Fabaceae Lindl.
Papilionoideae DC. , legitimate, scientific
Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 94 [tax. nov.]
Legume Phylogeny Working Group (2017), A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny. Taxon 66(1): 70-71 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Lotoideae Burnett legitimate