The Faboideae are a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

of the

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. This subfamily is widely distributed, and members are adapted to a wide variety of environments. Faboideae may be

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...

shrub A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...

s, or herbaceous plants. Members include the pea, the sweet pea, the laburnum, and other legumes. The pea-shaped flowers are characteristic of the Faboideae subfamily and root nodulation is very common.

Genera

The type genus, ''Faba'', is a synonym of ''Vicia'', and is listed here as ''Vicia''. *'' Abrus'' *'' Acmispon'' *'' Acosmium'' *'' Adenocarpus'' *'' Adenodolichos'' *'' Adesmia'' *'' Aenictophyton'' *'' Aeschynomene'' *'' Afgekia'' *'' Aganope'' *'' Airyantha'' *'' Aldina'' *'' Alexa'' *'' Alhagi'' *'' Alistilus'' *'' Almaleea'' *'' Alysicarpus'' *'' Amburana'' *'' Amicia'' *'' Ammodendron'' *'' Ammopiptanthus'' *'' Ammothamnus'' *'' Amphiodon'' *'' Amorpha'' *'' Amphicarpaea'' *'' Amphimas'' *'' Amphithalea'' *'' Anagyris'' *'' Anarthrophyllum'' *'' Ancistrotropis'' *'' Andira'' *'' Angylocalyx'' *'' Antheroporum'' *'' Anthyllis'' *'' Antopetitia'' *'' Aotus'' *'' Aphyllodium'' *'' Apios'' *'' Apoplanesia'' *'' Apurimacia'' *'' Arachis'' *'' Argyrocytisus'' *'' Argyrolobium'' *'' Arthroclianthus'' *'' Aspalathus'' *'' Astragalus'' *'' Ateleia'' *'' Austrocallerya'' *'' Austrodolichos'' *'' Austrosteenisia'' *'' Baphia'' *'' Baphiastrum'' *'' Baphiopsis'' *'' Baptisia'' *''

Barbieria ''Barbieria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains a single species, ''Barbieria pinnata'', a climber native to the tropical Americas, from southern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to norther ...

'' *'' Behaimia'' *''

Bionia ''Bionia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, native to central and eastern Brazil. It was resurrected from ''Camptosema''. Species The following species are accepted: *''Bionia coccinea'' *''Bioni ...

'' *'' Bituminaria'' *'' Bobgunnia'' *'' Bocoa'' *'' Bolusafra'' *'' Bolusanthus'' *'' Bolusia'' *'' Bossiaea'' *'' Bowdichia'' *'' Bowringia'' *'' Brongniartia'' *'' Brya'' *'' Bryaspis'' *'' Burkilliodendron'' *'' Butea'' *'' Cadia'' *'' Cajanus'' *'' Calia'' *'' Calicotome'' *'' Callerya'' *'' Callistachys'' *'' Calobota'' *'' Calophaca'' *'' Calopogonium'' *'' Calpurnia'' *'' Camoensia'' *'' Camptosema'' *'' Campylotropis'' *'' Canavalia'' *'' Candolleodendron'' *'' Caragana'' *'' Carmichaelia'' *'' Carrissoa'' *'' Cascaronia'' *'' Castanospermum'' *'' Centrolobium'' *'' Centrosema'' *'' Chadsia'' *'' Chaetocalyx'' *'' Chamaecytisus'' *'' Chapmannia'' *'' Chesneya'' *'' Chorizema'' *'' Christia'' *'' Cicer'' *'' Cladrastis'' *'' Clathrotropis'' *'' Cleobulia'' *'' Clianthus'' *'' Clitoria'' *'' Clitoriopsis'' *'' Cochlianthus'' *'' Cochliasanthus'' *'' Codariocalyx'' *'' Collaea'' *'' Cologania'' *'' Colutea'' *'' Condylostylis'' *'' Cordyla'' *'' Coronilla'' *'' Coursetia'' *'' Craibia'' *'' Cranocarpus'' *'' Craspedolobium'' *'' Cratylia'' *'' Cristonia'' *'' Crotalaria'' *'' Cruddasia'' *'' Cullen'' *'' Cyamopsis'' *'' Cyathostegia'' *'' Cyclocarpa'' *'' Cyclolobium'' *''

Cyclopia Cyclopia (named after the Greek mythology characters cyclopes), also known as alobar holoprosencephaly, is the most extreme form of holoprosencephaly and is a congenital disorder (birth defect) characterized by the failure of the embryonic prosen ...

