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Fabaceae (legume)
Taxonomy
Fabaceae was named by Lindley (1836). It is extant.
It was assigned to Fabales by Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Fabales by Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Subtaxa
Acacia, Acacioxylon, Adelocercis, Adenantheroxylon, Aeschynomene, Aeschynomenoxylon, Afzelia, Albizia, Albizinium, Albizzioxylon, Amorpha, Andiroxylon, Archidendron, Astragalus, Baphioxylon, Baphioxylon, Barnebydendron, Bauhinia, Bauhinioxylon, Bauhinioxylon, Bauhinites, Berlinia, Berlinioxylon, Brachystegioxylon, Butea, Caesalpinaceae, Caesalpinia, Caesalpinioideae, Caesalpinioxylon, Callerya, Campylotropis, Canavalia, Cassia, Cassinium, Cassioxylon, Ceratonia, Cercidoideae, Cladrastis, Colutea, Copaifera, Cottaites, Crotalaria, Cynometra, Cynometrophyllum, Cytisus, Dalbergia, Dalbergiophyllum, Dalbergioxylon, Derris, Desmodium, Desmodophyllum, Dewevrea, Dialium, Dialiumoxylon, Dichrostachyoxylon, Diphyllites, Diphysa, Diplophyllum, Dussia, Ebenopsis, Enantiophyllites, Entada, Erichsenia, Ervites, Erythrina, Erythrophleum, Erythrophloeoxylon, Euacacioxylon, Faboidea, Faboideae, Falcicutis, Felixia, Fichtelites, Fontainea, Gleditschites, Gleditsioxylon, Gymnocladus, Hedysareae, Hoffmannseggia, Hopeoxylon (syn. Detarioxylon, Sindoroxylon, Copaiferoxylon), Humboldtia, Indigofera, Inga, Ingophyllum, Ingoxylon, Isoberlinioxylon, Kingiodendron, Koompassia, Koompassioxylon, Leguminocarpon, Leguminocarpum, Leguminophyllum, Leguminosites, Leguminoxylon, Lespedeza, Leucaena, Listia, Macrolobium, Margocolporites, Martyia, Mezcala, Micropodium, Millettia, Millettioxylon, Mimosaceoxylon, Mimosoideae, Mimosoxylon, Mora, Mucuna, Myrtacidites, Neoapaloxylon, Neonotonia, Ohashia, Ohwia, Ormosia, Ormosioxylon, Ougenioxylon, Oxylobium, Pahudioxylon, Palaeolobium, Papilionaceophyllum, Paracacioxylon, Parapiptadenia, Peltophoroxylon, Pericopsoxylon, Phaca, Phaeoceros, Phaseolus, Philenoptera, Pisum, Podalyriophyllum, Polyadopollenites, Pongamia, Praedapollis, Pterocarpoxylon, Pterocarpus, Pterogynoxylon, Pueraria, Pycnolobium, Robinoxylon, Rothia, Samanea, Schmidites, Sesbania, Sindora, Spathionema, Spirosyncolpites, Strongylodon, Tadehagi, Taenioxylon, Tamarindoxylon, Tephrosia, Tetrapleuroxylon, Thermopsis, Ungerites, Vatairea, Vicia, Vouapa, Wagatea, Whitfordiodendron, Wisteria, Zittelia
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1836 | Fabaceae Lindley |
| 1845 | Adelocercis Unger |
| 1919 | Leguminosae Knowlton |
| 1941 | Leguminosae MacGinitie |
| 1961 | Leguminosae Chandler p. 72 |
| 1962 | Leguminosae Chandler p. 72 |
| 1965 | Bauhinioxylon Rawat |
| 1972 | Bauhinioxylon Paradkar and Nakada |
| 1974 | Leguminosae Ozaki |
| 2000 | Leguminosae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Fabaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2016 | Fabaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16 |
| 2021 | Leguminosae Hazra et al. |
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Fm. Fabaceae Lindley 1836 [legume]
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G. Acacia Miller 1758 [wattle]
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†Acacia bulbosa Jordan 1997
†Acacia eosericata Prasad 1994
†Acacia lamarensis Knowlton 1899
†Acacia macrosperma Knowlton 1899
†Acacia mahengense Herendeen and Jacobs 2000
†Acacia oregoniana Lesquereux 1888
†Acacia septentrionalis Lesquereux 1873
†Acacia wardii Knowlton 1899
†Acacia wilcoxensis Berry 1916
G. †Aeschynomenoxylon Mueller-Stoll and Maedel 1967
