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 family. The Caesalpinioideae are mainly trees distributed in the moist tropics. Their flowers are zygomorphic, but are very variable. Nodulat...
(from the article `Fabales`) ...regular (i.e., actinomorphic, radially symmetrical) in the Mimosoideae to highly irregular (i.e., zygomorphic, bilaterally symmetrical) in the ...
[n] - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
subfamily Caesalpinioideae noun alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae