Caesalpinioideae

Caesalpinioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae. Members of this family usually have zygomorphic flowers.

Caesalpinioideae
Senna alexandrina Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
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Caesalpinioideae
Tribes

Casieae
Caesalpinieae
Cercideae
Detarieae

Some classification systems, for example the Cronquist system, treat Fabaceae in a narrow sense, raising Mimosoideae to the rank of family as Caesalpiniaceae. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group treats Fabaceae in the broad sense.


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