List of Fabales of South Africa explained

The Fabales are an order of flowering plants included in the rosid group of the eudicots in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II classification system. In the APG II circumscription, this order includes the families Fabaceae or legumes (including the subfamilies Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae, and Faboideae), Quillajaceae, Polygalaceae or milkworts (including the families Diclidantheraceae, Moutabeaceae, and Xanthophyllaceae), and Surianaceae. The Fabaceae, as the third-largest plant family in the world, contain most of the diversity of the Fabales, the other families making up a comparatively small portion of the order's diversity. Research in the order is largely focused on the Fabaceae, due in part to its great biological diversity, and to its importance as food plants. The Polygalaceae are fairly well researched among plant families, in part due to the large diversity of the genus Polygala, and other members of the family being food plants for various Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species.

The anthophytes are a grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. They were formerly thought to be a clade comprising plants bearing flower-like structures. The group contained the angiosperms - the extant flowering plants, such as roses and grasses - as well as the Gnetales and the extinct Bennettitales.

23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened. Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests.

The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)), Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)), Bryophyta (mosses (685)), Cycadophyta (cycads (42)), Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)), Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)), Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and Pteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).

Two families are represented in the literature. Listed taxa include species, subspecies, varieties, and forms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa as synonyms, in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing. Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time.

Fabaceae

Family: Fabaceae,

Abrus

Genus Abrus:

Acacia

Genus Acacia:

Acrocarpus

Genus Acrocarpus:

Adenolobus

Genus Adenolobus:

Adenopodia

Genus Adenopodia:

Aeschynomene

Genus Aeschynomene:

Afzelia

Genus Afzelia:

Albizia

Genus Albizia:

Alhagi

Genus Alhagi:

Alistilus

Genus Alistilus:

Alysicarpus

Genus Alysicarpus:

Amphinomia

Genus Amphinomia:

Amphithalea

Genus Amphithalea:

Arachis

Genus Arachis:

Argyrolobium

Genus Argyrolobium:

Aspalathus

Genus Aspalathus:

Astragalus

Genus Astragalus:

Baphia

Genus Baphia:

Bauhinia

Genus Bauhinia:

Bituminaria

Genus Bituminaria:

Bolusafra

Genus Bolusafra:

Bolusanthus

Genus Bolusanthus:

Bolusia

Genus Bolusia:

Borbonia

Genus Borbonia:

Brachystegia

Genus Brachystegia:

Burkea

Genus Burkea:

Caesalpinia

Genus Caesalpinia:

Cajanus

Genus Cajanus:

Calliandra

Genus Calliandra:

Calobota

Genus Calobota:

Calpurnia

Genus Calpurnia:

Canavalia

Genus Canavalia:

Capassa

Genus Capassa:

Cassia

Genus Cassia:

Ceratonia

Genus Ceratonia:

Chamaecrista

Genus Chamaecrista:

Chamaecytisus

Genus Chamaecytisus:

Chasmone

Genus Chasmone:

Chirocalyx

Genus Chirocalyx:

Clitoria

Genus Clitoria:

Coelidium

Genus Coelidium:

Colophospermum

Genus Colophospermum:

Colutea

Genus Colutea:

Copisma

Genus Copisma:

Cordyla

Genus Cordyla:

Craibia

Genus Craibia:

Crotalaria

Genus Crotalaria:

Cullen

Genus Cullen:

Cyamopsis

Genus Cyamopsis:

Cyclopia

Genus Cyclopia:

Cytisus

Genus Cytisus:

Dalbergia

Genus Dalbergia:

Decorsea

Genus Decorsea:

Derris

Genus Derris:

Desmanthus

Genus Desmanthus:

Desmodium

Genus Desmodium:

Dialium

Genus Dialium:

Dichilus

Genus Dichilus:

Dichrostachys

Genus Dichrostachys:

Dipogon

Genus Dipogon:

Dolicholus

Genus Dolicholus:

Dolichos

Genus Dolichos:

Dumasia

Genus Dumasia:

Elephantorrhiza

Genus Elephantorrhiza:

Entada

Genus Entada:

Enterolobium

Genus Enterolobium:

Eriosema

Genus Eriosema:

Erythrina

Genus Erythrina:

Erythrophleum

Genus Erythrophleum:

Faidherbia

Genus Faidherbia:

Flemingia

Genus Flemingia:

Galactia

Genus Galactia:

Galega

Genus Galega:

Genista

Genus Genista:

Gleditsia

Genus Gleditsia:

Glycine

Genus Glycine:

Glycyrrhiza

Genus Glycyrrhiza:

