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Papilionaceae
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Papilionaceae

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.

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2 branches of this group, most-observed first

Pink-butterfly Orchid

speciesAnacamptis papilionacea

Anacamptis cyrenaica

speciesAnacamptis cyrenaica

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1246348.