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The Fabaceae (/ f ə ˈ b eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) or Leguminosae, [6] commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, are 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 and their compound, stipulate leaves.
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. [4] This subfamily is widely distributed, and members are adapted to a wide variety of environments.
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.
The tribe Fabeae (sometimes referred to as "Vicieae") [1] is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. It is included within the Inverted repeat-lacking clade (IRLC). [2] Five genera are included: [1] [3] Lathyrus L. (vetchlings) Lens Mill. (lentils) Pisum L. (peas) Vavilovia Fed. Vicia L. (vetches)
Cercidoideae is a subfamily in the pea family, Fabaceae.Well-known members include Cercis (redbuds), including species widely cultivated as ornamental trees in the United States and Europe, Bauhinia, widely cultivated as an ornamental tree in tropical Asia, and Tylosema, a semi-woody genus of Africa.
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).
The subfamily Dialioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae . This subfamily includes many tropical trees and shrubs. The subfamily consists of 17 genera, which are widespread throughout the tropics. It has the following clade-based definition:
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae . This subfamily includes many tropical trees , some of which are used for timber or have ecological importance. The subfamily consists of 84 genera, most of which are native to Africa and Asia.