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LEGUMINOSAE SUBFAMILY PAPILIONOIDEAE
Author(s) -
Isely Duane,
Polhill Roger
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1219604
Subject(s) - subfamily , taxon , biology , botany , prefix , philosophy , linguistics , gene , genetics
Summary This paper is an historical resume of names that have been used for the group of legumes whose members have papilionoid flowers. When this taxon is treated as a subfamily, the prefix “Papilion‐”, with various terminations, has predominated. We propose conservation of Papilionoideae as an alternative to Faboideae, coeval with the “unique” conservation of Papilionaceae at the family rank.