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†Aeschynomenoxylon malwaense Bande 1981
†Aeschynomenoxylon malwaensis Bande 1981
†Aeschynomenoxylon nawargaoensis Shete and Kulkarni 1982
†Aeschynomenoxylon tertiarum Prakash 1963
G. Afzelia Smith 1798
G. †Albizinium Prakash 1975
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†Albizinium eolebbekianum Prakash 1975
†Albizinium pondicherriensis Awasthi 1979
G. Archidendron Mueller 1865
G. †Baphioxylon Trivedi and Srivastava 1986
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†Baphioxylon palaeonitidoides Trivedi and Srivastava 1986
G. Barnebydendron Kirkbride 1999
G. Bauhinia Linnaeus 1753
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Bauhinia aculeata Linnaeus 1753
Bauhinia acuminata Linnaeus 1753
†Bauhinia alabamensis Berry 1910
†Bauhinia cretacea Newberry 1886
†Bauhinia deomalica Awasthi and Prakash 1987
Bauhinia divaricata Linnaeus 1753
†Bauhinia gigantea Newberry 1895
†Bauhinia kachchhensis Lakhanpal and Guleria 1982
†Bauhinia marylandica Berry 1908
†Bauhinia nepalensis Awasthi and Prasad 1990
†Bauhinia pseudocotyledon Cockerell 1909
†Bauhinia purniyagiriensis Prasad et al. 2017
Bauhinia purpurea Linnaeus 1753
†Bauhinia ramthiensis Antal and Awasthi 1993
†Bauhinia ripleyensis Berry 1916
Bauhinia scandens Linnaeus 1753
†Bauhinia siwalika Lakhanpal and Awasthi 1984
Bauhinia tomentosa Linnaeus 1753
Bauhinia ungulata Linnaeus 1753
Bauhinia variegata Linnaeus 1753
†Bauhinia wenshanensis Meng and Zhou 2014
†Bauhinia wyomingana Brown 1962
G. Berlinia Solander 1849
G. Butea Willdenow 1802
G. Caesalpinia Linnaeus 1753 [peacock flower]
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Caesalpinia brasiliensis Linnaeus 1753
†Caesalpinia citronellensis Berry 1916
†Caesalpinia claibornensis Herendeen and Dilcher 1991
†Caesalpinia cookiana Hollick 1895
Caesalpinia crista Linnaeus 1753
†Caesalpinia flumen viridensis Herendeen and Dilcher 1991
†Caesalpinia middendorfensis Berry 1914
†Caesalpinia purniyagiriensis Shashi et al. 2007
†Caesalpinia raritanensis Berry 1909
Caesalpinia sappan Linnaeus 1753
†Caesalpinia spokanensis Knowlton 1926
Caesalpinia vesicaria Linnaeus 1753
†Caesalpinia wilcoxiana Berry 1916
G. Callerya Endlicher 1843
G. Canavalia Adanson 1763 [jack-beans]
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†Canavalia acuminata Berry 1916
†Canavalia eocenica Berry 1916
†Canavalia siwalica Dwivedi et al. 2006
G. Cassia Linnaeus 1753
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Cassia absus Linnaeus 1753
Cassia alata Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia antiqua Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990
Cassia auriculata Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia bentonensis Berry 1916
Cassia bicapsularis Linnaeus 1753
Cassia biflora Linnaeus 1753
Cassia chamaecrista Linnaeus 1753
Cassia diphylla Linnaeus 1753
Cassia emarginata Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia eolignitica Berry 1916
†Cassia evanstonensis Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
Cassia falcata Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia fayettensis Berry 1916
†Cassia fisheriana Knowlton 1918
Cassia fistula Linnaeus 1753
Cassia flexuosa Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia georgiana Berry 1918
†Cassia glenni Berry 1916
Cassia hirsuta Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia insularis Hollick 1912
Cassia javanica Linnaeus 1753
Cassia ligustrina Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia lowii Berry 1916
Cassia marilandica Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia marshallensis Berry 1916
