Called “pea family” in GBIF
Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and agriculturally important family of flowering plants. It includes trees, shrubs, and perennial or annual herbaceous plants, which are easily recognized by their fruit (legume) and their compound, stipulate leaves. The family is widely distributed, and is the third-largest land plant family in number of species, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with about 765 genera and nearly 20,000 known species.
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Pisum sativum
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Medicago sativa
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Arachis hypogaea
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Trifolium
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Phaseolus vulgaris
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Vicia faba
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Cicer arietinum
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Lens culinaris
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Phaseolus vulgaris
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Trifolium repens
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Vigna radiata
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Phaseolus vulgaris
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Cajanus cajan
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Medicago truncatula
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Securigera varia
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Trifolium pratense
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Robinia pseudoacacia
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Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
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Lablab purpureus
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Astragalus
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Lupinus albus
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Melilotus albus
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Cercis canadensis
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Lupinus
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Chamaecrista fasciculata
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Tamarindus indica
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Phaseolus acutifolius
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Mucuna pruriens
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Vigna angularis
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Trifolium hybridum
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Apios americana
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Vigna subterranea
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Medicago lupulina
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Libidibia ferrea
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Medicago
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Vachellia erioloba
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Vicia caroliniana
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Lathyrus sativus
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Vicia sativa
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Trifolium incarnatum
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Pithecellobium dulce
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Pongamia pinnata
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Lysiloma divaricatum
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Lupinus rivularis
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Trifolium hirtum
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Chamaecrista nictitans
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Lupinus albifrons
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Senna artemisioides
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Vicia hassei
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Vicia tetrasperma
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Sophora exigua
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Crotalaria juncea
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Canavalia gladiata
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Acacia confusa
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Senna hebecarpa
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Trifolium tomentosum
1 articleAlso here, with one plant each: Albizia (Albizia coriaria), Apios (American groundnut), Astragalus (Milkvetch), Cajanus (Pigeon Pea), Canavalia (Sword bean), Caragana (Caragana microphylla), Cercis (Eastern Redbud), Cicer (Chickpea), Coronilla (Purple Crownvetch), Cyamopsis (Cluster Bean), Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium), Inga (Inga vera), Lablab (Hyacinth Bean), Lathyrus (Chickling vetch), Lens (Lentil), Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala), Libidibia (Brazilian ironwood), Lotus (Lotus japonicus), Lysiloma (Quebracho), Melilotus (White Sweetclover), Ormosia (Ormosia semicastrata), Oxytropis (Oxytropis kansuensis), Pisum (Pea), Pithecellobium (Manila Tamarind), Pongamia (Pongam (Pongamia pinnata)), Robinia (Black locust), Senegalia (Senegalia macrostachya), Tamarindus (Tamarind), Bauhinia (Bauhinia), Phanera (Phanera), Prosopis (Prosopis), Sesbania (Sesbania).
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Every legume cover crop you turn under to rebuild your garden soil is running this exact genetic program to pull free nitrogen...
Abandoned mining sites and industrial brownfields near your community could one day be restored using nothing more than native...
Wild senna plants blooming along roadsides and meadow edges are running a daily floral shell game — alternating left- and...
Lianas are quietly winning the climate lottery in tropical forests — and understanding how their flowers stay alive through...
Herbalists and foragers who work with roots versus stems of medicinal plants now have hard data showing those tissues aren't...
White clover spreading through your lawn is quietly fixing nitrogen from the air into the soil, doing the work of a...
Riparian forests along flood-prone rivers are among the hardest native ecosystems to restore — knowing which trees can...
Farmers growing the alfalfa, corn, and pecan crops that feed your region's food supply are being squeezed by droughts that...
Farmers growing soybeans through increasingly brutal summer droughts may one day treat seeds with a simple soil microbe and a...
The more diverse the soil life beneath your garden beds, the better your plants may weather a dry summer — making every...
Soybean fields worldwide are slowly losing ground to creeping soil salinity, and this discovery hands breeders a precise...
The potato in your garden likely carries four copies of every gene — meaning breeders have to knock out all four to change a...
Tepary beans grown as cover crops could help your garden soil store nitrogen naturally, reducing the need for synthetic...
Vegetables and legumes grown in contaminated urban or industrial soils can quietly accumulate lead into the food you eat — and...
The soybeans, corn, and edamame at your grocery store are increasingly threatened by soil pathogens, and this research shows...
Inoculating the legumes in your garden—clover, beans, peas—with the right soil bacteria can multiply how much free nitrogen...
Soybeans are in roughly 70% of processed foods you eat, and these new precision editing tools could help breeders develop...
Bacteria like this one are what allow clover and other legumes in your garden to pull free nitrogen from the air and enrich...
Soy-based foods like tofu, edamame, and soy milk could soon taste noticeably better and deliver healthier fats without any...
White clover in your lawn or local park is a living fertilizer — its roots host bacteria that pull nitrogen from the air and...
Black locust spreads aggressively along roadsides and woodland edges near homes, outcompeting native plants and reshaping...
Tomatoes engineered with a tweak to their microbial-partnership genes could grow with stronger built-in disease resistance,...
Fruit scraps destined for the compost bin could become a cheap, natural drought-proofing treatment for the legumes — lentils,...
The sprouts and microgreens you grow on your windowsill or buy from an indoor farm could be made dramatically more nutritious...
A plant compound already present in everyday herbs and vegetables may one day help treat debilitating gut disease without the...
Soybeans in your grocery store—from tofu to soybean oil to animal feed—could soon be nutritionally improved or made more...
A naturally occurring soil fungus could replace or reduce fungicides on the alfalfa fields that feed the dairy cows and beef...
