Family CN: Legume Family Family Code: FABACE Family Parent: [in FABALES] Family Authority: Lindley 1836 or LEGUMINOSAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Summary: A family of about 730 genera and 20,000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, cosmopolitan. Reference: Isely (1990)=SE (throughout the family treatment); Isely (1998)=I; Lewis et al. (2005); Wojciechowski, Lavin, & Sanderson (2004); Wilbur (1963a); Robertson & Lee (1976). Last Updated: 2020-01-01 Publish: 1