Cassia mimosoides Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia miokachchhensis Lakhanpal and Guleria 1982
†Cassia miosiamea Prasad 1994
†Cassia mississippiensis Berry 1916
†Cassia neosophora Prasad 1994
†Cassia nepalensis Prasad 1990
Cassia nictitans Linnaeus 1753
Cassia obtusa Clos and Gay 1850
Cassia obtusifolia Linnaeus 1753
Cassia occidentalis Linnaeus 1753
Cassia planisiliqua Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia polita Lesquereux 1891
†Cassia problematica Lesquereux 1891
Cassia procumbens Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia puryearensis Berry 1916
†Cassia richardsoni Knowlton 1918
†Cassia sapindoides Knowlton 1918
Cassia senna Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia siwalica Prasad 1994
Cassia sophera Linnaeus 1753
Cassia tagera Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia tennesseensis Berry 1916
Cassia tenuissima Linnaeus 1753
Cassia tora Linnaeus 1753
†Cassia toraformis Berry 1916
†Cassia vaughani Berry 1919
†Cassia wilcoxiana Berry 1916
G. †Cassinium Prakash 1975
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†Cassinium arcotense Awasthi 1979
†Cassinium ballavpurense Ghosh and Roy 1981
†Cassinium borooahii Prakash 1966
†Cassinium prefistulai Prakash 1975
†Cassinium tripuranum Acharya and Roy 1986
G. Ceratonia Linnaeus 1753
Subfm. Cercidoideae Azani et al. 2017
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G. Cercis Linnaeus 1753 [redbud]
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†Cercis borealis Newberry 1882
Cercis canadensis Linnaeus 1753
†Cercis eocenica Lesquereux 1872
†Cercis nevadensis Knowlton 1901
†Cercis parvifolia Lesquereux 1883
Cercis siliquastrum Linnaeus 1753
†Cercis spokanensis Knowlton 1926
†Cercis truncata Lesquereux 1883
†Cercis wilcoxiana Berry 1916
†Cercis zhangpuensis Wang and Sun 2022
G. Copaifera Linnaeus 1762
G. Crotalaria Linnaeus 1753 [rattlepod]
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Crotalaria alba Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria incana Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria juncea Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria laburnifolia Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria latifolia Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria lunaris Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria perfoliata Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria quinquefolia Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria retusa Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria triflora Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria verrucosa Linnaeus 1753
Crotalaria villosa Linnaeus 1753
G. Cynometra Linnaeus 1753
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Cynometra cauliflora Linnaeus 1753
†Cynometra palaeoiripa Prasad et al. 2004
Cynometra ramiflora Linnaeus 1753
†Cynometra siwalika Awasthi and Prasad 1990
†Cynometra tertiara Antal and Awasthi 1993
G. Dalbergia Linnaeus 1782
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†Dalbergia apiculata Newberry 1895
†Dalbergia calvertensis Berry 1909
†Dalbergia coloradensis Knowlton 1916
†Dalbergia cuneifolia Heer 1859
†Dalbergia eocenica Berry 1916
†Dalbergia eucultrata Prasad et al. 1999
†Dalbergia hyperborea Heer 1882
†Dalbergia irregularis Hollick 1906
†Dalbergia knowltoni Cockerell 1925
†Dalbergia latifolia Rao and Sahni 1967
†Dalbergia lesquereuxii Ettingshausen 1883
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Invalid names: Vaccinium retigerum Cockerell 1908 [synonym]
