Mimosoideae

Mimosoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) characterized by flowers with small petals and numerous prominent stamens. This subfamily is subdivided into five tribes: Acacieae, Ingeae, Mimoseae, Mimozygantheae, and Parkieae.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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Noun
1. alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
(synonym) subfamily Mimosoideae
(hypernym) rosid dicot family
(member-holonym) Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family
(member-meronym) genus Mimosa