'' *'' Cymbosema'' *'' Cytisophyllum'' *'' Cytisopsis'' *'' Cytisus'' *'' Dahlstedtia'' *'' Dalbergia'' *'' Dalbergiella'' *'' Dalea'' *'' Dalhousiea'' *'' Daprainia'' *'' Daviesia'' *'' Decorsea'' *'' Dendrolobium'' *'' Derris'' *'' Dermatophyllum'' *'' Desmodiastrum'' *'' Desmodium'' *'' Dewevrea'' *'' Dichilus'' *'' Dicraeopetalum'' *'' Dillwynia'' *'' Dioclea'' *'' Diphyllarium'' *'' Diphysa'' *'' Diplotropis'' *'' Dipogon'' *'' Dipteryx'' *'' Discolobium'' *'' Disynstemon'' *'' Dolichopsis'' *'' Dolichos'' *'' Dorycnium'' *'' Droogmansia'' *'' Dumasia'' *'' Dunbaria'' *'' Dussia'' *'' Dysolobium'' *'' Ebenus'' *'' Echinospartum'' *'' Eleiotis'' *'' Eminia'' *'' Endosamara'' *'' Eremosparton'' *'' Erichsenia'' *'' Erinacea'' *'' Eriosema'' *'' Errazurizia'' *'' Erythrina'' *'' Etaballia'' *'' Euchilopsis'' *'' Euchlora'' *'' Euchresta'' *'' Eutaxia'' *'' Eversmannia'' *'' Exostyles'' *'' Eysenhardtia'' *'' Ezoloba'' *'' Fairchildia'' *'' Fiebrigiella'' *'' Fissicalyx'' *'' Flemingia'' *'' Fordia'' *'' Galactia'' *'' Galega'' *'' Gastrolobium'' *'' Geissaspis'' *'' Genista'' *'' Genistidium'' *'' Geoffroea'' *'' Gliricidia'' *''

Glycine Glycine (symbol Gly or G; ) is an amino acid that has a single hydrogen atom as its side chain. It is the simplest stable amino acid. Glycine is one of the proteinogenic amino acids. It is encoded by all the codons starting with GG (G ...

'' *'' Glycyrrhiza'' *'' Gompholobium'' *'' Gonocytisus'' *'' Goodia'' *'' Grazielodendron'' *'' Guianodendron'' *'' Gueldenstaedtia'' *'' Halimodendron'' *'' Hammatolobium'' *'' Haplormosia'' *'' Hardenbergia'' *'' Harleyodendron'' *'' Harpalyce'' *'' Hebestigma'' *'' Hedysarum'' *'' Helicotropis'' *'' Herpyza'' *'' Hesperolaburnum'' *'' Hippocrepis'' *'' Hoita'' *'' Holocalyx'' *'' Hosackia'' *'' Hovea'' *'' Huangtcia'' *'' Humularia'' *'' Hymenocarpos'' *'' Hymenolobium'' *'' Hypocalyptus'' *'' Indigastrum'' *'' Indigofera'' *'' Inocarpus'' *'' Isotropis'' *'' Jacksonia'' *'' Kanburia'' *'' Kennedia'' *'' Kotschya'' *'' Kummerowia'' *'' Lablab'' * +''Laburnocytisus'' *'' Laburnum'' *'' Lackeya'' *'' Ladeania'' *'' Lamprolobium'' *'' Lathyrus'' *'' Latrobea'' *'' Lebeckia'' *'' Lecointea'' *'' Lembotropis'' *'' Lennea'' *'' Lens'' *'' Leobordea'' *'' Leptoderris'' *'' Leptodesmia'' *'' Leptolobium'' *'' Leptosema'' *'' Leptospron'' *'' Lespedeza'' *'' Lessertia'' *'' Leucomphalos'' *'' Limadendron'' *'' Liparia'' *'' Listia'' *'' Lonchocarpus'' *'' Lotononis'' *'' Lotus'' *'' Luetzelburgia'' *''

Lupinus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet, is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centre of diversity, centres of diversity in North America, North and South A ...

'' *'' Luzonia'' *'' Maackia'' *'' Machaerium'' *'' Macropsychanthus'' *'' Macroptilium'' *'' Macrotyloma'' *'' Maraniona'' *'' Margaritolobium'' *'' Marina'' *'' Mastersia'' *'' Mecopus'' *'' Medicago'' *'' Melilotus'' *'' Melliniella'' *'' Melolobium'' *'' Microcharis'' *'' Mildbraediodendron'' *'' Millettia'' *'' Mirbelia'' *'' Monopteryx'' *'' Mucuna'' *'' Muellera'' *'' Muelleranthus'' *'' Mundulea'' *'' Myrocarpus'' *'' Myrospermum'' *'' Myroxylon'' *'' Mysanthus'' *'' Nanhaia'' *'' Neocollettia'' *'' Neoharmsia'' *'' Neonotonia'' *'' Neorautanenia'' *'' Neorudolphia'' *'' Nephrodesmus'' *'' Nesphostylis'' *'' Nissolia'' *'' Nogra'' *'' Oberholzeria'' *'' Olneya'' *'' Onobrychis'' *'' Ononis'' *'' Ophrestia'' *'' Orbexilum'' *'' Oreophysa'' *''

Ormocarpopsis ''Ormocarpopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species of shrubs or small trees endemic to Madagascar. They inhabit seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, and xerophytic shrubland, sometimes on rocky ...

