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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Caesalpinioideae
| image = RoyalPoinciana.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Royal Poinciana, ''Delonix regia''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = '''Caesalpinioideae'''
| subdivision_ranks = Tribes
| subdivision = 
[[Cassieae]]<br/>
[[Caesalpinieae]]<br/>
[[Cercideae]]<br/>
[[Detarieae]]
}}

'''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]]''.

The Caesalpinioideae are mainly trees distributed in the moist [[tropics]]. Their flowers are [[zygomorphic]], but are very variable. [[Root nodules|Nodulation]] is rare in this subfamily, and where it does occur nodules have a primitive structure.

[[wiktionary:circumscription|Circumscription]] and status of this group is mildly controversial. Although the group as such is well recognised, there are a number of genera whose placement (here, or in one of the two other subfamilies) is not generally agreed on. In some classifications, for example the [[Cronquist system]], the group is recognized at the rank of family, Caesalpiniaceae. Recent systematic research, using molecular data, has shown the group to be paraphyletic with respect to subfamilies Faboideae (Papilionoideae) and Mimosoideae and a split is being considered.

The genera may be classified in four tribes, Caesalpinieae, Cassieae, Cercideae and Detarieae. The tribe Cercideae has sometimes been included in the subfamily [[Faboideae]] (aka [[Papilionoideae]]) in the past.

{{Wikispecies|Caesalpinioideae}}

*'''Tribe Caesalpinieae'''
**''[[Acrocarpus]]''
**''[[Arapatiella]]''
**''[[Arcoa (genus)|Arcoa]]''
**''[[Balsamocarpon]]''
**''[[Batesia]]''
**''[[Burkea]]''
**''[[Bussea]]''
**''[[Caesalpinia]]''
**''[[Campsiandra]]''
**''[[Cenostigma]]''
**''[[Chidlowia]]''
**''[[Colvillea]]''
**''[[Conzattia]]''
**''[[Cordeauxia]]''
**''[[Delonix]]''
**''[[Dimorphandra]]''
**''[[Diptychandra]]''
**''[[Erythrophleum]]''
**''[[Honey locust|Gleditsia]]''
**''[[Kentucky coffeetree|Gymnocladus]]''
**''[[Haematoxylum]]''
**''[[Hoffmannseggia]]''
**''[[Jacqueshuberia]]''
**''[[Lemuropisum]]''
**''[[Lophocarpinia]]''
**''[[Melanoxylum]]''
**''[[Moldenhawera]]''
**''[[Mora (plant)|Mora]]''
**''[[Moullava]]''
**''[[Orphanodendron]]''
**''[[Pachyelasma]]''
**''[[Parkinsonia]]'' (syn. ''Cercidium'')
**''[[Peltophorum]]''
**''[[Poeppigia]]''
**''[[Pomaria]]''
**''[[Pterogyne]]''
**''[[Pterolobium]]''
**''[[Recordoxylon]]''
**''[[Schizolobium]]''
**''[[Sclerolobium]]''
**''[[Stachyothyrsus]]''
**''[[Stahlia]]''
**''[[Stenodrepanum]]''
**''[[Stuhlmannia]]''
**''[[Sympetalandra]]''
**''[[Tachigali]]''
**''[[Tetrapterocarpon]]''
**''[[Vouacapoua]]''
**''[[Zuccagnia]]''

*'''Tribe Cassieae'''
**''[[Androcalymma]]''
**''[[Apuleia]]''
**''[[Brenierea]]''
**''[[Cassia (genus)|Cassia]]''
**''[[Ceratonia]]''
**''[[Chamaecrista]]''
**''[[Dialium]]''
**''[[Dicorynia]]''
**''[[Distemonanthus]]''
**''[[Duparquetia]]''
**''[[Eligmocarpus]]''
**''[[Kalappia]]''
**''[[Koompassia]]''
**''[[Labichea]]''
**''[[Martiodendron]]''
**''[[Mendoravia]]''
**''[[Petalostylis]]''
**''[[Senna (genus)|Senna]]''
**''[[Storckiella]]''
**''[[Zenia]]''

