list of plants in the family Fabaceae - Encyclopedia Britannica
Commonly known as the pea family, Fabaceae features about 670 genera and nearly 20,000 species of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs. Distributed worldwide, members of the family are generally characterized by compound leaves and the production of fruits known as legumes .
Fabaceae - Wikipedia
The Fabaceae (/ fəˈbeɪsi.iː, - ˌaɪ /) 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 (legume) and their compound, stipulate leaves.
Fabaceae: Legume or Pea Family. Identify plants, flowers, shrubs …
These groups include mostly trees and shrubs, but also a few herbs. Their flowers do not have the banner, wings, and keel, however most have pinnate leaves, much like the one in the illustration, plus the distinctive pea-like pods that open along two seams.
Fabaceae: The pea family. General physiognomy. Herbs, shrubs or trees with usually compound leaves; flowers variable in size and shape, mostly similar to the sweet-pea or mesquite; the fruit always a legume (a one-carpeled, beanlike, seed pod). Vegetative morphology.
FABACEAE P. Acevedo-Rodríguez One of the largest plant families of the world with ~19,500 species exhibiting diverse habits including trees, erect or climbing shrubs, vines, lianas and terrestrial or aquatic herbs, with cosmopolitan distribution. Herbaceous vines often are twiners or scramblers or less often have tendrils (e.g., Vicia). Lianas ...
Fabaceae | Legumes, Pulses, Peas | Britannica
2025年1月3日 · Fabaceae, which is the third largest family among the angiosperms after Orchidaceae (orchid family) and Asteraceae (aster family), consists of more than 700 genera and about 20,000 species of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs and is worldwide in distribution.
There are about 254 genera and 5360 species of Fabaceae in the Neotropics*. Of these, 57 genera contain lianas or climbing plants for a total of 840 species, occurring in a wide range of habitats, but more predominant in lowland moist forests, savannas, gallery forests, and in open disturbed biomes.
Fabaceae | Biology 343 – Plants and People - University of British ...
About 600 genera, 13,000 species, cosmopolitan. This large family contains many familiar foods: Arachis (peanut), Glycine (soybean), Lens (lentils), Medicago (alfalafa), Phaseolus (beans), Pisum (peas), and Trifolium (clover). It also includes ornamental plants: Lathyrus (sweet pea), Laburnum (golden-chain tree), Wisteria, and Cytisus (broom).
Fabaceae - Rainforest Plants
2011年4月28日 · This is a huge and very important family in the tropics, containing everything from aquatic plants to shrubs to emergent trees. The Fabaceae are traditionally divided into three subfamilies, which are sometimes treated individually at the family level: Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae, and Papilionoideae (=Faboideae).
Family: Fabaceae Representatives: 82 genera & 3200 species Distribution: mostly tropical, rarely temperate Habitat: Mesophytic, xerophytic, hydrophytic Habit: Shrubs or trees Shrub – Acacia acinacea Trees – Enteroloboium Herb – Mimosa Xerophyte – Acacia, Prosopis Hydrophyte – neptunia lianas - Entada