'' *'' Ormocarpum'' *'' Ormosia'' *'' Orphanodendron'' *'' Ornithopus'' *'' Oryxis'' *'' Ostryocarpus'' *'' Otholobium'' *'' Otoptera'' *'' Ottleya'' *'' Oxylobium'' *'' Oxyrhynchus'' *'' Oxytropis'' *'' Pachyrhizus'' *'' Padbruggea'' *'' Panurea'' *'' Paracalyx'' *'' Paragoodia'' *'' Paramachaerium'' *'' Parochetus'' *'' Parryella'' *'' Pearsonia'' *'' Pediomelum'' *'' Pedleya'' *'' Periandra'' *'' Pericopsis'' *'' Petaladenium'' *'' Peteria'' *'' Petteria'' *'' Phaseolus'' *'' Phylacium'' *'' Phyllodium'' *'' Phyllota'' *'' Phylloxylon'' *'' Physostigma'' *'' Pickeringia'' *'' Pictetia'' *'' Piptanthus'' *'' Piscidia'' *'' Pisum'' *'' Plagiocarpus'' *'' Platycelyphium'' *'' Platycyamus'' *'' Platylobium'' *'' Platymiscium'' *'' Platypodium'' *'' Platysepalum'' *'' Podalyria'' *'' Podocytisus'' *'' Podolobium'' *'' Poecilanthe'' *'' Poiretia'' *'' Poitea'' *'' Polhillia'' *'' Polhillides'' *'' Pongamiopsis'' *'' Pseudarthria'' *'' Pseudeminia'' *'' Pseudoeriosema'' *'' Pseudovigna'' *'' Psophocarpus'' *'' Psoralea'' *'' Psorothamnus'' *'' Pterocarpus'' *'' Pterodon'' *'' Ptycholobium'' *'' Ptychosema'' *'' Pueraria'' *'' Pultenaea'' *'' Pullenia'' *'' Pycnospora'' *'' Pyranthus'' *'' Rafnia'' *'' Ramirezella'' *'' Ramorinoa'' *'' Retama'' *'' Rhodopis'' *'' Rhynchosia'' *'' Rhynchotropis'' *'' Riedeliella'' *'' Robinia'' *'' Robynsiophyton'' *'' Rothia'' *'' Rupertia'' *'' Sakoanala'' *'' Salweenia'' *'' Sarcodum'' *'' Sartoria'' *'' Schefflerodendron'' *'' Scorpiurus'' *'' Sellocharis'' *'' Sesbania'' *'' Shuteria'' *'' Sigmoidala'' *'' Sigmoidotropis'' *'' Sinodolichos'' *'' Smirnowia'' *'' Smithia'' *'' Soemmeringia'' *'' Sophora'' *'' Spartium'' *'' Spathionema'' *'' Spatholobus'' *'' Sphaerolobium'' *'' Sphaerophysa'' *'' Sphenostylis'' *'' Sphinctospermum'' *'' Spirotropis'' *'' Spongiocarpella'' *'' Stauracanthus'' *'' Staminodianthus'' *'' Steinbachiella'' *'' Stirtonanthus'' *'' Stonesiella'' *'' Streblorrhiza'' *'' Strongylodon'' *'' Strophostyles'' *'' Stylosanthes'' *'' Styphnolobium'' *'' Swainsona'' *'' Swartzia'' *'' Sweetia'' *'' Sylvichadsia'' *'' Syrmatium'' *'' Tabaroa'' *'' Tadehagi'' *'' Taralea'' *'' Taverniera'' *'' Templetonia'' *'' Tephrosia'' *'' Teramnus'' *'' Teyleria'' *'' Thermopsis'' *'' Thinicola'' *'' Tipuana'' *'' Trifidacanthus'' *'' Trifolium'' *'' Trigonella'' *'' Tripodion'' *'' Trischidium'' *'' Uleanthus'' *'' Ulex'' *'' Uraria'' *'' Uribea'' *'' Urodon'' *'' Vandasina'' *'' Vatairea'' *'' Vataireopsis'' *'' Vatovaea'' *'' Vavilovia'' *'' Vermifrux'' *'' Verdesmum'' H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi 2012 *'' Vicia'' *'' Vigna'' *'' Viminaria'' *'' Virgilia'' *'' Vuralia'' *'' Wajira'' *'' Weberbauerella'' *'' Whitfordiodendron'' *'' Wiborgia'' *'' Wiborgiella'' *'' Wisteria'' *'' Wisteriopsis'' *'' Xanthocercis'' *'' Xiphotheca'' *'' Zollernia'' *'' Zornia'' *'' Zygocarpum''

Systematics

Modern

molecular phylogenetics Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

recommend a clade-based classification of Faboideae as a superior alternative to the traditional tribal classification of Polhill: Note: Minor branches have been omitted.

Notes

References

External links

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L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The Families of Flowering Plants: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, Information Retrieval.
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