Faboideae

The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.^[4]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

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Faboideae Temporal range: Late Paleocene – recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Crotalaria retusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribes[2][3]
Abreae Amorpheae Bossiaeeae Brongniartieae Cicereae Crotalarieae Dalbergieae Desmodieae Dipterygeae Euchresteae Fabeae Galegeae Genisteae Hedysareae Hypocalypteae Indigofereae Loteae Millettieae Mirbelieae Phaseoleae Podalyrieae Psoraleeae Robinieae Sesbanieae Sophoreae Swartzieae Thermopsideae Trifolieae Wisterieae
Distribution of the Faboideae
Synonyms
Aspalathaceae Martynov Astragalaceae Berchtold & J. Presl Ciceraceae W. Steele Coronillaceae Martynov Cytisaceae Berchtold & J. Presl Dalbergiaceae Martinov Daleaceae Berchtold & J. Presl Galedupaceae Martynov Geoffroeaceae Martius Hedysaraceae Oken Inocarpaceae Berchtold & J. Presl Lathyraceae Burnett Lotaceae Oken Papilionatae Taub. Papilionaceae Giseke Papilionoideae (L.) DC. 1825 Phaseolaceae Martius Robiniaceae Vest Sophoraceae Berchtold & J. Presl Tamarindaceae Martinov Trifoliaceae Berchtold & J. Presl Viciaceae Oken

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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. The papilionaceous species vary enormously in size from the tiny Lupinus uncialis only 2 cm in height to Pterocarpus mildbraedii subsp. usumbarensis at up to 75 m (246 ft) height.^{[citation needed]}