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]
Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [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
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Fabanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Fabaceae
()
- Lindley, 1836
- Bean Family
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
()
- Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
(
- Family:
Fabaceae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Fabanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Place of publication
: S. L. Endlicher et al.
, Enum. pl. 41. 1837
Name
verified on 03-Apr-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Apr-2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Labichea
There are approximately 26 species in this genus:
L. bipunctata · L. brassii · L. buettneriana · L. cassioides · L. deserticola · L. digitata · L. diversifolia · L. eremaea · L. lanceolata · L. lanceolata brevifolia · L. lanceolata lanceolata · L. lanceolata var. brevifolia · L. nitida · L. obtrullata · L. punctata · L. punctata var. lanceolata · L. rupestris · L. saxicola · L. stellata · L. tephrosiaefolia · L. tephrosiifolia · L. teretifolia · L. teretifolia grandistipulata · L. teretifolia subsp. grandistipulata · L. teretifolia subsp. teretifolia · L. teretifolia teretifolia
Bibliography
- George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia, new ed. (F Aust)
- Green, J. W. 1985. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. (L WAust)
- Marchant, N. G. et al. 1987. Flora of the Perth Region. (F Perth)
- Ross, J. H. 1985. A revision of the genus Labichea Gaudich. ex DC. (Caesalpiniaceae). Muelleria 6(1):23–49.
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Notes
Contributors
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 05, 2008)
Identifiers
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90075-3
- GRIN Nomen Number: 21283
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 90075-3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1059952
