subfamily papilionoideae

1. Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae (synset 112522250)
   is a type of: rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants
   subtypes: genus medicago, medicago - a genus of herbs that resemble clover
   member holonym:

   • genus amorpha - American herbs or shrubs usually growing in dry sunny habitats on prairies and hillsides
   • amphicarpa, amphicarpaea, genus amphicarpa, genus amphicarpaea - very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut
   • anagyris, genus anagyris - very small genus of shrubs of southern Europe having backward curving seed pods
   • andira, genus andira - small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa
   • anthyllis, genus anthyllis - genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs
   • apios, genus apios - twining perennial North American plants
   • aspalathus, genus aspalathus - genus of South African heathlike shrubs
   • astragalus, genus astragalus - large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae
   • baphia, genus baphia - small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar
   • baptisia, genus baptisia - genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod
   • butea, genus butea - genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak
   • cajanus, genus cajanus - erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions
   • canavalia, genus canavalia - herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics
   • genus caragana - large genus of Asiatic deciduous shrubs or small trees
   • castanospermum, genus castanospermum - a rosid dicot genus of the subfamily Papilionoideae having one species: Moreton Bay chestnut
   • centrosema, genus centrosema - a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers
   • cercis, genus cercis - deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States
   • chamaecytisus, genus chamaecytisus - small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods; often especially formerly included in genus Cytisus
   • chordospartium, genus chordospartium - 2 species of small New Zealand trees: weeping tree broom; endangered
   • chorizema, genus chorizema - genus of Australian twining vines and small shrubs: flame peas
   • cicer, genus cicer - chickpea plant; Asiatic herbs
   • cladrastis, genus cladrastis - yellowwoods
   • genus clianthus - genus of semi-prostrate Australasian shrubs or vines
   • clitoria, genus clitoria - genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers
   • codariocalyx, genus codariocalyx - used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium
   • colutea, genus colutea - small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery pods
   • genus coronilla - genus of Old World shrubs and herbs
   • genus crotalaria - large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa
   • cyamopsis, genus cyamopsis - small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia
   • cytisus, genus cytisus - large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom
   • broom - any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
   • dalbergia, genus dalbergia - large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers
   • dalea, genus dalea - indigo bush
   • daviesia, genus daviesia - genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods
   • genus derris - genus of Old World tropical shrubs and woody vines
   • desmanthus, genus desmanthus - genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers
   • desmodium, genus desmodium - beggarweed; tick trefoil
   • dipogon, genus dipogon - one species: Australian pea
   • dolichos, genus dolichos - genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma
   • genus erythrina - genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers
   • galega, genus galega - small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue
   • genus gastrolobium - genus of Australian evergreen shrubs poisonous to livestock: poison bush
   • genista, genus genista - chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom
   • genus geoffroea, geoffroea - small genus of shrubs or small trees of tropical and subtropical America
   • genus gliricidia - small genus of low-branching profusely flowering trees of tropical America
   • genus glycine, glycine - genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean
   • genus glycyrrhiza, glycyrrhiza - sticky perennial Eurasian herbs
   • genus halimodendron, halimodendron - one species: salt tree
   • genus hardenbergia, hardenbergia - small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia
   • genus hedysarum, hedysarum - genus of herbs of north temperate regions
   • genus hippocrepis, hippocrepis - species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch
   • genus hovea - genus of Australian evergreen shrubs
   • genus indigofera, indigofera - genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes
   • genus jacksonia, jacksonia - genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches
   • genus kennedia, genus kennedya, kennedia, kennedya - genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers
   • genus lablab, lablab - one species: hyacinth bean
   • genus laburnum, laburnum - flowering shrubs or trees having bright yellow flowers; all parts of the plant are poisonous
   • genus lathyrus, lathyrus - genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea
   • genus lespedeza - genus of shrubs or herbs of tropical Asia and Australia and the eastern United States
   • genus lens, lens - genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
   • genus lonchocarpus, lonchocarpus - genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers
   • genus lotus, lotus - annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
   • genus lupinus, lupinus - herbs or shrubs: lupin
   • genus macrotyloma, macrotyloma - annual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia; plants often placed in genus Dolichos
   • genus millettia - genus of trees and shrubs of the Old World tropics
   • genus mucuna, genus stizolobium, stizolobium - genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters
   • genus myroxylon, myroxylon - a genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers
   • genus onobrychis, onobrychis - genus of Old World herbs having pinnate leaves and pink or whites racemose flowers followed by flat unjointed pods
   • genus ononis, ononis - genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow
   • genus ormosia, ormosia - genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood
   • genus oxytropis, oxytropis - large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal
   • genus pachyrhizus, pachyrhizus - small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots
   • genus parochetus, parochetus - one species: shamrock pea
   • genus phaseolus, phaseolus - herbs of warm regions including most American beans
   • genus pickeringia, pickeringia - one species: chaparral pea
   • genus piscidia, piscidia - genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons
   • genus pisum, pisum - small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas
   • genus platylobium, platylobium - small genus of Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs or subshrubs
   • genus platymiscium, platymiscium - genus of tropical American trees: quira
   • genus podalyria, podalyria - genus of South African leguminous shrubs often placed in genus Sophora
   • genus pongamia, pongamia - one species: Indian beech
   • genus psophocarpus, psophocarpus - species of tropical Asian and African climbing herbs
   • genus psoralea, psoralea - widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers
   • genus pterocarpus, pterocarpus - genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods
   • genus pueraria, pueraria - genus of woody Asiatic vines: kudzu
   • genus retama, retama - small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista
   • genus robinia, robinia - deciduous flowering trees and shrubs
   • genus sabinea, sabinea - small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib wood
   • genus sesbania - small genus of tropical and subtropical leguminous herbs or shrubs or trees
   • genus sophora, sophora - cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria
   • genus spartium, spartium - one species: Spanish broom
   • genus strongylodon, strongylodon - genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines
   • genus templetonia, templetonia - genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush
   • genus tephrosia, tephrosia - genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary peas
   • genus thermopsis, thermopsis - genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush peas
   • genus tipuana, tipuana - one species: South American tree: tipu tree
   • genus trigonella, trigonella - Old World genus of frequently aromatic herbs
   • genus ulex, ulex - genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse
   • genus vicia, vicia - widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs
   • genus vigna, vigna - genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus
   • genus viminaria, viminaria - one species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak
   • genus virgilia, virgilia - genus of South African trees having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers followed by leathery pods
   • genus wisteria - Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety pods; widely grown as an ornamental
   belongs to: fabaceae, family fabaceae, family leguminosae, legume family, leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
   same as: papilionoideae

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