Volume IV treats the entire Superfamily of Leguminosae, subdivided in the families Caesalpinioideae, Papilionoideae (or Fabaceae) and Mimosoideae. Each family is headed by a short family description based mainly on the more practicable field characters of leaves, inflorescences, flowers, and fruits. The section Notes includes remarks on habit, secretory systems, and seed dispersal - only when one may generalize on genus and/or family level. Following a family description, each genus within the family is numbered and mentioned together with the author
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