Fabanae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Superorder Fabanae

abrus
andira
aspalathus
bush vetchling
cajanus
ceratonia
cicer
colutea
copaifera
dioclea
false indigo
greentwig
jointvetch
legumes
leguminosae
milkpea
pea
pigeonwings
pride of California
rattlebox
redbud
rooibos
tamarind
ticktrefoil
tuberous sweetpea

Hierarchical position of the Superorder Fabanae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
  

Named members of the Superorder Fabanae

1
   Ordo  Fabales Bromhead
pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838.
common name: legumes
  
 
2
   Familia  Caesalpiniaceae R. Br. in Flinders
pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 551. 19 Jun 1814.
  
3
   Familia  Fabaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836.
common name: Leguminosae
  
4
   Familia  Mimosaceae R. Br. in Flinders
pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 551. 19 Jul 1814.
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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