English > subfamily Papilionoideae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae. |
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| Synonym | Papilionoideae |
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| Member of | Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family | A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods |
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| Members | Amphicarpaea, genus Amphicarpaea, Amphicarpa, genus Amphicarpa | Very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia |
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| 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 |
| Baphia, genus Baphia | small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar / 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 |
| Cajanus, genus Cajanus | Erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics |
| Canavalia, genus Canavalia | herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics |
| Castanospermum, genus Castanospermum | A rosid dicot genus of the subfamily Papilionoideae having one species |
| 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 |
| Chordospartium, genus Chordospartium | 2 species of small New Zealand trees |
| Chorizema, genus Chorizema | genus of Australian twining vines and small shrubs |
| Cicer, genus Cicer | chickpea plant |
| Cladrastis, genus Cladrastis | yellowwoods |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Desmanthus, genus Desmanthus | genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers |
| Desmodium, genus Desmodium | beggarweed |
| Dipogon, genus Dipogon | One species |
| Dolichos, genus Dolichos | genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera ... / genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma |
| Galega, genus Galega | small genus of Eurasian herbs |
| Genista, genus Genista | chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia |
| Geoffroea, genus Geoffroea | small genus of shrubs or small trees of tropical and subtropical America |
| Glycine, genus Glycine | genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs |
| Glycyrrhiza, genus Glycyrrhiza | sticky perennial Eurasian herbs |
| Halimodendron, genus Halimodendron | One species |
| Hardenbergia, genus Hardenbergia | small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers |
| Hedysarum, genus Hedysarum | genus of herbs of north temperate regions |
| Hippocrepis, genus Hippocrepis | Species of Old World herbs or subshrubs |
| Indigofera, genus Indigofera | genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes |
| Jacksonia, genus Jacksonia | genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches |
| Kennedia, genus Kennedia, Kennedya, genus Kennedya | genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers |
| Lablab, genus Lablab | One species |
| Laburnum, genus Laburnum | flowering ... / flowering shrubs or trees having bright yellow flowers |
| Lathyrus, genus Lathyrus | genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America |
| Lens, genus Lens | genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods |
| Lonchocarpus, genus Lonchocarpus | genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers |
| Lotus, genus Lotus | Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs |
| Lupinus, genus Lupinus | herbs or shrubs |
| Macrotyloma, genus Macrotyloma | Annual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia |
| Myroxylon, genus Myroxylon | A genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers |
| Onobrychis, genus Onobrychis | genus of Old World herbs having pinnate leaves and pink or whites racemose flowers followed by flat unjointed pods |
| Ononis, genus Ononis | genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers |
| Ormosia, genus Ormosia | genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood |
| Oxytropis, genus 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 |
| Pachyrhizus, genus Pachyrhizus | small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots |
| Parochetus, genus Parochetus | One species |
| Phaseolus, genus Phaseolus | herbs of warm regions including most American beans |
| Pickeringia, genus Pickeringia | One species |
| Piscidia, genus Piscidia | genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds |
| Pisum, genus Pisum | small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines |
| Platylobium, genus Platylobium | small genus of Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs or subshrubs |
| Platymiscium, genus Platymiscium | genus of tropical American trees |
| Podalyria, genus Podalyria | genus of South African leguminous shrubs often placed in genus Sophora |
| Pongamia, genus Pongamia | One species |
| Psophocarpus, genus Psophocarpus | Species of tropical Asian and African climbing herbs |
| Psoralea, genus Psoralea | widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers |
| Pterocarpus, genus Pterocarpus | genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods |
| Pueraria, genus Pueraria | genus of woody Asiatic vines |
| Retama, genus Retama | small genus of Mediterranean shrubs |
| Robinia, genus Robinia | deciduous flowering ... / flowering trees and shrubs |
| Sabinea, genus Sabinea | small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs |
| Sophora, genus Sophora | cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers |
| Spartium, genus Spartium | One species |
| Strongylodon, genus Strongylodon | genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines |
| Templetonia, genus Templetonia | genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs |
| Tephrosia, genus Tephrosia | genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs |
| Thermopsis, genus Thermopsis | genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs |
| Tipuana, genus Tipuana | One species |
| Trigonella, genus Trigonella | Old World genus of frequently aromatic herbs |
| Ulex, genus Ulex | genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs |
| Vicia, genus Vicia | widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs |
| Vigna, genus Vigna | genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers |
| Viminaria, genus Viminaria | One species |
| Virgilia, genus Virgilia | genus of South African trees having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers followed by leathery pods |
| broom | Any of various shrubs of the genera ... / genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers |
| genus Amorpha | American herbs or shrubs usually growing in dry sunny habitats on prairies and hillsides |
| genus Caragana | large genus of Asiatic deciduous shrubs or small trees |
| genus Clianthus | genus of semi-prostrate Australasian shrubs or vines |
| genus Coronilla | genus of Old World shrubs and herbs |
| genus Crotalaria | large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers |
| genus Derris | genus of Old World tropical shrubs and woody vines |
| genus Erythrina | genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers |
| genus Gastrolobium | genus of Australian evergreen shrubs poisonous to livestock |
| genus Gliricidia | small genus of low-branching profusely flowering trees of tropical America |
| genus Hovea | genus of Australian evergreen shrubs |
| genus Lespedeza | genus of shrubs or herbs of tropical Asia and Australia and the eastern United States |
| genus Millettia | genus of trees and shrubs of the Old World tropics |
| genus Mucuna, Stizolobium, genus Stizolobium | genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters |
| genus Sesbania | small genus of tropical and subtropical leguminous herbs or shrubs or trees |
| genus Wisteria | Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety pods |
| Narrower | Medicago, genus Medicago | A genus of herbs that resemble clover |
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| Broader | rosid dicot family | A family of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Spanish | Papilionoideae |
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