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FabaceaeSyn. LeguminosaePea and Bean family |
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| FORM Herbs, climbers, shrubs and trees. Many species thorny, some with nitrogen fixing bacteria in their roots.
Genera 600 Species 12,000 in our area 230 (Gray); 204 (B&B)43 Distribution Global from the tropics to the artic Flowers Perfect and irregular, #Parts 5 joined petals comprised of 1 banner petal, 2 wing petals, and 2 keel petals. 10 Stamens Symmetry Bilateral Leaves Alternate, usually pinnately compound. This very large (3rd largest) family is traditionally split into three subfamilies, held together by their all having a pod known as a legume. Legumes split into two halves leaving the seeds all in a row |
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