†Dalbergia minor Hollick 1906
†Dalbergia minuta Knowlton 1916
†Dalbergia miosericea Prasad 1990
†Dalbergia miovolubilis Prasad et al. 1997
†Dalbergia monospermoides Berry 1916
†Dalbergia rubra MacGinitie 1941
†Dalbergia severnensis Berry 1911
Dalbergia sissoo Roxburgh 1825
†Dalbergia siwalika Prasad 1994
†Dalbergia tanakpurensis Prasad et al. 2017
†Dalbergia tennesseensis Berry 1916
†Dalbergia wilcoxiana Berry 1916
G. Derris Loureiro 1790
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†Derris champarensis Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990
†Derris mioscandens Prasad et al. 2017
†Derris prakashii Prasad et al. 2004
G. Dewevrea Micheli 1898
G. †Dialiumoxylon Lemoigne
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†Dialiumoxylon indicum Guleria 1984
†Dialiumoxylon kalagarhense Trivedi and Misra 1978
G. Dussia Krug and Urban 1892
G. Ebenopsis Britton and Rose 1928
G. Erichsenia Hemsley 1905
G. Erythrina Linnaeus 1753 [coral tree]
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Erythrina corallodendron Linnaeus 1753
Erythrina herbacea Linnaeus 1753
Erythrina piscipula Linnaeus 1753
G. †Euacacioxylon Mueller-Stoll and Maedel 1967
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†Euacacioxylon bharadwajii Navale 1963
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Invalid names: Dalbergioxylon antiquum Ramanujam 1960 [synonym]
G. Hoffmannseggia Cavanilles 1798 [rushpea]
G. †Hopeoxylon Navale 1963
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†Hopeoxylon assamicum Lalitha and Prakash 1980
†Hopeoxylon eosiamensis Prakash 1981
†Hopeoxylon indicum Navale 1963
Invalid names: Copaiferoxylon Mueller-Stoll and Maedel 1967 [synonym], Detarioxylon Boureu and Louvet 1975 [synonym], Sindoroxylon Lemoigne et al. 1974 [synonym]
G. Indigofera Linnaeus 1753
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Indigofera glabra Linnaeus 1753
Indigofera hebepetala Bentham 1876
Indigofera hirsuta Linnaeus 1753
†Indigofera prepulchella Lakhanpal and Awasthi 1984
Indigofera tinctoria Linnaeus 1753
G. †Isoberlinioxylon Lakhnapal and Prakash 1970
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†Isoberlinioxylon congoense Lakhnapal and Prakash 1970
G. †Koompassioxylon Kramer
G. †Leguminocarpon Göppert 1855
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†Leguminocarpon albizioides Bhattacharyya 1985
†Leguminocarpon arachioides Goeppert 1855
†Leguminocarpon derrisoides Bhattacharyya 1985
†Leguminocarpon desmodioides Bhattacharyya 1985
†Leguminocarpon herendeenii Collinson et al. 2012
†Leguminocarpon khariensis Lakhanpal and Guleria 1982
†Leguminocarpon millettioides Bhattacharyya 1985
†Leguminocarpon pongamioides Bhattacharyya 1985
Invalid names: Leguminocarpon eocenum Yawale 1979 [nomen nudum]
G. Listia Meyer 1836
G. Macrolobium von Schreber 1789
G. †Margocolporites Ramanajuan 1966
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†Margocolporites complexum Ramanujam 1966
†Margocolporites dubius Ramanujam 1966
†Margocolporites oligobrochatus Ramanujam 1966
†Margocolporites rauvolfii Salard-Cheboldaeff 1978
†Margocolporites sahnii Ramanujam 1966
†Margocolporites sitholeyi Ramanujam 1966
†Margocolporites tenuireticulatus Barreda 1997
†Margocolporites tsukadae Ramanujam 1966
†Margocolporites vanwijhei Germeraad et al. 1968
G. Mezcala Hughes and Contreras Jiménez 2022
G. Millettia Wight and Arnott 1834
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†Millettia asymmetrica Lakhanpal and Guleria 1982
†Millettia bilaspurensis Prasad 2006
†Millettia churiensis Prasad and Awasthi 1996
