flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
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.
This subfamily is widely distributed, and members are adapted to a wide variety of environments. Faboideae may be
tree
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shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
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herbaceous plants
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
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pea
The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the flowering plant species ''Pisum sativum''. Each pod contains several peas, which can be green or yellow. Botanically, pea pods are fruit, since they contain seeds and d ...
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sweet pea
The sweet pea, ''Lathyrus odoratus'', is a flowering plant in the genus ''Lathyrus'' in the family (biology), family Fabaceae (legumes), native plant, native to Sicily, southern Italy and the Aegean Islands.
It is an annual plant, annual climbi ...
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laburnum
''Laburnum'', sometimes called golden chain or golden rain, is a genus of two species of small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are '' Laburnum anagyroides''—common laburnum and '' Laburnum alpinum'' ...
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legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
s. The pea-shaped flowers are characteristic of the Faboideae subfamily and root nodulation is very common.
Genera
The type genus, ''Faba'', is a synonym of ''Vicia'', and is listed here as ''Vicia''.
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Abrus
''Abrus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae and the only genus in the tribe Abreae. It contains 13–18 species, but is best known for a single species: jequirity ('' A. precatorius''). The highly toxic seeds of that ...
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Acmispon
''Acmispon'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to North America and the west coast of Chile in South America. It includes several species of American bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches formerly contained in ...
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Acosmium
''Acosmium'' is a South America genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Three species are currently recognized. Most ''Acosmium'' species have been recently transferred to ''Leptolobium'' and one species to the South American ''Guianode ...
Aeschynomene
''Aeschynomene'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. They are known commonly as jointvetches. These legumes are most common in wa ...
Aganope
''Aganope'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species
Plants of the World Online accepts the following species within ''Aganope'':
* ''Aganope agastyamalayana'' M.B.Viswan., ...
Aldina
''Aldina'' is a genus of trees in the Fabaceae native to the Guiana Shield and northern Amazonia. It is found in lowland humid forests.
Species
''Aldina'' comprises the following species:
*''Aldina amazonica'' M. Yu. Gontsch. & Yakovlev
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Alhagi
''Alhagi'' is a genus of Old World plants in the family Fabaceae. They are commonly called camelthorns or manna trees. There are three to five species.
''Alhagi'' species have proportionally the deepest root system of any plants - a 1 m h ...
Amicia
''Amicia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is named in honor of the Italian astronomer, mathemat ...
Amphimas
''Amphimas'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is a west African tree used for medicine and for wood. ''Amphimas'' was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae; how ...
Anagyris
''Anagyris'' (Spanish: ''oro de risco'') is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species
''Anagyris'' comprises the following species:
* '' Anagyris foetida'' L.
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Andira
''Andira'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in the tropical Americas, except for ''A. inermis'', which also occurs in Africa. It was formerly assigned to the tribe Dalbergieae, but recent molecul ...
Anthyllis
''Anthyllis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Fabaceae. This genus contains both herbaceous plant, herbaceous and shrubby species and is distributed in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The most widespread a ...
Apios
''Apios'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
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Apoplanesia
''Apoplanesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
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Arachis
''Arachis'' is a genus of about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family (Fabaceae), native to South America, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. At least one ...
Argyrolobium
''Argyrolobium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfami ...
Aspalathus
''Aspalathus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The yellow flowers and spiny habit of some species have suggested a resemblance to ''Ulex europaeus'', the thorny " English gorse" Accordingly, "Cape Gorse" has been proposed ...
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Astragalus
''Astragalus'' is a large genus of over 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. The genus is native to tempe ...
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Ateleia
''Ateleia'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species:
* '' Ateleia albolutescens'' Mohlenbr.
* '' Ateleia apetala'' Griseb.
* '' Ateleia arsenii'' Standl.
* '' Ateleia glazioveana'' Baill.
* '' Ateleia gu ...
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Austrocallerya
''Austrocallerya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the subfamily Faboideae in the family Fabaceae. They are robust, twining woody vines.
