subfamily Papilionoideae

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subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae Papilionoideae rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants 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 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