*'''Tribe Cercideae'''
**''[[Adenolobus]]''
**''[[Barklya]]''
**''[[Baudouinia]]''
**''[[Bauhinia]]''
**''[[Cercis]]''
**''[[Gigasiphon]]''
**''[[Griffonia]]''
**''[[Lysiphyllum]]''
**''[[Piliostigma]]''
**''[[Tylosema]]''

*'''Tribe Detarieae'''
**''[[Afzelia]]''
**''[[Amherstia]]''
**''[[Anthonotha]]''
**''[[Aphanocalyx]]''
**''[[Augouardia]]''
**''[[Baikiaea]]''
**''[[Berlinia]]''
**''[[Bikinia]]''
**''[[Brachycylix]]''
**''[[Brachystegia]]''
**''[[Brandzeia]]''
**''[[Brodriguesia]]''
**''[[Brownea]]''
**''[[Browneopsis]]''
**''[[Colophospermum]]''
**''[[Copaifera]]'' [[Image:Koeh-047.jpg|thumb|right|''Copaifera officinalis'']]
**''[[Crudia]]''
**''[[Cryptosepalum]]''
**''[[Cynometra]]''
**''[[Daniellia]]''
**''[[Detarium]]''
**''[[Dicymbe]]''
**''[[Didelotia]]''
**''[[Ecuadendron]]''
**''[[Elizabetha]]''
**''[[Endertia]]''
**''[[Englerodendron]]''
**''[[Eperua]]''
**''[[Eurypetalum]]''
**''[[Gilbertiodendron]]''
**''[[Gilletiodendron]]''
**''[[Goniorrhachis]]''
**''[[Gossweilerodendron]]''
**''[[Guibourtia]]''
**''[[Hardwickia]]''
**''[[Heterostemon]]''
**''[[Humboldtia]]''
**''[[Hylodendron]]''
**''[[Hymenaea]]''
**''[[Hymenostegia]]''
**''[[Icuria]]''
**''[[Intsia]]''
**''[[Isoberlinia]]''
**''[[Julbernardia]]''
**''[[Kingiodendron]]''
**''[[Lebruniodendron]]''
**''[[Leonardoxa]]''
**''[[Leucostegane]]''
**''[[Librevillea]]''
**''[[Loesenera]]''
**''[[Lysidice]]''
**''[[Macrolobium]]''
**''[[Maniltoa]]''
**''[[Michelsonia]]''
**''[[Microberlinia]]''
**''[[Monopetalanthus]]''
**''[[Neoapaloxylon]]''
**''[[Neochevalierodendron]]''
**''[[Oddoniodendron]]''
**''[[Oxystigma]]''
**''[[Paloue]]''
**''[[Paloveopsis]]''
**''[[Paramacrolobium]]''
**''[[Pellegriniodendron]]''
**''[[Peltogyne]]''
**''[[Phyllocarpus]]''
**''[[Plagiosiphon]]''
**''[[Polystemonanthus]]''
**''[[Prioria]]''
**''[[Pseudomacrolobium]]''
**''[[Pseudosindora]]''
**''[[Saraca]]''
**''[[Schotia]]''
**''[[Scorodophloeus]]''
**''[[Sindora]]''
**''[[Sindoropsis]]''
**''[[Stemonocoleus]]''
**''[[Talbotiella]]''
**''[[Tamarindus]]''
**''[[Tessmannia]]''
**''[[Tetraberlinia]]''
**''[[Thylacanthus]]''
**''[[Umtiza]]''
**''[[Zenkerella]]''

===References===
*Bruneau, B., F. Forest, P.S. Herendeen, B.B. Klitgaard, and G.P. Lewis. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships in the Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae) as inferred from chloroplast trnL intron sequences. ''Systematic Botany'' 26: 487–514 (link to abstract [http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-abstract&issn=0363-6445&volume=026&issue=03&page=0487 here])



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