Choosing the right lupin variety for your garden or plate could meaningfully boost the protein or gut-health benefits you get...
White clover fixes nitrogen from the air directly into your lawn or garden soil, acting as a free, natural fertilizer that...
Crimson clover fixes nitrogen in the soil, so spotting it growing in your region confirms it thrives locally — making it a...
Red Clover growing near Jasper, TN feeds local pollinators like bumblebees and fixes nitrogen in the soil — meaning patches in...
Root-knot nematodes invisibly destroy the roots of vegetables and beans in home gardens every year, and natural treatments...
The plant tonic and fertilizer combo you use in your garden could be remarkably effective or nearly useless depending on your...
The blueberries, pomegranates, and green tea you grow or buy aren't just antioxidant-rich foods—your gut bacteria may...
Geminiviruses, spread by whiteflies, routinely wipe out tomato, pepper, and bean harvests — and CRISPR-based crop resistance...
Cheap, plant-based soil restoration means degraded land near mining communities — land that could otherwise feed families or...
Eastern redbuds are one of the first trees to bloom each spring, and tracking where and when they flower helps gardeners and...
Carolina Vetch quietly enriches the soil in yards and wild edges near you by fixing nitrogen — acting like a free, natural...
The beans and peas in your garden naturally fertilize themselves by recruiting soil bacteria — and this study reveals the...
Wheat, rice, and corn — the crops that make up most of your daily meals — could be engineered to survive longer dry spells,...
The same fungus that gardeners and farmers already spray on pests to kill them can quietly take up residence inside plant...
Cotton in your jeans, linen on your table, and hemp in your bag could soon be grown with far less pesticide and survive...
The peanut butter on your toast and the boiled peanuts at the ballpark could soon be tastier, creamier, or more nutritious...
The beans, lentils, and peas you grow or eat could become far more resilient to drought and poor soils by deliberately...
The soybeans in your grocery store's tofu and edamame increasingly come from acidic soils where aluminum poisons roots and...
Better-designed soil inoculants mean the vegetables in your garden — and the wheat in your bread — could grow stronger with...
Two common garden herbs — Astragalus, grown widely as an ornamental and medicinal plant, and Chinese sage — have now been...
Compacted soil — caused by heavy farm equipment, foot traffic, or even heavy rain — is quietly reducing the yields of the...
It suggests that the microbial community living in our gut and mouth may be quietly protecting peanut-allergic people every...
Legumes and fruits you grow or buy at the farmers market — like mung beans and figs — may do far more than nourish your body...
If drought conditions can program a plant's offspring to host different soil microbes, gardeners and farmers may one day use...
Camelthorn is a tough desert plant that stabilizes eroding soils and cleans up heavy metal pollution — having a reliable way...
If your vegetables were grown in a field that previously used plastic mulch, the residual plastic could be affecting how much...
It could accelerate the development of crops that resist drought, pests, and disease — meaning more reliable harvests and...
Understanding exactly which soil microbes and plant compounds team up to fight drought could lead to smarter farming practices...
Slender vetch is a native wildflower that fixes nitrogen in the soil, meaning its presence in urban green spaces like Austin...
Alfalfa is a cornerstone of both agriculture and backyard ecosystems — it feeds livestock, fixes nitrogen in soil, and its...
Same gene that tells a plant how to keep growing and regenerating itself could soon help scientists breed more...
Barley yellow dwarf virus quietly devastates wheat and oat crops across millions of acres every year, and the tiny aphids that...
It suggests the seeds you plant already carry their own stress-survival kit, meaning future crop varieties or gardening...
Waste left over from foods you already eat — sugarcane molasses and the pulp from soybeans — can now serve as the raw material...
Soybeans and legumes you grow or buy at the farmers market may do more than feed you — the proteins in plant-based foods could...
Vegetables you eat may be grown in soils where nearby mining has quietly changed the underground microbial ecosystem that...
Understanding exactly how pea plants partner with soil bacteria to 'fix' their own nitrogen could help scientists breed crops...
It points toward soybeans (and potentially other crops) that need fewer pesticides and fungicides while producing more food,...
Rose Clover is a non-native species spreading through California's open spaces, and community sightings like this help land...
Two everyday plant foods — peas and citrus — are being turned into medicine, showing that the compounds in the fruits and...
Rising soil salinity from irrigation and climate change threatens the soybeans in your grocery store — this discovery gives...
Iron-deficient alkaline soils cover vast stretches of farmland worldwide, and this discovery could mean healthier, more...
Foods we rely on are increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather, and investing in hardier, nutrient-rich crops like okra and...
Cadmium — a toxic heavy metal from fertilizers, industrial runoff, and polluted soils — quietly accumulates in food crops like...
Plants in your grocery store's 'meat' aisle — soy, peas, wheat — are being engineered into ultra-processed products, and...
It points toward a way to grow more food with less synthetic fertilizer — meaning cheaper, more sustainable farming that's...
A compound found in plants — not a synthetic drug — showed promise as a treatment for a serious disease, reinforcing that...
Bacteria living in legume roots do the invisible work of turning air into plant food, potentially replacing synthetic...
Quercetin in your garden onions, the isoflavones in your homegrown soybeans, and the puerarin in invasive kudzu vines are...
It means that what you grew in your garden or farm field last season could be quietly sabotaging what you're trying to grow...
Cooking oil in your pantry likely came from soybeans that require industrial processing to stay shelf-stable — a process that...
Cadmium — a toxic heavy metal from industrial pollution and some phosphate fertilizers — silently accumulates in farmland soil...