Common Names
Common Names in English:
Camelthorn, Manna Tree, Persian Manna Plant
Description
Family Fabaceae
The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Herb, Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Alhagi mannifera Jaub. & Spach
- Alhagi tournefortii Heldr.
Misapplied Names
- Alhagi maurorum Medikus
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –
Similar Species
Members of the genus Alhagi
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. alhagi (Alhagi) · A. brevispina · A. camelorum · A. canescens · A. graecorum (Persian Manna Plant) · A. kirghisorum (Verblyuzhia Kolyuchka Kirgizsk) · A. mannifera · A. maurorum (Verblyuzhia Kolyuchka Persidsk) · A. nepalensis · A. persarum · A. pseudalhagi · A. sparsifolia (Verblyuzia Kolyuchka Redkovolo)
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 15, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2862592
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-5069
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13624302
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473468-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 427290
