Definition of fabaceae Fabaceae

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What does fabaceae mean?

WordNet

Noun
fabaceae - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
		Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family
		rosid dicot family a family of dicotyledonous plants
		order rosales, rosales in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae
		leguminous plant, legume the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
		arachis, genus arachis a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)
		brya, genus brya genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood
		centrolobium, genus centrolobium a genus of Centrolobium
		coumarouna, dipteryx, genus coumarouna, genus dipteryx tropical American trees: tonka beans
		genus hymenaea, hymenaea genus of tropical American timber trees
		genus melilotus Old World herbs: the sweet clovers
		genus swainsona, swainsona a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas
		genus trifolium, trifolium any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets
		family mimosaceae, mimosaceae family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
		mimosoideae, subfamily mimosoideae alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
		genus physostigma, physostigma African woody vines: calabar beans
		caesalpiniaceae, family caesalpiniaceae spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
		caesalpinioideae, subfamily caesalpinioideae alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
		locust tree, locust any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
		genus tamarindus, tamarindus widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa
		family papilionacea, papilionaceae leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
		papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
		wild pea any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines

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Wikipedia

Fabaceae is the systematic name of plant family, commonly known as Pea family, consisting in three subgroups namely, Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae and Papilionoideae (or better Faboideae). In the modern systems like as APG II circumscription this family Fabaceae is close related to quillaja Quillajaceae, and Polygalaceae or milkworts (including the families Diclidantheraceae, Moutabeaceae, and Xanthophyllaceae), and Surianaceae.

Description.

The leaves are usually alternate and compound, in the Mimosoideae and the Caesalpinioideae commonly bipinnate (e.g. "Acacia", "Mimosa"). In many species the leaves have structures evolved to attract ants, that, being predatory, protect the plant from herbivore insects. Extrafloral nectaries -a gland secreting nectar -are common among the Mimosoideae and the Caesalpinioideae and are also found in some Faboideae (e.g. vetches "Vicia sativa"). Fabaceae are typically entomophilous plants (i.e. they are pollinated by insects) and the flower are usually showy to attract the pollinators.

In the Mimosoideae the flowers are radial symmetric or actinomorphic. In the Caesalpinioideae and Faboideae (see diagram) are most often zygomorphic or bilateral in simmetry.

Other sites.

Caesalpinioideae: Senna (herb)

Papilionoideae: Broom (shrub)