Peacock Flower Subfamily
Caesalpinioideae
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. 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:
37 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Cassieae
tribeCassieae
Caesalpinieae
tribeCaesalpinieae
honey locusts
genusGleditsia
palo verde
genusParkinsonia
Delonix
genusDelonix
coffeetrees
genusGymnocladus
Peltophorums
genusPeltophorum
Schizolobium
genusSchizolobium
Burkea
genusBurkea
Tachigali
genusTachigali
Conzattia
genusConzattia
Dimorphandra
genusDimorphandra
Pterogyne
genusPterogyne
Colvillea
genusColvillea
Acrocarpus
genusAcrocarpus
Plathymenia
genusPlathymenia
Mora
genusMora
Dinizia
genusDinizia
Campsiandra
genusCampsiandra
Melanoxylon
genusMelanoxylon
Vouacapoua
genusVouacapoua
Bussea
genusBussea
Arcoa
genusArcoa
Umtiza
genusUmtiza
Tetrapterocarpon
genusTetrapterocarpon
Moldenhawera
genusMoldenhawera
Arapatiella
genusArapatiella
Batesia
genusBatesia
Heteroflorum
genusHeteroflorum
Recordoxylon
genusRecordoxylon
Wallaceodendron
genusWallaceodendron
Stachyothyrsus
genusStachyothyrsus
Stenodrepanum
genusStenodrepanum
Jacqueshuberia
genusJacqueshuberia
Orphanodendron
genusOrphanodendron
Pseudoprosopis
genusPseudoprosopis
Sympetalandra
genusSympetalandra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 324170.