Legume genera are the genera of the family Fabaceae, also called Leguminosae or the bean and pea family, the third largest family of angiosperms and second only to the grasses in agricultural and economic importance. Its species are harvested as crops for human and animal consumption and for oils, fiber, fuel, fertilizers, timber and medicines. GBIF is led by Astragalus with about 4,400 descendant taxa, Acacia with about 1,759, Indigofera with about 1,258, Crotalaria with about 1,166 and Mimosa with about 1,097.
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Tree of Life Web Project: Fabaceae
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The Fabaceae , also called Leguminosae or bean and pea family
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Fabaceae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Fabaceae
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Children of Fabaceae: Acacia
"canonicalName":"Acacia","vernacularName":"acacia, wattle","authorship":"Mill.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)","numDescendants":1759
Children of Fabaceae: Indigofera
"canonicalName":"Indigofera","vernacularName":"Indigo","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Sp. Pl.: 751 (1753)","numDescendants":1258
Children of Fabaceae: Crotalaria
"canonicalName":"Crotalaria","vernacularName":"rattlepod","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Sp. Pl.: 714 (1753)","numDescendants":1166
Children of Fabaceae: Mimosa
"canonicalName":"Mimosa","vernacularName":"Sensitive Plant","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Sp. Pl.: 516 (1753)","numDescendants":1097
View the Source Wikipedia: Acacia
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Acacia, commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about 1,084 species of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae.
Wikipedia: Glycine
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Glycine (symbol Gly or G; ) is an organic compound with the formula C2H5NO2, and is the simplest stable amino acid, distinguished by having a single hydrogen atom as its side chain.
Wikipedia: Clover
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Clovers, also called trefoils, are plants of the genus Trifolium (from Latin tres 'three' and folium 'leaf').
Wikipedia: Lupinus
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Lupinus, commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet, is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae.
Astragalus (Wikipedia)
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Astragalus may refer to:
Wikipedia: Medicago
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Medicago is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as medick or burclover, in the legume family (Fabaceae).
Wikipedia: Lathyrus
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Lathyrus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, and contains approximately 160 species.
Wikipedia: Vicia
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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.
Wikipedia: Cicer
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Cicer is a genus of the legume family, Fabaceae, and the only genus found in tribe Cicereae.
Wikipedia: Vigna
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Vigna is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution.
Wikipedia: Phaseolus
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Phaseolus (bean, wild bean) is a genus of herbaceous to woody annual and perennial vines in the family Fabaceae containing about 70 plant species, all native to the Americas, primarily Mesoamerica.
Wikipedia: Glycyrrhiza
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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.
Wikipedia: Arachis
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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.
Wikipedia: Robinia
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Robinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, tribe Robinieae, native to North America.
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