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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Mimosaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Mimosaceae

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Mimosaceae R. Br. in Flinders pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 551. 19 Jul 1814.

Named members of the Family Mimosaceae

1	Tribus  Acacieae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 40. 1829.
	2    Subtribus  Acaciinae Wight & Arn. pub. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.: 267. 10 Oct 1834.      3    Genus  Acacia Mill. pub. (1754) common name: acacia
4	Tribus  Adenanthereae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 437. 19 Oct 1865.
	5    Subtribus  Adenantherinae Benth. pub. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 331. Nov 1841.   6    Genus  Adenanthera L. pub. (1753) common name: beadtree
7	Subtribus  Desmanthinae Benth. pub. J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 128. Apr 1840.
	8    Genus  Desmanthus Willd. pub. (1806) common name: bundleflower
9	Tribus  Ingeae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 437. 19 Oct 1865.
	10    Genus  Inga Mill. pub. (1754) common name: inga
11	Subfamilia  Mimosoideae (R. Br.) DC. pub. Prodr. 2: 424. mid Nov 1825.
	12    Tribus  Mimoseae Bronn pub. Form. Pl. Legumin.: 78, 127, 130. 1822.      13    Subtribus  Mimosinae Benth. pub. J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 128. Apr 1840.      14    Genus  Mimosa L. pub. (1753) common name: sensitive plant
15	Tribus  Parkieae (Wight & Arn.) Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 1323. Oct 1840.
	16    Subtribus  Parkiinae Wight & Arn. pub. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.: 279. 10 Oct 1834.   17    Genus  Parkia R. Br. pub. (1826) common name: parkia
18	Tribus  Piptadenieae Benth. pub. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 343, 358. 1875.
	19    Genus  Piptadenia Benth. pub. (1840)

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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