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| | RBGE: Systematics of Leguminosae |
 | | The legumes (family Leguminosae) are the third largest family of flowering plants, with about 18,000 species. |
 | | Legumes provide food crops, timber, fodder and shade, and fertilise poor soils by nitrogen fixation in their roots. |
 | | Citerne, H., Luo, D., Pennington, R.T., Reynol, C., Daza, A., Pennington, R.T. A phylogenetic investigation of CYC-like TCP genes in Leguminosae. |
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