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Mimosaceae - Mimosa family
Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae
Literature
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970) Mimosoideae FZ 3(1)
Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa
Description of the family
Trees or shrubs (in ours). Leaves alternate, 2-pinnate or (in some introduced species) modified to phyllodes which look like simple leaves. Inflorescences usually spikes, racemes or heads of small, actinomorphic (3-)5(-6)-merous flowers. Sepals usually united to form a calyx. Petals valvate in bud, free, or united below into a tube. Stamens 4-10, as many as or twice as many as the petals, or numerous. Pods and seeds various. Seeds generally marked with an areole. Worldwide: 64 genera and 2,950 species, mostly tropical. |
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More sample images from the Mimosaceae (Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record)
Links to genera: (12) View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Acacia Mill. | Description, Image |
| Albizia Durazz. | Description, Image |
| Amblygonocarpus Harms | Description, Image |
| Dichrostachys (A. DC.) Wight & Arn. | Description, Image |
| Elephantorrhiza Benth. | Description, Image |
| Entada Adans. | Description, Image |
| Faidherbia A. Chev. | Description, Image |
| Leucaena Benth. | Description, Image |
| Mimosa L. | Description, Image |
| Neptunia Lour. | Description, Image |
| Newtonia Baill. | Description, Image |
| Xylia Benth. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Mimosaceae:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Mimosaceae pageFlora of Mozambique: Mimosaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Mimosaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
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