Its native range is from New Guinea to eastern Australia and islands in the Southern Pacific.
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Baphia
''Baphia'' is a small genus of legumes that bear simple leaves. ''Baphia'' is from the Greek word βάπτω (''báptō-'', "to dip" or "to dye"), referring to a red dye that is extracted from the heartwood of tropical species. The genus is restr ...
Barbieria
''Barbieria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.
It belongs to the Phaseoleae tribe of the Faboideae subfamily.
Taxonomy
De Candolle's (1825) Barbieria DC is a monotypic legume genus of questionable affinities, his ...
Bocoa
''Bocoa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae (Papilionoideae). Several species in the genus were recently reclassified as '' Trischidium''.
The genus is largely l ...
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Bolusafra
''Bolusafra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Bolusanthus
''Bolusanthus speciosus'' (tree wisteria) is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is the only member of the genus ''Bolusanthus'' .
Description
It is a small deciduous tree, which can gr ...
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Bolusia
''Bolusia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is found only in southern Africa
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Bossiaea
''Bossiaea'' is a genus of about 78 species of flowering plants in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in this genus often have stems and branches modified as cladodes, simple, often much reduced leaves, flowers with the ...
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Bowdichia
''Bowdichia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the s ...
Brya
''Brya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyly, monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. Species include ''Brya eben ...
Cajanus
The genus ''Cajanus'' is a member of the plant family Fabaceae. There are 37 species, mainly distributed across Africa, Asia and Australasia.
Species include the pigeon pea (''C. cajan''), which is a significant food crop.
''Cajanus'' speci ...
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Calia
''Dermatophyllum'' is a genus of three or four species of shrubs and small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family, Fabaceae. The genus is native to southwestern North America from western Texas to New Mexico and Arizona in the Uni ...
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Calicotome
''Calicotome'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily ...
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Callerya
''Callerya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Genetic analysis shows ''Callerya'' and ''Wisteria'' to be each other's closest relatives and quite distinct from other members of ...
Calobota
''Calobota'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the su ...
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Calophaca
''Calophaca'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae and is closely related to the genus ''Caragana
''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the fa ...
Campylotropis
''Campylotropis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for t ...
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Canavalia
''Canavalia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae) that comprises approximately 48 to 50 species of tropics, tropical vines. Members of the genus are commonly known as jack-beans. The species of ''Canavalia'' Endemism, endemic to ...
Caragana
''Caragana'' is a genus of about 80–100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and eastern Europe.
They are shrubs or small trees growing tall. They have even-pinnate leaves with small leaflets, and solitary or clu ...
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Carmichaelia
''Carmichaelia'' (New Zealand brooms) is a genus of 24 plant species belonging to Fabaceae, the legume family. All but one species are native to New Zealand; the exception, '' Carmichaelia exsul'', is native to Lord Howe Island and presumably dis ...
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Carrissoa
''Carrissoa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the sub ...
Castanospermum
''Castanospermum australe'' (Moreton Bay chestnut or blackbean), the only species in the genus ''Castanospermum'', is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the east coast of Australia in Queensland and New South Wales, and to th ...
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Centrolobium
''Centrolobium'' is a Neotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant s ...
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Centrosema
''Centrosema'', the butterfly peas, is a genus of (mainly tropical) American vines in the legume family ( Fabaceae). Species include:
* '' Centrosema angustifolium'' Benth.
* '' Centrosema arenarium'' Benth.
* '' Centrosema brasilianum'' (L.) B ...
Chamaecytisus
''Chamaecytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It may be a synonym (taxonomy), synonym of ''Cytisus''. ''Chamaecytisus palmensis, C. palmensis'' is a tree from the Canary Is ...
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Chapmannia
''Chapmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant ...
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Chesneya
''Chesneya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
References
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Christia
''Christia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Geographical distribution
Tropical & Subtropical Asia, including
* Ryukyu Island
* Taiwan
* Indochina
* Malaysia
* Indones ...
