Fabaceae

Fabaceae
Kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Rosids
Order:Fabales
Faimily:Fabaceae
Lindl.[1] (Leguminosae Jussieu, nom. cons.).[2]
Teep genus
Faba (now included in Vicia)
Mill.
Subfamilies[3]
  • Faboideae Rudd (Papilionoideae Juss., is the alternative name)
  • Caesalpinioideae DC.
  • Mimosoideae DC.
Diversity
730 genera an 19,400 species
The biomes occupied by Fabaceae
Fabaceae distribution cairt. Legumes are foond in fower major biomes: rain forest, temperate, grass, an succulent.[4]
Synonyms
  • Caesalpiniaceae R.Br.
  • Cassiaceae Link
  • Ceratoniaceae Link
  • Detariaceae (DC.) Hess
  • Hedysareae (Hedysaraceae) Agardh
  • Lathyraceae Burnett
  • Lotaceae Burnett
  • Mimosaceae R.Br.
  • Papilionaceae Giseke
  • Phaseolaceae Ponce de León & Alvares
  • Robiniaceae Welw.
  • Swartziaceae (DC.) Bartl.

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae[5] commonly kent as the legume, pea, or bean faimily, are a muckle an economically important faimily o flouerin plants.

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