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.
Facts
Taxonomic Rank Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ21878, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Fabales
- Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
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.
View the Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Fabales
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 24315
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Fabales
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Fabales" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 113.2 ... "early_interval": "Albian"
Wikidata: Fabales
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