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Cicer
''Cicer'' is a genus of the legume family, Fabaceae, and the only genus found in tribe Cicereae. It is included within the IRLC, and its native distribution is across the Middle East and Asia. Its best-known and only domesticated member is ''Ci ...
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Cladrastis
''Cladrastis'' (yellowwood) is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, eight native to eastern Asia, and one to southeastern North America.
Species of ''Cladrastis'' are small to medium-sized deciduous trees typically ...
Clianthus
''Clianthus'', commonly known as kakabeak (''kōwhai ngutukākā'' in Māori), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, comprising two species of shrubs native to New Zealand. They have striking clusters of red flowers whi ...
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Clitoria
''Clitoria'' is a genus of mainly tropical and subtropical, insect-pollinated flowering pea vines.
Taxonomy Naming of the genus
This genus was named after the human clitoris, for the flowers bear a resemblance to the vulva. The first referenc ...
Colutea
''Colutea'' is a genus of about 25 species of deciduous flowering shrubs in the legume family Fabaceae, growing from 2–5 m tall, native to southern Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. The leaves are pinnate and light green to glaucous gr ...
Coronilla
The genus ''Coronilla'' contains 8 species of flowering plants native to Europe and North Africa. It cointained about 20 species before being split into ''Securigera''.
Species include:
* ''Coronilla coronata''
* ''Coronilla juncea''
* ''Coron ...
Craibia
''Craibia'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae.
It contains the following species:
* '' Craibia atlantica''
* '' Craibia brevicaudata''
Craibia was named for William Grant Craib (1882–1933), a British botanist who was an Assistant fo ...
Crotalaria
''Crotalaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (subfamily Faboideae) commonly known as rattlepods. The genus includes over 700 species of herbaceous plants and shrubs. Africa is the continent with the majority of ''Crotalari ...
Cyamopsis
''Cyamopsis'' is a genus of the family Fabaceae. Its species are distributed across Africa, Asia and the Pacific
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Cyclocarpa
''Cyclocarpa stellaris'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergi ...
Cyclopia
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Cytisus
''Cytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to open sites (typically scrub and heathland) in Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and is one of several genera in the tribe Ge ...
Dalbergia
''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. T ...
Dalea
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western hem ...
Daviesia
''Daviesia'', commonly known as bitter-peas, is a genus of about 130 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Daviesia'' are shrubs or small trees with leaves modified as phyllodes or ...
Derris
''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds foun ...
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Dermatophyllum
''Dermatophyllum'' is a genus of three or four species of shrubs and small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family, Fabaceae. The genus is native to southwestern North America from western Texas to New Mexico and Arizona in the United ...
Desmodium
''Desmodium'' is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover, hitch hikers or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time.
These are mostly ...
Dillwynia
''Dillwynia'' is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and is endemic to Australia. Plants in this genus are shrubs with simple leaves and yellow or red and yellow flowers similar to others in the family.
Des ...
Diphysa
''Diphysa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is an earl ...
Dipteryx
''Dipteryx'' is a genus containing a number of species of large trees and possibly shrubs. It belongs to the "papilionoid" subfamily – Faboideae – of the family Fabaceae. This genus is native to South and Central America and the Carib ...
Dorycnium
''Lotus'', a latinization of Greek '' lōtos'' (), is a genus of flowering plants that includes most bird's-foot trefoils (also known as bacon-and-eggs) and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed worldwide. Depending on the ...
Dunbaria
''Dunbaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Uses
Root tubers of ''Dunbaria'' species have been used as traditional food for Aborigines of the Northern Territory
The No ...
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Dussia
''Dussia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Dysolobium''
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Ebenus
''Ebenus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is ...
Endosamara
''Endosamara'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, tribe Wisterieae. Its only species is ''Endosamara racemosa'', a liana found from South India through Indo-China to the Philippines.
Description
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Erinacea
''Erinacea'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family
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Eriosema
''Eriosema'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae.
