Common Names
Common Names in Sinhala:
Wal-Undu
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]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- 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
- Crotalaria macrophylla Willd.
- Flemingia angustifolia Roxb.
- Flemingia bhottea Buch.-Ham.
- Flemingia capitata Buch.-Ham.
- Flemingia congesta W.T.Aiton
- Flemingia congesta var. latifolia Baker
- Flemingia congesta var. nana (Roxb.)Baker
- Flemingia congesta var. semialata Baker
- Flemingia congesta var. viridis (Kurz)Prain
- Flemingia cumingiana Benth.
- Flemingia ferruginea Graham
- Flemingia lamontii Hance
- Flemingia latifolia Benth.
- Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Merr.
- Flemingia macrophylla var. viridis (Prain)H.B.Naithani
- Flemingia nana Roxb.
- Flemingia philippinensis Merr. & Rolfe
- Flemingia semialata W.T.Aiton
- Flemingia semialata var. viridis Kurz
- Flemingia teysmanniana Miq.
- Flemingia trinerva Desf.
- Flemingia wallichii Wight & Arn.
- Flemingia wightiana Graham
- Flemingia yunnanensis Franch.
- Moghania cumingiana (Benth.)Kuntze
- Moghania latifolia (Benth.)Mukerjee
- Moghania macrophylla (Willd.)Kuntze
- Moghania philippinensis (Merr. & Rolfe)H.L.Li
- Moghania semialata (W.T.Aiton)Mukerjee
- Moghania semialata var. viridis (Kurz)Mukerjee
- Moghania sericans (Kurz)Mukerjee
- Moghania teysmanniana (Miq.)H.L.Li
- Moghania wallichii (Wight & Arn.)Kuntze
- Rhynchosia crotalarioides DC.
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: van der Maesen L.J.G., Mar-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Flemingia
There are approximately 72 species in this genus:
F. abrupta · F. affinis · F. angusta · F. bhutanica · F. blancoana · F. brevipes · F. carbonaria · F. cavaleriei · F. chappar · F. chlorostachys · F. faginea · F. ferruginea · F. fragrans · F. glutinosa · F. gracilis · F. grahamiana · F. guineensis · F. hallaya · F. helferiana · F. hockii · F. horsfieldii · F. indet · F. involucrata · F. javanica · F. kerrii · F. kradungensis · F. kweichowensis · F. lacei · F. latifolia var. hainanensis · F. latifolia var. latifolia · F. lineata · F. lineata forma perglandulosa · F. lineata var. glutinosa · F. lineata var. lineata · F. macrocalyx · F. macrophylla · F. macrophylla var. congesta · F. macrophylla var. philippinensis · F. macrophylla var. robusta · F. mengpengensis · F. nilgheriensis · F. oblongifolia · F. paniculata · F. parviflora · F. parvifolia · F. pauciflora · F. phursia · F. polysperma · F. praecox · F. praecox var. angusta · F. praecox var. praecox · F. praecox var. robusta · F. procumbens · F. prostrata · F. rollae · F. sarmentosa · F. schultzii · F. sootepensis · F. stricta · F. stricta pteropus · F. stricta subsp. pteropus · F. strobilifera (Camarones) · F. strobilifera var. fluminalis · F. strobilifera var. nudiflora · F. strobilifera var. strobilifera · F. tiliacea · F. trifoliastrum · F. trifoliata · F. trinervia · F. tuberosa · F. wangkae · F. wightiana
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed September 17, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 21, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University Herbaria
- International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
- SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
- SysTax, SysTax
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3767739
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-1765
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 838688
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1073110
