* Aotus ( plant ), one of the plant genera commonly known as golden peas in the family Fabaceae ( bean family ).

Bean () is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae ( alternately Leguminosae ) some of which are used for human food or animal feed.

Under the Cronquist system and some other plant classification systems, the order Fabales contains only the family Fabaceae.

The Polygalaceae is fairly well researched among plant families, in part due to the large diversity of the genus Polygala, and also due to members of the family, like the Fabaceae, being food plants for various Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species.

** Legumes – plant in the family Fabaceae ( or Leguminosae ), or a fruit of these specific plants.

With more than 10, 000 domesticated and wild species, the Poaceae represent the fifth-largest plant family, following the Orchidaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, and Rubiaceae.

Kudzu (; Pueraria lobata, and possibly other species in the genus Pueraria ; see taxonomy section below ) is a plant in the genus Pueraria in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae.

Mimosoideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae ) characterized by flowers with small petals and numerous prominent stamens.

Alfalfa (; Medicago sativa ) is a perennial flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae cultivated as an important forage crop in the US, Canada, Argentina, France, Australia, the Middle East, South Africa, and many other countries.

Pueraria montana is a species of plant in the botanical family Fabaceae.

: Other examples for sometimes well known plant names with zoological equivalents are Aotus ( Fabaceae and Mammalia ), Arenaria ( Caryophyllaeceae and Aves ), Betula ( Betulaceae and Hymenoptera ), Chloris ( Cactaceae and Aves ), Dugesia ( Asteraceae and Plathelminthes ), Erica ( Ericaceae and Araneae ), Hystrix ( Poaceae and Mammalia ), Iris ( Asparagales and Orthoptera ), Liparis ( Orchidaceae and Actinopterygii ), Phalaenopsis ( Asparagales and Aves ), Pinus ( Pinaceae and Mollusca ), Prunella ( Lamiaceae and Aves ), Ricinus ( Fabaceae and Acari ), Taxus ( Taxaceae and Mammalia ), Typha ( Typhaceae and Porifera ), Ulva ( Ulvophyceae and Lepidoptera ), Viola ( Violaceae and Lepidoptera ).

* Mora ( plant ), a genus of plants in the pea family Fabaceae

Kanaloa kahoolawensis, the Ka palupalu o Kanaloa or kohe malama malama o kanaloa, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.

* Lucerne, another name for alfalfa ( family: Fabaceae, the pea family ), a genus of perennial flowering plant, Medicago

While in the same taxonomic family Fabaceae, Manila tamarind is a different plant native to Mexico and known locally as guamúchil.

Phaseolus ( Bean, Wild Bean ) is a genus in the family Fabaceae of about fifty plant species, all native to the Americas.

Fenugreek (; Trigonella foenum-graecum ) is an annual plant in the family Fabaceae.

A legume in botanical writing is a plant in the family Fabaceae ( or Leguminosae ), or a fruit of these specific plants.

They also include large areas of three monodominant plant communities, forests with Acacia heterophylla ( Fabaceae ) as canopy species that are very similar to Acacia koa forests in Hawaii, thickets dominated by Erica reunionensis ( Ericaceae ), or hyperhumid screw-pine forest ( Pandanus montanus ).

Worldwide, swainsonine is produced by a small number of species, most in three genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae: Oxytropis and Astragalus in North America, and Swainsona in Australia.

Bauhinia () is a genus of more than 200 species of flowering plants in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution.

Gorse, furze, furse or whin ( Ulex ) is a genus of about 20 plant species of thorny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to western Europe and northwest Africa, with the majority of species in Iberia.

Mimosa is a genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs, in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae.

Plants that contribute to nitrogen fixation include the legume family – Fabaceae – with taxa such as kudzu, clovers, soybeans, alfalfa, lupines, peanuts, and rooibos.

Although by far the majority of plants able to form nitrogen-fixing root nodules are in the legume family Fabaceae, there are a few exceptions:

* Fabaceae ( pea family ): peas, beans, lentils

* Calpurnia ( genus ), a genus in the family Fabaceae composing of shrubs and other small trees, usually found in southern Africa

The pigeon pea ( Cajanus cajan ), also known as Gandule bean, tropical green pea, kadios, Congo pea, gungo pea, gunga pea, fio-fio, mgbụmgbụ, or no-eye pea, is a perennial member of the family Fabaceae.

It is also found in small amounts in certain members of the Fabaceae ( bean ) family, including Acacia berlandieri.

Clover ( Trifolium ), or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the leguminous pea family Fabaceae.

Legumes, plants of the family Fabaceae, for instance, have nodules on their roots which contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

* Family Fabaceae ( legume family )

Other examples include rhizobia bacteria that fix nitrogen for leguminous plants ( family Fabaceae ) in return for energy-containing carbohydrates.

The peanut, or groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea ), is a species in the legume or " bean " family ( Fabaceae ).

The chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) is a legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae.

Onobrychis, the Sainfoins, are Eurasian perennial herbs of the legume family ( Fabaceae ).

Some classification systems, for example the Cronquist system, treat Fabaceae in a narrow sense, raising Mimisoideae to the rank of family as Mimosaceae.

Lathyrus is in the legume family Fabaceae and contains approximately 160 species.

At the present day this genus includes approximately 150 species and belongs family Fabaceae, subfamily Cæsalpinioideae, which contains a large number of useful plants.

The genus Lens of the legume family Fabaceae contains four species of small, erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods.

The Fabaceae are placed in the order Fabales according to most taxonomic systems, including the APG III system.

Pterocarpus is a pantropical genus of trees in the family Fabaceae, most of which yield valuable timber traded as padauk ( or padouk ); other common names are mukwa or narra.

These foodplants — namely Solanaceae ( e. g., Nicotiana ) and Fabaceae ( e. g., Sophora ) — contain chemicals that would kill most insects trying to feed on them.

Phaseolus coccineus, the runner bean or scarlet runner bean since most varieties have red flowers and multicolored seeds, though some have white flowers and white seeds, is a plant in the Fabaceae family.

In some groups ( e. g. grains of the family Poaceae ) the endosperm persists to the mature seed stage as a storage tissue, in which case the seeds are called " albuminous " or " endospermous ", and in others it is absorbed during embryo development ( e. g., most members of the family Fabaceae, including the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris ), in which case the seeds are called " exalbuminous " or " cotyledonous " and the function of storage tissue is performed by enlarged cotyledons (" seed leaves ").

Glycyrrhiza lepidota ( American Licorice ) is a species of Glycyrrhiza ( a genus in the pea / bean family, Fabaceae ) native to most of North America, from central Canada south through the United States to California, Texas and Virginia, but absent from the southeastern states.

This species is highly polyphagous, with most foodplants belonging to the Fabaceae ( legume family ):

Like most plants in the Fabaceae family, Mimosa tenuiflora fertilizes the soil via nitrogen fixing bacteria.