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.

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.

Jan 3, 2025 · 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.

Identify plants and flowers of the Pea family (Fabaceae) with these wildflower identification tools and a photo gallery with plants grouped according to families.

The Fabaceae or Leguminoseae is a family of flowering plants called legumes which are culturally and economically important plants due to their extraordinary diversity, abundance, medicinal uses, and varied variety of edible vegetables. These plants are also important because legumes help in nitrogen fixation and thus reduce the cost of ...

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 is the systematic name of the plant family that is commonly known as the Pea family. It consists of three subgroups: Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae and Papilionoideae (or better Faboideae).

The Fabaceae family is a large family of the plant kingdom, including several economically important plants. The family Fabaceae is also known as Leguminosae or Papilionaceae since it belongs to the pea or legume family.

Fabales, order of dicotyledonous flowering plants in the Rosid I group among the core eudicots. The order comprises 4 families (Fabaceae, Polygalaceae, Quillajaceae, and Surianaceae), 754 genera, and more than 20,000 species. However, more than 95 percent of the genera and species belong to Fabaceae, the legume family.

Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae). The genus includes four species of woody twining vines that are native to China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, southern Canada, the Eastern United States, and north of Iran.They were later introduced to France, Germany and various other countries in Europe.