Accepted species number over 150. The genus is widespread in tropics.
Description
Species of ''Eriosema'' are mostly herbs or shrublets. Leaves are pinnately 3-foliolate, rarely reduce ...
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Errazurizia
''Errazurizia'' (dunebroom) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for t ...
Euchlora
''Euchlora hirsuta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae found in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bound ...
Eversmannia
''Eversmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the ...
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Exostyles
''Exostyles'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the sub ...
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Eysenhardtia
''Eysenhardtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as kidneywoods.
Species
''Eysenhardtia'' comprises the following species:
* ''Eysenhardtia ade ...
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Ezoloba
''Ezoloba macrocarpa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae found in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in A ...
Fordia
''Fordia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native from south China and Thailand to west and central Malesia. The genus was established by William Hemsley in 1886.
Species
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Gastrolobium
''Gastrolobium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. There are over 100 species in this genus, and all but two are native to the south west region of Western Australia.
A significant number of the species accumulate monofluo ...
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Geissaspis
''Geissaspis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is an e ...
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Genista
Genista is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, native to open habitats such as moorland and pasture in Europe and western Asia. They include species commonly called broom, though the term may also refer to other genera, i ...
Gliricidia
''Gliricidia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae and tribe Robinieae. Its native range is Mexico to Peru, but ''Gliricidia sepium'' has been widely introduced to other tropical zones.
The species ''G. sepium'' is a ...
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Glycine
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Glycyrrhiza
''Glycyrrhiza'' is a genus of about 20 accepted species in the legume family (Fabaceae), with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.
The genus is best known for liquorice (British English; licorice in Amer ...
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Gompholobium
''Gompholobium'', commonly known as glory peas or wedge-peas, is a genus of plants in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia. Most species have compound leaves composed of three leaflets and all have ten stamens which are free fro ...
Goodia
''Goodia'' is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Daviesia'' are shrubs with trifoliate leaves. The flowers are arranged in racemes, the sepals with two "lips", th ...
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Grazielodendron
''Grazielodendron riodocensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It is t ...
Halimodendron
''Halimodendron'' is a monotypic genus of legume containing the single species ''Halimodendron halodendron'', which is known by several common names, including common salt tree and Russian salt tree. It is closely related to the genus ''Caragana ...
Harleyodendron
''Harleyodendron unifoliolatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternat ...
Hedysarum
''Hedysarum'' (sweetvetch) is a genus of the botanical family Fabaceae, consisting of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbs in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America.
Description
Species within genus ''Hedysarum'' may be herbace ...
Hesperolaburnum
''Hesperolaburnum platycarpum'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name ...
Holocalyx
''Holocalyx balansae'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name f ...
Hovea
''Hovea'' is a genus of about forty species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and is endemic to Australia. Plants in this genus are sub-shrubs, shrubs or small trees with simple leaves and purple, blue or mauve flowers with a white ...
Humularia
''Humularia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is an ea ...
Indigastrum
''Indigastrum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Indigofereae of the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,
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Indigofera
''Indigofera'' is a large genus of over 750 species of flowering plants belonging to the pea family Fabaceae. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Description
Species of ''Indigofera'' are mo ...
Kotschya
''Kotschya'' is a genus of legumes in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily ...
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Kummerowia
''Kummerowia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. These plants were formerly in genus ''Lespedeza
''Lespedeza'' is a genus of some 40 species (including nothospecies) of flowe ...
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Lablab
''Lablab purpureus'' is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Africa and it is cultivated throughout the tropics for food.
Laburnum
''Laburnum'', sometimes called golden chain or golden rain, is a genus of two species of small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are '' Laburnum anagyroides''—common laburnum and '' Laburnum alpinum'' ...
Lathyrus
''Lathyrus'' is a genus of flowering plants
in the legume family Fabaceae, and contains approximately 160 species. Commonly known as peavines or vetchlings, they are native to temperate areas, with a breakdown of 52 species in Europe, 30 spec ...
