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Native Geographic Range

Taxon	Subfamily	Common name(s)	Growth Form	Native Geographic Range	No. Seed Accessions	No. Living Accessions
Erythrina lysistemon	Papilionoideae	kaffirboom (Afrikaans) lucky bean tree musinzana (Shona) mutsodzo (Shona)			4	2
Erythrostemon gilliesii	Caesalpinioideae	yellow bird-of-paradise	shrub	Southern South America	6	2
Eysenhardtia texana	Papilionoideae	palo dulce (Spanish) Texas kidneywood	shrub small tree	Southwestern North America	3	2
Geoffroea decorticans	Papilionoideae	chañar (Spanish) Chilean palo verde			4	2
Harpalyce arborescens	Papilionoideae				1	2
Havardia pallens	Caesalpinioideae	tenaza			6	2
Leucaena retusa	Caesalpinioideae	golden-ball lead tree	small tree	Southwestern North America	11	2
Lysiloma divaricatum	Caesalpinioideae	littleleaf lysiloma mauto (Spanish)			6	2
Mariosousa millefolia	Caesalpinioideae	Santa Rita acacia	shrub	Southwestern North America	3	2
Medicago arborea	Papilionoideae	tree alfalfa			6	2
Mimosa asperata	Caesalpinioideae	Berlandier's mimosa	shrub	Central America Southwestern North America	2	2
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 quadrivalvis var. latidens	Caesalpinioideae	sensitive briar			3	2
Mimosa strigillosa	Caesalpinioideae	powderpuff vergonzosa (Spanish)	perennial herb	South Central North America South Central South America Southeastern North America	2	2
Mundulea sericea	Papilionoideae	cork bush mundulea mupumhamhene (Shona) umsindandlovu (Ndebele)			2	2
Nissolia schottii	Papilionoideae	nissolia Schott yellowhood	climber/vine	Southwestern North America	6	2
Olneya tesota	Papilionoideae	desert ironwood palo fierro (Spanish) tesota (Spanish)	tree	Southwestern North America	12	2
Parkinsonia florida subsp. florida	Caesalpinioideae	blue palo verde			16	2
Parkinsonia praecox subsp. praecox	Caesalpinioideae	brea palo brea			6	2
Parkinsonia texana var. macra	Caesalpinioideae	border palo verde Tamaulipan palo verde			2	2