Taxonomy

The LPWG has been working in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to update the names of legume species and their synonymy (see Taxonomy Working Group) and provide a single list of accepted legume species names. This list is curated as part of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (POWO), which links to the International Plant Name Index (IPNI), the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and also underlies the Plants of the World Online website.

Species List

The most recent version of this taxonomy can be accessed through the menu on the left. The WCVP-Fabaceae species list is also available for download in .txt from the Catalogue of Life ChecklistBank and in a classic checklist format here. Unfortunately this list doesn’t include subfamily designation.

List of genera accepted by the LPWG

Below is an alphabetical list of all genera, with the subfamily designation, as currently accepted by the LPWG. This is an update to the list of genera accepted in LPWG 2017. We provide links to the taxonomic pages in our verified taxonomic list, on GBIF and on the World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Over time this list will be updated to reflect the evolving taxonomy.

The current taxonomy is accessible by Browse or Advanced Search.