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Latrobea
''Latrobea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the su ...
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Lebeckia
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera ('' Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of '' ...
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Lecointea
''Lecointea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species:
* '' Lecointea amazonica'' Ducke
* '' Lecointea ovalifolia'' J.F. Macbr.
* '' Lecointea peruviana'' J.F. Macbr.
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Lembotropis
''Cytisus nigricans'', the black broom, is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Faboideae of the family Fabaceae. Growing tall, it is a slender deciduous shrub with erect branches. Masses of brilliant yellow, slightly fragrant pea-like ...
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Lennea
''Lennea'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae.
It contains the following species:
* ''Lennea viridiflora
''Lennea viridiflora'' is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. Its distribution extends the length of Central America, f ...
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Lens
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Leobordea
''Leobordea'' is a genus of legumes in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae. Members of this genus are found in the eastern parts of South Africa as well as tropical Africa and the Mediterranean countries. It was recently segregated f ...
Lespedeza
''Lespedeza'' is a genus of some 40 species (including nothospecies) of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae), commonly known as bush clovers or (particularly East Asian species) Japanese clovers (''hagi''). The genus is native to warm t ...
Leucomphalos
''Leucomphalos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, found in west Africa. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. ''Leucomphalos'' was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae
The tribe Sophoreae is one of the subdivisio ...
Lonchocarpus
''Lonchocarpus'' is a plant genus in the legume family ( Fabaceae). The species are called lancepods due to their fruit resembling an ornate lance tip or a few beads on a string.
''Cubé'' resin is produced from the roots of '' L. urucu'' an ...
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Lotononis
''Lotononis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae. Almost all of the species in the genus occur in southern Africa.
Species
Several species were recently transferred from ''Lotononis'' to four new ...
Lupinus
''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
Melilotus
''Melilotus'', known as melilot, sweet clover, and kumoniga (from the Cumans),Bulgarian Folk Customs, Mercia MacDermott, pg 27 is a genus in the family Fabaceae (the same family that also includes the ''Trifolium'' clovers). Members are known ...
Melolobium
''Melolobium'' is a genus of 15 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. It is native to southern Africa, where it is found in south and east Namibia, southwest Botswana, and most of South Africa.
These plants are perennial ...
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Microcharis
''Microcharis'' is a genus in the tribe Indigofereae of the family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Mildbraediodendron
''Mildbraediodendron excelsum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, and the only species in the genus ''Mildbraediodendron''. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus was named in honor of the German botanist Johannes ...
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Millettia
''Millettia'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It consists of about 150 species, which are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The genus was formerly known by the name ''Pongamia'', but that name was r ...
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Mirbelia
''Mirbelia'' is a plant genus belonging to the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia. Plants in the genus ''Mirbelia'' are prickly, perennial shrubs with simple, sometimes sharply- ...
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Monopteryx
''Monopteryx'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of this genus produce hydroxypipecolic acid
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Mucuna
''Mucuna'' is a genus of around 100 accepted species of climbing lianas (vines) and shrubs of the family Fabaceae: tribe Phaseoleae, typically found in tropical forests.
The leaves are trifoliolate, alternate, or spiraled, and the flowers are pe ...
Mundulea
''Mundulea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 12 species of small trees and shrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and India. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species
There are 12 accepted specie ...
Myrospermum
''Myrospermum frutescens'', the cercipo, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable ...
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Myroxylon
''Myroxylon'' is a genus of Fabaceae native to Latin America.
History
The first described species in this genus was '' M. balsamum.'' It was originally described in 1753 by Linnaeus as ''Toluifera balsamum'', based on a specimen collected i ...
Neonotonia
''Neonotonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the su ...
Nephrodesmus
''Nephrodesmus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for th ...
Nissolia
''Nissolia'', the yellowhoods, is a genus of lianas in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade of the Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is ...
