The Mimosoideae are a traditional subfamily of trees, herbs, lianas, and shrubs in the pea family (Fabaceae) that mostly grow in tropical and subtropical climates. They are typically characterized by having radially symmetric flowers, with petals that are twice divided (valvate) in bud and with numerous showy, prominent stamens.
Archidendron is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It includes 98 species which range from India through Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, Malesia, and Papuasia to Queensland and New South Wales.
Cojoba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 15 species, which range through the tropical Americas from northern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Bolivia and northern Brazil. from
Hydrochorea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 11 species native to Central and South America and west and west-central Africa. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Pithecellobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes approximately 23 species from the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico to Peru and northern Brazil, including the Caribbean Islands and Florida.
Zygia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 60 species of tres and shrubs native to the tropical Americas, from Southern Mexico and Cuba to northern Argentina. Typical habitats are tropical forest and coastal zones, generally below 900 meters elevation with a few species extending up to 2800 meters. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Archidendron bigeminum is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found in India and Sri Lanka. It is known as "kalitiya - කලටිය" in Sinhala.
Punjuba is a genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, as well as to western South America.
Abarema adenophora is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Northern South America, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.
Abarema alexandri is a species of plant of the genus Abarema in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica, where it can be found in woodland or thicket on limestone soils.
Abarema cochleata is a species of plant of the genus Abarema in the family Fabaceae.
Abarema curvicarpa is a species of plant of the genus Abarema in the family Fabaceae. It can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname.
Abarema idiopoda is a species of plant of the genus Abarema in the family Fabaceae.
Abarema jupunba is a species of plant of the genus Abarema in the family Fabaceae.
Abarema levelii is a species of plant of the genus Abarema in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Venezuela and north Brazil.
Abarema alexandri var. troyana is a variety of the legume A. alexandri in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica, where it can be found in woodland or thicket on limestone soils.
Jupunba is a genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to region from South Mexico extending to tropical America.
Hydrochorea elegans is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree in the emergent layer of the tropical rainforest of southern Central America and northern South America. The species was formerly known as Balizia elegans, and reassigned to genus Hydrochorea in 2022.
James Walter Grimes, known as Jim Grimes, is an American botanist.
