Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Fabales

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.

Worldwide: 64 genera and 2,950 species, mostly tropical.

Caprivi: 9 genera and 37 taxa.

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Links to genera:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

GenusContent
Acacia Mill.Description, Image
Albizia Durazz.Description
Amblygonocarpus HarmsDescription
Dichrostachys (A. DC.) Wight & Arn.Description, Image
Elephantorrhiza Benth.Description
Entada Adans.Description
Faidherbia A. Chev.Description
Mimosa L.Description, Image
Neptunia Lour.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Burundi: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of the DRC: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Malawi: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Mozambique: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Rwanda: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Zambia: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae
BHL (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



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Family page: Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=139, retrieved 6 December 2024

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