Caesalpinioideae

Caesalpinioideae
Temporal range: Middle Paleocene - recent[1]
Royal poinciana, Delonix regia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
DC. 1825
Type genus
Caesalpinia
L.
Clades

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Synonyms
  • Cercidoideae Burmeist. 1837
  • GCM Clade Marazzi et al. 2012[2]
  • MCC Clade Doyle 2011[3][4]
  • Mimosoideae DC. 1825
Chamaecrista absus

Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name is formed from the generic name Caesalpinia. It is known also as the peacock flower subfamily.[5] The Caesalpinioideae are mainly trees distributed in the moist tropics, but include such temperate species as the honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos) and Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus). It has the following clade-based definition:

The most inclusive crown clade containing Arcoa gonavensis Urb. and Mimosa pudica L., but not Bobgunnia fistuloides (Harms) J. H. Kirkbr. & Wiersema, Duparquetia orchidacea Baill., or Poeppigia procera C.Presl[6]

In some classifications, for example the Cronquist system, the group is recognized at the rank of family, Caesalpiniaceae.

  1. ^ "Fabales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  2. ^ Marazzi B, Ané C, Simon MF, Delgado-Salinas A, Luckow M, Sanderson MJ (2012). "Locating evolutionary precursors on a phylogenetic tree". Evolution. 66 (12): 3918–3930. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01720.x. PMID 23206146. S2CID 8336248.
  3. ^ Doyle JJ (2011). "Phylogenetic perspectives on the origins of nodulation". Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 24 (11): 1289–1295. doi:10.1094/MPMI-05-11-0114. PMID 21995796.
  4. ^ Doyle JJ (2012). "Polyploidy in legumes". In Soltis PS, Soltis DE (eds.). Polyploidy and genome evolution. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 147–180. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31442-1_9. ISBN 978-3-642-31441-4.
  5. ^ "Flowers in Singapore".
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference 6subfamilies was invoked but never defined (see the help page).