Faboideae

Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. One acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae.^[4]

This subfamily is widely distributed and members are adapted to a wide variety of environments. Faboideae may be trees, shrubs or herbs. The flowers are classically pea shaped and root nodulation is very common.

Genera

The type genus, Faba, is a synonym of Vicia, and is listed here as Vicia.

Gallery

See also

• Winged Bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
• Fenugreek, Trigonella foenum-graecum
• Angsana, or Burmese Rosewood, Pterocarpus indicus

References

1. ^ United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (2003): Germplasm Resources Information Network – Faboideae. Version of 2003-JAN-17. Retrieved 2010-AUG-07.
2. ^ "Faboideae at UniProt". http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/3814. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
3. ^ "Systema Naturae 2000". http://www.taxonomy.nl/main/classification/7436.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
4. ^ McNeill, J.; Barrie, F.R.; Burdet, H.M. et al., eds. (2006), International code of botanical nomenclature (Vienna Code) adopted by the seventeenth International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 2005 (electronic ed.), Vienna: International Association for Plant Taxonomy, http://ibot.sav.sk/icbn/main.htm, retrieved 2011-02-20 , Article 19.7

External links

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