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Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae - Legume family
Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae
Mimosaceae
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970) Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 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. Comment: Nowadays combined with the subfamilies Caesalpinioideae and Papilionoideae into the large family FABACEAE or LEGUMINOSAE. However, as all three are extensive and distinctive groups, it is still preferred to deal with them in separate lists. Worldwide: 64 genera and 2,950 species, mostly tropical. Zimbabwe: 12 genera and 95 taxa. |
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Links to genera: 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 |
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Flora of the DRC: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
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Flora of Malawi: cultivated Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Mozambique: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
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Flora of Rwanda: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Zambia: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Fabaceae subfamily MimosoideaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
JSTOR Plant Science: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Wikipedia: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Plants of the World Online: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Tropicos: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
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