{{taxobox
| name = Fabaceae
| fossil_range = 
| image = Flowering_kudzu.jpg
| image_caption = [[Kudzu]] (''Pueraria lobata'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
| unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
| unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = '''Fabaceae'''
| familia_authority = [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 | format=PDF |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x/abstract |deadurl=no |accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref> (Leguminosae [[Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu|Jussieu]], [[nomen conservandum|nom. cons.]]).<ref name="Watson">{{cite web |url=http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/legumino.htm |title=Leguminosae |accessdate=9 February 2008 |author1=Watson L. |author2=Dallwitz, M. J. |article=[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/index.htm The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. Version: 1st June 2007.] |archive-date=2017-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008231217/http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/legumino.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| type_genus = ''Faba'' <small>(now included in ''[[Vicia]]'')</small>
| type_genus_authority = Mill.
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pgrc3.agr.ca/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?440|accessdate=1 September 2002|title=GRIN-CA|archive-date=2007-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234726/http://pgrc3.agr.ca/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?440|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| subdivision =
* [[Faboideae]] <small>Rudd</small> (Papilionoideae <small>Juss.</small>, is the alternative name)
* [[Caesalpinioideae]] [[Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle|DC.]]
* [[Mimosoideae]] DC.
| range_map = Legume Biogeography.svg
| range_map_alt = The biomes occupied by Fabaceae
| range_map_caption = Fabaceae distribution cairt. Legumes are foond in fower major [[biome]]s: '''<span style="color:#007000;">rain forest</span>''', '''<span style="color:#00FF00;">temperate</span>''', '''<span style="color:#D1E231;">grass</span>''', an '''<span style="color:#987654;">succulent</span>'''.<ref name="Schrire2">{{cite book | last1 = Schrire | first1 = B. D. | last2 = Lewis | first2 = G. P. | last3 = Lavin | first3 = M. | editor1-first = G | editor1-last = Lewis | editor2-first = G. | editor2-last = Schrire | editor3-first = B. | editor3-last = Mackinder | editor4-first = M. | editor4-last = Lock | displayeditors = 4 | title = Legumes of the world | url = http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=506 | year = 2005 | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens | location = Kew, England | isbn = 1-900347-80-6 | pages = 21&ndash;54 | chapter = Biogeography of the Leguminosae | access-date = 2014-03-10 | archive-date = 2014-02-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202160032/http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=506 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| diversity_link = Fabaceae#Genera
| diversity = 730 genera an 19,400 species 
| synonyms =
* Caesalpiniaceae <small>[[R.Br.]]</small>
* Cassiaceae <small>[[Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]]</small>
* Ceratoniaceae <small>[[Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]]</small>
* Detariaceae <small>([[DC.]]) [[Johann Jakob Hess (botanist)|Hess]]</small>
* Hedysareae (Hedysaraceae) <small>[[Agardh]]</small>
* Lathyraceae <small>Burnett</small>
* Lotaceae <small>Burnett</small>
* Mimosaceae <small>R.Br.</small>
* Papilionaceae <small>[[Giseke]]</small>
* Phaseolaceae <small>[[Patricio Ponce de León|Ponce de León]] & Alvares</small>
* Robiniaceae <small>[[Welw.]]</small>
* Swartziaceae <small>(DC.) [[Bartl.]]</small>
}}