Mimosa is a genus of about 600 species of herbs and shrubs, in the mimosoid clade of the legume family Fabaceae. Species are native to the Americas, from North Dakota to northern Argentina, and to eastern Africa as well as the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. The generic name is derived from the Greek word μῖμος (mimos), an "actor" or "mime", and the feminine suffix -osa, "resembling", suggesting its 'sensitive leaves' which seem to 'mimic conscious life'.
Ruellia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as ruellias or wild petunias. They are not closely related to petunias (Petunia) although both genera belong to the same euasterid clade. The genus was named in honor of Jean Ruelle (1474–1537), herbalist and physician to Francis I of France and translator of several works of Dioscorides.
Hans Schinz was a Swiss explorer and botanist who was a native of Zürich.
Peteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is native to USA and Mexico.
Gundlachia, commonly called goldenshrub, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Sauvallea is a monotypic genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described as a genus in 1871. The genus consists of a single species, Sauvallea blainii, which was endemic to Cuba.
Volkensinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It only contains one known species; Volkensinia prostrata. It is in the subfamily Amaranthoideae.
Verhuellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Piperaceae. Verhuellia is a sister genus to all other Piperaceae, but has its own subfamily of Verhuellioideae.
Torralbasia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. It only contains the one known species, Torralbasia cuneifolia(C.Wright ex A.Gray) Krug & Urb.
Thepparatia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. It only contains one known species, the liana Thepparatia scandens.
Ibervillea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Majidea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.
Ottoschulzia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Metteniusaceae.
Sibbaldianthe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rosaceae. It is also in the Rosoideae subfamily.
Siemensia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one known species, Siemensia pendula(C.Wright ex Griseb.) Urb.
Scaligeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It is also in Tribe Pyramidoptereae.
Neobertiera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
Schimpera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. The only species is Schimpera arabica.
Martianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Hullsia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It only contains one species, Hullsia argillicola.
