendropsis

    Archidendropsis is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family....
  • Balizia
  • Blanchetiodendron
  • Calliandra
    Calliandra

    Calliandra is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas....
  • Cathormion
  • Cedrelinga
  • Chloroleucon
    Chloroleucon

    Chloroleucon is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. This genus can be included in Albizia Durazz. It contains the following species:...
     (often included in Albizia)
  • Cojoba
    Cojoba

    Cojoba is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Cojoba arborea*     Cojoba rufescens...
  • Ebenopsis
  • Enterolobium
    Enterolobium

    Enterolobium is a genus of 12 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to tropical and warm-temperate regions of the Americas....
  • Falcataria
  • Guinetia
  • Havardia
  • Hesperalbizia
  • Hydrochorea
    Hydrochorea

    Hydrochorea is a legume genus in the subfamily Mimosoideae. It contains a mere 3 species at present:* Hydrochorea corymbosa Barneby & J.W.Grimes...
  • Inga
    Ingá

    Ing? is one of the Neighborhoods of Niter?i in which the city of Niter?i, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is divided. It lies in the southern zone of the city, in coast of the Guanabara Bay....
  • Lebeckia
    Lebeckia

    Lebeckia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Lebeckia brevicarpa*     Lebeckia brevipes* ''Lebeckia candolleana...
  • Leucochloron
    Leucochloron

    Leucochloron is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Leucochloron foederale*     Leucochloron minarum...
  • Lysiloma
  • Macrosamanea
    Macrosamanea

    Macrosamanea is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Macrosamanea amplissima*     Macrosamanea consanguinea...
  • Painteria
  • Pararchidendron
  • Paraserianthes
  • Pithecellobium
    Pithecellobium

    Pithecellobium is a legume genus in the family Fabaceae.Delimitation to the closely-related Albizia is a matter of dispute, and species were being moved from one genus to the other times and again....
  • Pseudosamanea
  • Samanea (often included in Albizia)
  • Serianthes
    Serianthes

    Serianthes is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Serianthes calycina*     Serianthes margaretae...
  • Sphinga
  • Wallaceodendron
  • Zapoteca
  • Zygia
    Zygia

    Zygia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family....


Mimoseae

  • Adenanthera
    Adenanthera

    Adenanthera is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Adenanthera bicolor*     Adenanthera intermedia...
  • Adenopodia
    Adenopodia

    Adenopodia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Adenopodia rotundifolia...
  • Alantsilodendron
  • Amblygonocarpus
  • Anadenanthera
    Anadenanthera

    Anadenanthera is a genus of South American trees in the Legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains two to four species, including Anadenanthera colubrina and Anadenanthera peregrina....
  • Aubrevillea
  • Calliandropsis
  • Calpocalyx
    Calpocalyx

    Calpocalyx is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Calpocalyx atlanticus*     Calpocalyx brevifolius...
  • Cylicodiscus
  • Desmanthus
    Desmanthus

    Desmanthus is a genus of about 24 species of herbs and shrubs and is sometimes described as being suffruiticose. It is in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae, with pinnate leaves....
  • Dichrostachys
    Dichrostachys

    Dichrostachys is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:...
  • Elephantorrhiza
    Elephantorrhiza

    Elephantorrhiza is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Elephantorrhiza rangei...
  • Entada
    Entada

    The genus Entada consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and lianas of the subfamily Mimosoideae of Fabaceae.About 21 species are known from Africa, 6 from Asia, 2 from Tropical America and one with a cosmopolitan distribution....
  • Fillaeopsis
  • Gagnebina
  • Indopiptadenia
  • Kanaloa
    Kanaloa (botany)

    Kanaloa is a genus of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is Endemism to Hawaii.This genus is interesting because it is known from its pollen grains to have once been quite common on O?ahu and to have also occurred on Maui at least....
  • Lemurodendron
  • Leucaena
    Leucaena

    Leucaena is a genus of about 24 species of leguminous trees and shrubs, distributed from Texas in the United States to Peru. It belongs to subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae....
  • Microlobius
  • Mimosa
    Mimosa

    Mimosa is a genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs, in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. There are two species in the genus that are notable....
  • Neptunia
    Neptunia (genus)

    Neptunia is a genus within the subfamily Mimosoideae.Species within this genus include:*Neptunia lutea*Neptunia oleracea...
  • Newtonia
    Newtonia (plant)

    Newtonia is a genus of legumes.Species are:* Newtonia aubrevillei Keay* Newtonia buchananii G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique...
  • Parapiptadenia
  • Piptadenia
    Piptadenia

    Piptadenia a genus of tropical shrubs and trees of the legume family ....
  • Piptadeniastrum
  • Piptadeniopsis
  • Plathymenia
    Plathymenia

    Plathymenia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Plathymenia foliolosa...
  • Prosopidastrum
  • Prosopis
    Prosopis

    Prosopis is a genus of about 45 species of legume Spine trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa and southwest Asia....
  • Pseudopiptadenia
  • Pseudoprosopis
  • Schleinitzia
  • Stryphnodendron
    Stryphnodendron

    Stryphnodendron is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Stryphnodendron harbesonii*     Stryphnodendron porcatum...
  • Tetrapleura
  • Xerocladia
  • Xylia
    Xylia

    Xylia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Xylia mendoncae*Xylia xylocarpa ...


Mimozygantheae

  • Mimozyganthus


Parkieae

  • Parkia
    Parkia

    Parkia is a genus of leguminous plants of the Mimosoideae subfamily....
  • Pentaclethra