Subfamily
Faboideae
Trifolium ciliolatum. Photo: (c) Steve Matson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Order: Fabales (Legumes, milkworts, and allies)
- Family: Fabaceae (Legumes)
- Subfamily: Faboideae
- Tribe: Trifolieae (15)
- Tribe: Fabeae (Peas, vetches, and allies) (13)
- Tribe: Loteae (12)
- Tribe: Psoraleeae (Fountainbushes and allies) (1)
- Tribe: Genisteae (Brooms, lupines, and allies) (11)
- Tribe: Galegeae (Milkvetches, locoweeds, and allies) (7)
- Tribe: Sophoreae (2)
- Tribe: Millettieae (1)
- Tribe: Phaseoleae (1)
- Subfamily: Faboideae
- Family: Fabaceae (Legumes)
- Order: Fabales (Legumes, milkworts, and allies)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
