FABOIDEAE
(vetches, peas and beans)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Astragalus
milk-vetches
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 24 images
Cytisus
a genus of brooms
Genus 2 subtaxa 24 images
Cytisus scoparius
Broom
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 		Species 2 subtaxa 24 images
Dioclea reflexa
Sea Purse
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 		Species 1 images 1 ident. refs
Dorycnium
badassis
Plant (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 21 images
Galega officinalis
Goat’s-rue
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 		Species 10 images
Genista
a genus of brooms
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 		Genus 5 subtaxa 48 images
Hippocrepis
horse-shoe vetches
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 24 images
Laburnum
laburnums
Genus 1 ident. refs
Lathyrus
peas
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 		Genus 8 subtaxa 89 images 1 ident. refs
Lotus
bird’s-foot-trefoils
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 48 images
Lupinus
lupins
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 8 images
Medicago
medicks
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 		Genus 6 subtaxa 101 images 5 ident. refs
Melilotus
melilots
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 12 images
Ononis
restharrows
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 73 images 1 ident. refs
Ornithopus
bird’s-foots
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 24 images
Pisum sativum
Garden Pea
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 		Species 1 subtaxa 7 images
Robinia
false acacias
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 19 images 1 ident. refs
Trifolium
clovers
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 		Genus 19 subtaxa 346 images 7 ident. refs
Ulex
gorses
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 94 images 2 ident. refs
Vicia
vetches
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 		Genus 10 subtaxa 219 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1,778 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)

Leguminosae or Papilionaceae

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