(botany) A subfamily of the legume family, Leguminosae; members are largely woody and tropical or subtropical with regular flowers and usually numerous stamens.
Mimosoideae
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alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
Synonym: subfamily Mimosoideae
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- As noted below, in some classifications (e.g. the Cronquist system), "Mimosoideae" refers to what here is considered the tribe Mimoseae.
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Mimosoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)[2] characterized by flowers with small petals and numerous prominent stamens. This subfamily is subdivided into four tribes: Acacieae, Ingeae, Mimoseae, and Mimozygantheae.[1]
Some classification systems, for example the Cronquist system, treat Fabaceae in a narrow sense, raising Mimisoideae to the rank of family as Mimosaceae. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group treats Fabaceae in the broad sense.
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Acacieae
- Acacia Mill. (presently being split up into several genera)
- Acaciella Britton & Rose
- Mariosousa Seigler & Ebinger
- Senegalia Raf.
- Vachellia Wight & Arn.[3]
Ingeae
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Mimozygantheae
- Mimozyganthus Burkart[8]
References
- ^ a b "Mimosoideae". Taxonomy. UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/3807. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ "Fabaceae Lindl., nom. cons. subfam. Mimosoideae". Germplasm Resource Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?1573. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ "Acacieae". Taxonomy. UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/163485. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ "Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resource Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-12-14. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?13968. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ "Samanea (DC.) Merr.". Germplasm Resource Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-10. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?16377. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ "Genera of Fabaceae tribe Ingeae". Germplasm Resource Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?1560. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ "Genera of Fabaceae tribe Mimoseae". Germplasm Resource Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?1561. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ "Mimozygantheae". Taxonomy. UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/325690. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
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