Olneya
''Olneya tesota'' is a perennial flowering tree of the family Fabaceae, legumes (peas, beans, etc.), which is commonly known as ironwood, desert ironwood, or palo fierro in Spanish. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Olneya''. This t ...
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Onobrychis
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''Onobrychis'', the sainfoins, are a genus of Eurasian perennial herbaceous plants of the legume family (Fabaceae). Including doubtfully distinct species and provisionally accepted taxa, about 150 species are presently known. The Flora ...
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Ononis
''Ononis'' is a large genus of perennial herbs and shrubs from the legume family Fabaceae. The members of this genus are often called restharrows as some species grow as weeds on arable lands whose tough stems would stop the harrow. They are na ...
Ormocarpum
''Ormocarpum'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae.
Species
''Ormocarpum'' comprises the following species:
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Ormosia
''Ormosia'' is a genus of legumes (family Fabaceae). The more than 100 living species, mostly trees or large shrubs, are distributed throughout the tropical regions of the world, some extending into temperate zones, especially in East Asia. A fe ...
Ornithopus
''Ornithopus'', the bird's-foot, is a genus of flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ...
Ottleya
''Ottleya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legumes). It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah) and to Mexico.
Taxonomy
''Ottleya'' belongs to a gro ...
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Oxylobium
''Oxylobium'', commonly known as shaggy-pea, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae all of which are endemic to Australia.
Description
Oxylobium range in size from prostrate to tall, upright shrubs, mostly with simple, hairy s ...
Oxytropis
''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being toxic to grazing animals. The other locoweed genus is the closely related ''Astragalus''. There are ab ...
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Pachyrhizus
''Pachyrhizus'' is a small genus of five or six species of tropical and subtropical plants growing from large, often edible taproots.
Jícama
The jícama or yam bean (''P. erosus'') is a vine widely grown for its large (10–15 cm di ...
Paracalyx
''Paracalyx'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae
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Parochetus
''Parochetus communis'', known in English as shamrock pea or blue oxalis, is a species of legume, and the only species in the genus ''Parochetus'' and in the subtribe Parochetinae. It is a low-growing plant with blue papilionaceous flowers and ...
Pearsonia
''Pearsonia'' is a genus of 12 species of plants belonging to the family Fabaceae and occurring in Africa south of the equator with 1 species found on Madagascar. The species are usually herbs or shrublets with woody rootstocks. Leaves are usual ...
Peteria
''Peteria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is native to USA and Mexico.
It is found in the American states of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Ut ...
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Petteria
''Petteria ramentacea'', commonly known as Dalmatian laburnum, is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is the only member of the genus ''Petteria''.
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Phylloxylon
''Phylloxylon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Indigofereae tribe of the family Fabaceae. There are seven species, all endemic to Madagascar.
Species
''Phylloxylon'' comprises the following species:
* '' Phylloxylon arenicola'' Du Puy, L ...
Pictetia
''Pictetia'' is a genus of about eight species of trees and shrubs in the legume family with Thorns, spines, and prickles, spiny stems and (in six of the eight species) spine-tipped leaflets.Beyra & Lavin (1999), pp.36–38 The genus is endemism, ...
Pisum
''Pisum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to southwest Asia and northeast Africa. It contains one to five species, depending on taxonomic interpretation; the International Legume Database (ILDIS) accepts three speci ...
Platylobium
''Platylobium'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Fabaceae. Native to south eastern Australia, they occur in a range of habitats of the coastal regions. The genus was first described by James Edward Smith, and is closely allied to ''Bossia ...
Podalyria
''Podalyria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus is endemic to South Africa.
Species
''Podalyria'' comprises the following species:
* ''Podalyria argentea'' Salisb.
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Podocytisus
''Podocytisus caramanicus'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for ...
Poitea
''Poitea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfa ...
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Polhillia
''Polhillia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species
''Polhillia'' comprises the following species:
* ''Polhillia brevicalyx'' (C.H. Stirt.) B.-E. van Wyk & A.L. Schutte
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Pongamiopsis
''Pongamiopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of trees and shrubs endemic to Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Mada ...
