Faboideae

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.

This subfamily is widely distributed, and members are adapted to a wide variety of environments. Faboideae may be trees, shrubs, or herbaceous plants. Members include the pea, the sweet pea, the laburnum, and other legumes. The pea-shaped flowers are characteristic of the Faboideae subfamily and root nodulation is very common.

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
 * Psoralidium
 * 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.