Millettia extensa Bentham 1876
†Millettia imlibasensis Prasad et al. 1999
†Millettia kathgodamensis Prasad et al. 2004
†Millettia koilabasensis Prasad 1990
†Millettia miobrandisiana Prasad 1994
†Millettia miocenica Lakhanpal and Guleria 1982
†Millettia mioinermis Prasad et al. 2017
†Millettia notoensis Ishida 1970
†Millettia oodlabariensis Antal and Prasad 1996
†Millettia ovatus Tripathi et al. 2002
†Millettia palaeocubithii Awasthi and Prasad 1990
†Millettia palaeomanii Dwivedi et al. 2006
†Millettia palaeoracemosa Awasthi and Prasad 1990
†Millettia prakashii Shashi et al. 2007
†Millettia purniyagiriensis Shashi et al. 2007
†Millettia siwalica Prasad 1994
G. †Millettioxylon Awasthi 1967
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†Millettioxylon bengalensis Ghosh and Roy 1979
†Millettioxylon indicum Awasthi 1967
†Millettioxylon palaeopulchra Lakhanpal et al. 1981
†Millettioxylon pongamiensis Prakash 1975
Subfm. Mimosoideae Linnaeus 1753
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G. Mora Schomburgk 1839
G. Neoapaloxylon Rauschert 1982
G. Neonotonia Lackey 1977
G. Ohashia Zhu and Zhang 2021
G. Ohwia Ohashi 1999
G. †Pahudioxylon Chowdhury et al. 1960
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†Pahudioxylon arcotense Navale 1963
†Pahudioxylon assamicum Prakash and Tripathi 1975
†Pahudioxylon bankurensis Chowdhury et al. 1960
†Pahudioxylon deomaliense Prakash 1965
†Pahudioxylon indicum Prakash 1979
†Pahudioxylon sahnii Ghosh and Kazmi 1961
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Invalid names: Albizzioxylon sahnii Ramanujam 1960 [synonym]
G. †Paracacioxylon Müller-Stoll and Madel 1967
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†Paracacioxylon frenguellii Brea et al. 2008
†Paracacioxylon odonellii Menendez 1967
G. Parapiptadenia Brenan 1963
G. †Peltophoroxylon Mueller-Stoll and Maedel 1967
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†Peltophoroxylon cassioides Prakash and Awasthi 1970
†Peltophoroxylon ferrugineoides Bande and Prakash 1980
†Peltophoroxylon indicum Ramanujam 1955
†Peltophoroxylon variegatum Ramanujam 1960
G. Phaeoceros Proskauer 1951
G. Phaseolus Linnaeus 1753 [bean]
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Phaseolus alatus Linnaeus 1753
Phaseolus caracalla Linnaeus 1753
Phaseolus coccineus Linnaeus 1753
Phaseolus farinosus Linnaeus 1753
Phaseolus helvolus Linnaeus 1753
Phaseolus inamoenus Linnaeus 1753
Phaseolus lunatus Linnaeus 1753
Phaseolus radiatus Linnaeus 1753
Phaseolus vexillatus Linnaeus 1753
Phaseolus vulgaris Linnaeus 1753
G. Philenoptera Hochstetter 1848
G. †Pongamia Ventenat
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†Pongamia glabra Prasad 1994
†Pongamia kailakholaensis Prasad and Awasthi 1996
†Pongamia kathgodamensis Prasad et al. 2004
†Pongamia ovata MacGinitie 1941
†Pongamia siwalika Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990
G. Rothia Persoon 1807
G. Sesbania Scopoli 1777 [riverhemp]
G. Sindora Miquel 1861
G. Spathionema Taubert 1895
G. †Spirosyncolpites González-Guzmán 1967
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†Spirosyncolpites brunii Legoux 1978
†Spirosyncolpites clavatus González-Guzmán 1967
†Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967
G. Tadehagi Ohashi 1973
G. Tephrosia Persoon 1807 [hoary pea]
G. Vatairea Aublet 1775
G. Whitfordiodendron Elmer 1910
Invalid names: Bauhinioxylon Paradkar and Nakada 1972 [nomen nudum], Faboideae [empty], Hedysareae de Candolle 1825 [empty], Leguminosae de Jussieu [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available