Psoralea
''Psoralea'' is a genus in the legume family (Fabaceae) with over 60 closely related species native to southern Africa. In South Africa they are commonly referred to as fountainbush (English); fonteinbos, bloukeur, or penwortel (Afrikaans); and u ...
Psorothamnus
''Psorothamnus'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. These are shrubs and small trees. Many are known by the general common name indigo bush. Some are referred to as daleas, as this genus was once included in genus '' Dalea''. These are g ...
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Pterocarpus
''Pterocarpus'' is a pantropical genus of trees in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. Most species of ''Pterocarp ...
Ptychosema
''Ptychosema'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the s ...
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Pueraria
''Pueraria'' is a genus of 15–20 species of legumes native to Asia. The best known member is kudzu, also called Japanese arrowroot. The genus is named after 19th century Swiss botanist Marc Nicolas Puerari.
The genus, as traditionally circum ...
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Pultenaea
''Pultenaea'' is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and is endemic to Australia. Plants in this genus are shrubs with simple leaves and orange or yellow flowers similar to others in the family but with the ...
Rafnia
''Rafnia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is P ...
Retama
''Retama'' (also known as ''rotem'', he, רותם) is a genus of flowering bushes in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the broom tribe, Genisteae. ''Retama'' broom bushes are found natively in North Africa, the Levant and some parts of ...
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Rhodopis
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Rhynchotropis
''Rhynchotropis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the tribe Indigofereae of the subfamily Faboideae.
Species
''Rhynchotropis'' comprises the following species:
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Robinia
''Robinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, tribe Robinieae, native to North America. Commonly known as locusts, they are deciduous trees and shrubs growing tall. The leaves are pinnate with 7–21 oval leaflets. The flo ...
Rupertia
''Rupertia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. There are three species native to western North America, especially California
California is a state in the Western ...
Sarcodum
''Sarcodum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, tribe Wisterieae. Its three species are twining vines growing over shrubs, and are native from southeast mainland China to the So ...
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Sartoria
''Sartoria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.Arslan, E., Ertugrul, K., Genetic relationships of the genera Onobrychis, Hedysarum,
and Sartoria using seed storage proteins. TÜBİTAK: 34 (2010) 67-73 It belongs t ...
Sellocharis
''Sellocharis paradoxa'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is native to Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the lar ...
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Sesbania
''Sesbania'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, and the only genus found in tribe Sesbanieae. Riverhemp is a common name for plants in this genus. Notable species include the rattlebox ('' Sesbania punicea''), spiny se ...
Smithia
''Smithia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is an earl ...
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Soemmeringia
''Soemmeringia semperflorens'' is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae
The tribe D ...
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Sophora
''Sophora'' is a genus of about 45 species of small trees and shrubs in the pea family Fabaceae. The species have a pantropical distribution. The generic name is derived from ''sophera'', an Arabic name for a pea-flowered tree.
The genus formerl ...
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Spartium
''Spartium junceum'', known as Spanish broom, rush broom, or weaver's broom, it is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and the sole species in the genus ''Spartium''. It is closely related to the other brooms (in the genera '' Cy ...
Stauracanthus
''Stauracanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is sometimes treated as part of the genera ''Genista'' or ''Ulex''.
Species
''Stauracanthus'' comprises the following species:
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Stylosanthes
''Stylosanthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae and contains numerous highly important pasture and forage species. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. The ...
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Styphnolobium
''Styphnolobium'' is a small genus of three or four species of small trees and shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, formerly included within a broader interpretation of the genus '' Sophora''. It was recently assigned to ...
Swartzia
''Swartzia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It was named in honor of Swedish botanist Olof Swartz and contains about 200 species. ''Swartzia'' is restricted in its geographical distribution to the New World Tropics, wher ...
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Sweetia
''Sweetia fruticosa'' is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae and is the only member of the genus ''Sweetia'' (though some sources also include ''Sweetia atrata'' Mohlenbr.). It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It was t ...
