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How does Fabaceae rank among the largest families of flowering plants?
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Fabales
A flowering stalk of yellow partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) in the eastern United States.
Fabaceae, commonly known as the pea family, is the third largest family of angiosperms. It is surpassed in size only by the Asteraceae (aster or sunflower family) and the Orchidaceae (orchid family).1