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The c. 19,000 known legume species amount to about 7% of flowering plant species. [9] [11] Fabaceae is the most common family found in tropical rainforests and dry forests of the Americas and Africa. [12] Recent molecular and morphological evidence supports the fact that the Fabaceae is a single monophyletic family. [13]
This is a list of genera in the plant family Fabaceae, or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, are a large and economically important family of flowering plants of about 794 genera [1] and nearly 20,000 known species.
Fabales is an order of flowering plants included in the rosid group of the eudicots in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II classification system. In the APG II circumscription, this order includes the families Fabaceae or legumes (including the subfamilies Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae, and Faboideae), Quillajaceae, Polygalaceae or milkworts (including the families Diclidantheraceae ...
Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Cercis occidentalis: western redbud Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Cercis siliquastrum: Judas-tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Cladrastis: yellowwoods; Cladrastis kentukea: Kentucky yellowwood Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Dalbergia: true rosewoods; Dalbergia bariensis: Burmese rosewood Fabaceae (legume ...
Peanut flower. The peanut is an annual herbaceous plant growing 30 to 50 centimetres (12 to 20 in) tall. [9] As a legume, it belongs to the botanical family Fabaceae, also known as Leguminosae, and commonly known as the legume, bean, or pea family. [1]
Legume species grown for their flowers include lupins, which are farmed commercially for their blooms as well as being popular in gardens worldwide. Industrially farmed legumes include Indigofera and Acacia species, which are cultivated for dye and natural gum production, respectively.
Cassia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Species are known commonly as cassias. The genus includes 37 species and has a pantropical distribution. [2] Species of the genera Senna and Chamaecrista were previously included in Cassia.
Some classification systems, for example the Cronquist system, treat the Fabaceae in a narrow sense, raising the Mimisoideae to the rank of family as Mimosaceae. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group treats Fabaceae in the broad sense. The Mimosoideae were historically subdivided into four tribes (Acacieae, Ingeae, Mimoseae, and Mimozygantheae).