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Sylvichadsia
''Sylvichadsia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the ...
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Syrmatium
''Syrmatium'' was a formerly accepted genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to the southwestern United States. , it was considered a synonym of ''Acmispon'' by Plants of the World Online, and only ''Acmispon'' was r ...
Taralea
''Taralea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is ...
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Taverniera
''Taverniera'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae.
It contains the following species:
* '' Taverniera sericophylla'' – Yemen
* '' Taverniera abyssinica'' – Ethiopia
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Tephrosia
''Tephrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is widespread in both the Eastern and Western Hemisphere, where it is found in tropical and warm-temperate regions.
The generic name is derived from the Greek word τ ...
Thermopsis
''Thermopsis'' is a genus of legumes, native to temperate North America and east Asia. They are herbaceous perennials and are known as goldenbanners or false-lupines.
Species
''Thermopsis'' comprises the following species:
* ''Thermopsis alpin ...
Tipuana
''Tipuana tipu'', also known as tipa, rosewood and pride of Bolivia, is a South American tree. It is the only member of the genus ''Tipuana''. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae
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Trifolium
Clover or trefoil are common names for plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (from Latin ''tres'' 'three' + ''folium'' 'leaf'), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume or pea family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus ...
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Trigonella
''Trigonella'' is a genus from the family Fabaceae. The best known member is the herb fenugreek. Members of the genus occur naturally in the Canary Islands, southern Europe, nontropical Africa, western and central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, ...
Trischidium
''Trischidium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It was recently reinstated after existing for some time as a junior synonym of ''Bocoa
''Bocoa'' is a genus of flowering p ...
Ulex
''Ulex'' (commonly known as gorse, furze, or whin) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises about 20 species of thorny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are na ...
Uribea
''Uribea tamarindoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name ...
Vatovaea
''Vatovaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that doe ...
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Vavilovia
''Vavilovia formosa'' is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is the only member of the genus ''Vavilovia''. It was named after the Russian geneticist, economic botanist, and plan ...
Verdesmum
''Verdesmum'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. It only contains one known species, 'Verdesmum hentyi' (Verdc.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi It is also within the tribe Desmodieae, with another species ''Verdesmum ...
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Vicia
''Vicia'' is a genus of over 240 species of flowering plants that are part of the legume family (Fabaceae), and which are commonly known as vetches. Member species are native to Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa. Some other ...
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Vigna
''Vigna'' is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution.Aitawade, M. M., et al. (2012)Section ''Ceratotropis'' of subgenus ''Ceratotropis'' of ''Vigna'' (Leguminosae–Papilionoideae) in India with a new ...
Virgilia
Virgilia is the wife of Coriolanus in William Shakespeare's play ''Coriolanus'' (1607–1610), in which same play Volumnia is his mother.
Origins
The life of the legendary figure Caius Marcius Coriolanus has been recorded more than once. In ...
Whitfordiodendron
''Whitfordiodendron'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, of Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.Compton, J.A., Schrire, B.D., Könyves, K., Forest, F., Malakasi, P., Mattapha, S. & Sirichamorn, Y. 2019. The Callerya G ...
Wisteria
''Wisteria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae), that includes ten species of woody twining vines that are native to China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Southern Canada, the Eastern United States, and north ...
Zollernia
''Zollernia'' is a genus of the family Fabaceae native to Central and South America. ''Zollernia'' are trees or shrubs that flower annually.
Leaves of ''Zollernia ilicifolia'' are used medicinally as an analgesic and antiulcerogenic by the p ...
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Zornia
''Zornia'' is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Adesmia'' clade of the Dalbergieae.
Species
''Zornia'' comprises the following species:
* '' Zornia acuta'' S ...
molecular phylogenetics
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
recommend a clade-based classification of Faboideae as a superior alternative to the traditional tribal classification of Polhill:
Note: Minor branches have been omitted.