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How many genera and species are found in Fabales?

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Yellow partridge pea — Fabales A flowering stalk of yellow partridge pea (*Chamaecrista fasciculata*) in the eastern United States.

The order Fabales comprises 762 genera and more than 20,400 species.1

The order is composed of four families: Fabaceae, Polygalaceae, Quillajaceae, and Surianaceae. More than 95 percent of the genera and species within the order belong to the Fabaceae family, which is the third largest family of angiosperms.21