Detarieae DeCandolle, Prod. Syst. Nat. 2, 2 (1825); Cowan & Polhill in Polhill & Raven (eds.), Adv. Leg. Syst. 1 (1981) 117; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 428.
Type genus: Detarium Juss.
Cynometreae Benth., emend. J. Léon. (1957) Mém. Acad. Roy. Belg., Cl. Sci 30(2): 1-314; Breteler in M. Crisp & J.J. Doyle (eds.), Advances in Legume Systematics, 7: 53-61.
Amherstieae Benth., emend. J. Léon. (1957) Mém. Acad. Roy. Belg., Cl. Sci 30(2): 1-314; Cowan & Polhill in Polhill & Raven (eds.), Adv. Leg. Syst. 1 (1981) 135; Breteler in Crisp & Doyle (eds.), Adv. Leg. Syst. 7 (1995): 53-61.