Guibourtia

Genus Guibourtia:

Guilandina

Genus Guilandina:

Hoffmannseggia

Genus Hoffmannseggia:

Hypocalyptus

Genus Hypocalyptus:

Indigastrum

Genus Indigastrum:

Indigofera

Genus Indigofera:

Kotschya

Genus Kotschya:

Lablab

Genus Lablab:

Lathyrus

Genus Lathyrus:

Lebeckia

Genus Lebeckia:

Leobordea

Genus Leobordea:

Lespedeza

Genus Lespedeza:

Lessertia

Genus Lessertia:

Leucaena

Genus Leucaena:

Liparia

Genus Liparia:

Lipozygis

Genus Lipozygis:

Listia

Genus Listia:

Lonchocarpus

Genus Lonchocarpus:

Lotononis

Genus Lotononis:

Lotus

Genus Lotus:

Lupinus

Genus Lupinus:

Macroptilium

Genus Macroptilium:

Macrotyloma

Genus Macrotyloma:

Medicago

Genus Medicago:

Melilotus

Genus Melilotus:

Melolobium

Genus Melolobium:

Microcharis

Genus Microcharis:

Millettia

Genus Millettia:

Mimosa

Genus Mimosa:

Mucuna

Genus Mucuna:

Mundulea

Genus Mundulea:

Neonotonia

Genus Neonotonia:

Neorautanenia

Genus Neorautanenia:

Neptunia

Genus Neptunia:

Nesphostylis

Genus Nesphostylis:

Newtonia

Genus Newtonia:

Ononis

Genus Ononis:

Ophrestia

Genus Ophrestia:

Ormocarpum

Genus Ormocarpum:

Ornithopus

Genus Ornithopus:

Otholobium

Genus Otholobium:

Otoptera

Genus Otoptera:

Paraserianthes

Genus Paraserianthes:

Parkinsonia

Genus Parkinsonia:

Pearsonia

Genus Pearsonia:

Peltophorum

Genus Peltophorum:

Philenoptera

Genus Philenoptera:

Piliostigma

Genus Piliostigma:

Pleiospora

Genus Pleiospora:

Podalyria

Genus Podalyria:

Polhillia

Genus Polhillia:

Polytropia

Genus Polytropia:

Pomaria

Genus Pomaria:

Priestleya

Genus Priestleya:

Prosopis

Genus Prosopis:

Pseudarthria

Genus Pseudarthria:

Psoralea

Genus Psoralea:

Pterocarpus

Genus Pterocarpus:

Pterolobium

Genus Pterolobium:

Ptycholobium

Genus Ptycholobium:

Pueraria

Genus Pueraria:

Rafnia

Genus Rafnia:

Requienia

Genus Requienia:

Rhynchosia

Genus Rhynchosia:

Robinia

Genus Robinia:

Rothia

Genus Rothia:

Schotia

Genus Schotia:

Senegalia

Genus Senegalia:

Senna

Genus Senna:

Sesbania

Genus Sesbania:

Smithia

Genus Smithia:

Sophora

Genus Sophora:

Spartium

Genus Spartium:

Sphenostylis

Genus Sphenostylis:

Stirtonanthus

Genus Stirtonanthus:

Stirtonia

Genus Stirtonia:

Stylosanthes

Genus Stylosanthes:

Styphnolobium

Genus Styphnolobium:

Sutherlandia

Genus Sutherlandia:

Swartzia

Genus Swartzia:

Tamarindus

Genus Tamarindus:

Tephrosia

Genus Tephrosia:

Teramnus

Genus Teramnus:

Tipuana

Genus Tipuana:

Trifolium

Genus Trifolium:

Trigonella

Genus Trigonella:

Tylosema

Genus Tylosema:

Ulex

Genus Ulex:

Umtiza

Genus Umtiza:

Vachellia

Genus Vachellia:

Vicia

Genus Vicia:

Vigna

Genus Vigna:

Virgilia

Genus Virgilia:

Wiborgia

Genus Wiborgia:

Wiborgiella

Genus Wiborgiella:

Xanthocercis

Genus Xanthocercis:

Xerocladia

Genus Xerocladia:

Xeroderris

Genus Xeroderris:

Xiphotheca

Genus Xiphotheca:

Xylia

Genus Xylia:

Zornia

Genus Zornia:

Polygalaceae

Family: Polygalaceae,

Heterosamara

Genus Heterosamara:

Muraltia

Genus Muraltia:

Nylandtia

Genus Nylandtia:

Polygala

Genus Polygala:

Securidaca

Genus Securidaca:

See also