Fabales is an order of flowering plants in the rosid group of eudicots, comprising four families: Fabaceae, the legumes, along with Quillajaceae, Polygalaceae, the milkworts, and Surianaceae. Fabaceae, divided into the subfamilies Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae and Faboideae, is the third-largest plant family in the world and accounts for the great majority of the order's diversity.
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Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ21878, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Fabales
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In Group: Rosid Orders, Lead
Fabales is an order of flowering plants included in the rosid group of the eudicots in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II classification system.
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