The Faboideae is the largest subfamily in the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An alternative name for the subfamily, mostly used in older literature, is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.

Widely known members of this subfamily include peanuts, peas, lentils, lupin, soybean, and other legumes. The butterfly-shaped flowers are characteristic of the Faboideae subfamily and root nodulation is very common. The species in this subfamily vary enormously in size, from the tiny Lupinus uncialis reaching only 2cm in height, to Pterocarpus mildbraedii subsp. usumbarensis at up to height.

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

• Behaimia

• Bionia

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 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

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