subfamily Mimosoideae

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subfamily Mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family MimosaceaeMimosoideaerosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantsFabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceaegenus Mimosa - genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movementgenus Acacia - large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosaAdenanthera, genus Adenanthera - small genus of trees of tropical Asia and Pacific areasgenus Albizia, genus Albizzia - large genus of unarmed trees and shrubs of Old World tropicsAnadenanthera, genus Anadenanthera - 2 species of tropical American shrubs or treesgenus Calliandra - genus of pinnate-leaved shrubs and small trees of tropical and subtropical North and South America and India and West AfricaEnterolobium, genus Enterolobium - small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albiziagenus Inga - genus of tropical trees or shrubsgenus Leucaena, Leucaena - small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acaciagenus Lysiloma, Lysiloma - small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight podsgenus Parkia, Parkia - genus of tropical Old World trees: nitta treesgenus Piptadenia, Piptadenia - tropical American trees and shrubs; often placed in other generagenus Pithecellobium, genus Pithecolobium, Pithecellobium, Pithecolobium - thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asiagenus Prosopis, Prosopis - genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite