Family | Fabaceae

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The Fabaceae or Leguminosae Family is commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family.

Bidwill's Coral Bean Tree (Erythrina bidwillii)

San Diego. California (Zone 10)

Texas mountain laurel (Dermatophyllum or Sophora) is an attractive evergreen shrub or understory tree. The tree likes full sun and well-drained, rocky limestone soil. The foliage is an attractive dark green shade.The flowers are both grape in hue and scent. Zone 7.

Redbud (Cercis Canadensis) 

Millennial Park, Chicago, Illinois

Texas bluebonnet Lupinus texensis

Mimosa Tree 'Summer Chocolate' (Zone 7- 8)

                         Vine: Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)

Vine: Evergreen Wisteria (Millettia reticulata)  Formerly Papilionaceae family (zone 7)

Sensitive Plant Flower (Mimosa pudica)

Mimosa

Calliandra

Chart I: Fabaceae endemic to Texas and surrounding areas

Astragalus crassicarpus	Berlandier's Groundplum, Groundplum Milkvetch, Groundplum
Astragalus nuttallianus	Nuttall's milkvetch, Small-flowered milkvetch
Astragalus reflexus	drooping milkvetch
Dalea hallii	Hall's prairie clover, Hall's Dalea
Dalea reverchonii	Comanche Peak prairie clover
Lupinus texensis	Texas bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas lupine, Buffalo clover, Wolf flower
Pediomelum cyphocalyx	turniproot
Pediomelum hypogaeum	subterranean Indian breadroot
Pediomelum latestipulatum	Texas Plains Indian breadroot, Scurfpea
Tephrosia lindheimeri	Lindheimer's hoarypea, Hoary Pea, Lindheimer tephrosia
Trifolium bejariense	Bejar clover

Source: PHYLOGENY/CLASSIFICATION OF THE FAMILIES OF VASCULAR PLANTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. 

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  http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/NCTX%20pdf/FNCT%201353-1456.pdf

Taxonomy_____________________________________

Linnaeus 1735	Haeckel 1866	Chatton 1925	Copeland 1938	Whittaker 1969	Woese et al. 1990	Cavalier-Smith 1998	Cavalier-Smith 2015
2 kingdoms	3 kingdoms	2 empires	4 kingdoms	5 kingdoms	3 domains	2 empires, 6 kingdoms	2 empires, 7 kingdoms

Taxonomy

Family: FAMILY | FABACEAE

Family Common Name: legume, pea, or bean family

Kingdom: Plantae

Clade: Tracheophytes

Superdivision/Superphylum:

Division: Angiosperm

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Class: Eudicots

Subclass:  Superrosids

Infraclass:  Rosids

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Order: Fabales

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Family: FAMILY | FABACEAE

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