Fabaceae
Sign in to saveFabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and agriculturally important family of flowering plants. It includes trees, shrubs, and perennial or annual herbaceous plants, which are easily recognized by their fruit (legume) and their compound, stipulate leaves. The family is widely distributed, and is the third-largest land plant family in number of species, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with about 765 genera and nearly 20,000 known species.
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Fabaceae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, and herbs, recognized by their distinctive pod-like fruits and compound leaves. It's the third-largest plant family by species count with nearly 20,000 known species, and it's agriculturally important and widely distributed around the world.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
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27 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Growth habit
- Leaves
- Roots
- Flowers
- Fruit
- Physiology and biochemistry
- Evolution, phylogeny and taxonomy
- Evolution
- Phylogeny and taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- Taxonomy
- Ecology
- Distribution and habitat
- Biological nitrogen fixation
- Chemical ecology
- Economic and cultural importance
- Food and forage
- Industrial uses
- Natural gums
- Dyes
- Ornamentals
- Emblematic Fabaceae
- Image gallery
- References
- External links
Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and agriculturally important family of flowering plants. It includes trees, shrubs, and perennial or annual herbaceous plants, which are easily recognized by their fruit (legume) and their compound, stipulate leaves. The family is widely distributed, and is the third-largest land plant family in number of species, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with about 765 genera and nearly 20,000 known species.
The five largest genera of the family are Astragalus (over 3,000 species), Acacia (over 1,000 species), Indigofera (around 700 species), Crotalaria (around 700 species), and Mimosa (around 400 species), which constitute about a quarter of all legume species. The known legume species amount to about 7% of flowering plant species. Fabaceae is the most common family found in tropical rainforests and dry forests of the Americas and Africa.