Vataireoids

Vataireoids
Vatairea macrocarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Meso-Papilionoideae
Clade: Vataireoids
(Pennington et al. 2001) Wojciechowski 2013
Genera
Synonyms
  • Sophoreae sensu Polhill, 1981 pro parte 5

The vataireoids are an early-branching monophyletic clade of the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae) that are mostly found in northern South America, primarily Brazil.