Mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceaegenus Mimosa - genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement genus Acacia - large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa genus Calliandra - genus of pinnate-leaved shrubs and small trees of tropical and subtropical North and South America and India and West Africa genus Leucaena, Leucaena - small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia genus Lysiloma, Lysiloma - small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods |