AGRONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE FABACEAE FAMILY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Abstract

This review article addresses the Fabaceae family, which is one of the largest botanical families in terms of number of species, and which is a very important family from the agricultural point of view. Based on this the objective of this work is to highlight and characterize the main botanical species of the family, which have some agronomic interest, describing their main morphological characteristics, their habits and also their distribution on the planet, citing where these species are most used and with which they are used. For the base of this article were used materials published from 2003 to 2019, found in electronic scientific journals and on-line repositories. However, this work deals with the importance and the agronomic characteristics of some genera of the Fabaceae family, highlighting their relevance in relation to economic aspects. Therefore, it is hoped that this review article may serve as a basis for other academic works that search for information that involves the theme addressed in this work.

Keywords: agronomy, agriculture, economy, botany, diversity.