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Native Geographic Range

Taxon	Subfamily	Common name(s)	Growth Form	Native Geographic Range	No. Seed Accessions	No. Living Accessions
Marina diffusa	Papilionoideae	escoba colorada (Spanish)			3	0
Marina parryi	Papilionoideae	Parry dalea			6	1
Mariosousa coulteri	Caesalpinioideae	Coulter acacia		Southern North America	2	1
Mariosousa millefolia	Caesalpinioideae	Santa Rita acacia	shrub	Southwestern North America	3	2
Mariosousa willardiana	Caesalpinioideae	palo blanco		Southwestern North America	1	1
Medicago arborea	Papilionoideae	tree alfalfa			6	2
Medicago lupulina	Papilionoideae	black medick hop-clover nonesuch			1	0
Medicago sativa	Papilionoideae	alfalfa			1	0
Melilotus albus	Papilionoideae	white sweet clover			4	0
Melilotus indica	Papilionoideae	Indian sweetclover sourclover trebol de olor común (Spanish)			1	0
Melilotus officinalis	Papilionoideae	yellow sweet clover			2	0
Millettia grandis	Papilionoideae	omsambeet (Afrikaans) umSimbithwa (Zulu) umzimbeet			1	0
Mimosa acantholoba var. eurycarpa	Caesalpinioideae		shrub small tree	Mexico	1	0
Mimosa albida	Caesalpinioideae		climber/vine perennial herb subshrub	Central America Northern South America Southern Mexico	1	0
Mimosa asperata	Caesalpinioideae	Berlandier's mimosa	shrub	Central America Southwestern North America	2	2
Mimosa bahamensis	Caesalpinioideae	White logwood bush, holdback	shrub small tree	Bahamas Central America Southeastern Mexico	2	0
Mimosa biuncifera	Caesalpinioideae	catclaw mimosa wait-a-minute bush	shrub	Southwestern North America	11	1
Mimosa distachya var. laxiflora	Caesalpinioideae	gatuña (Spanish)	shrub	Southwestern North America	6	2
Mimosa dysocarpa	Caesalpinioideae	velvet-pod mimosa	shrub	Southwestern North America	4	2
Mimosa emoryana	Caesalpinioideae	Emory mimosa	shrub	Southwestern North America	2	2
Mimosa ephedroides	Caesalpinioideae	pichana (Spanish) prendador (Spanish)	shrub	Southern South America	2	2
Mimosa farinosa	Caesalpinioideae	shinque (Spanish) tusca blanca (Spanish)	shrub small tree	Southern South America	2	2
Mimosa grahamii var. grahamii	Caesalpinioideae	Graham's mimosa	shrub	Southwestern North America	4	2
Mimosa lacerata	Caesalpinioideae		shrub small tree	Central Mexico Southern Mexico	2	0
Mimosa malacophylla	Caesalpinioideae	raspa huevos (Spanish) raspilla (Spanish) vine mimosa	climber/vine shrub	Southwestern North America	3	1