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
- 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
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Fabanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Fabaceae
()
- Lindley, 1836
- Bean Family
- Genus:
Pterocarpus
()
- Specific epithet:
indicus
- Willd.
- Botanical name: - Pterocarpus indicus Willd.
- Specific epithet:
indicus
- Willd.
- Genus:
Pterocarpus
(
- Family:
Fabaceae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Fabanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Lingoum echinatum (Pers.)kuntze
- Lingoum indicum (Willd.)kuntze
- Lingoum rubrum Rumph.
- Lingoum saxatile Rumph.
- Pterocarpus blancoi Merr.
- Pterocarpus carolinensis Kaneh.
- Pterocarpus echinata Pers.
- Pterocarpus indica Willd.
- Pterocarpus klemmei Merr.
- Pterocarpus obtusatus Miq.
- Pterocarpus pallidus Blanco
- Pterocarpus papuanus F. Muell.
- Pterocarpus pubescens Merr.
- Pterocarpus vidalianus Rolfe
- Pterocarpus wallichii Wight & Arn.
- Pterocarpus zollingeri Miq.
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pterocarpus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 125 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
P. abyssinicus · P. acapulcensis · P. adansonii · P. advena · P. advenus · P. africanus · P. albopubescens · P. amazonicus · P. amazonum · P. amphymenium · P. ancylocalyx · P. angolensis (West African Barwood) · P. antunesii · P. aphyllus · P. aptera · P. apterus · P. ateleia · P. australis · P. belizensis · P. brenanii · P. buchananii · P. bussei · P. buxifolius · P. cabrae · P. casteelsi · P. chrysothrix · P. claessensii · P. crispatus · P. cultratus · P. dalbergiodes · P. dalbergioides (East Indian-Mahogany) · P. dekindtianus · P. delevoyi · P. discolor · P. indicus · P. ebenus · P. ecastaphyllum · P. echinatus · P. elisabethvillensis · P. ellipticus · P. erinaceus (West African Rosewood) · P. esculentus · P. falcatus · P. floribundus · P. frutescens · P. gilletii · P. glabratus · P. gracilis · P. grandiflorus · P. grandis · P. guianensis · P. gummifer · P. hayesii · P. hemipterus · P. heterophyllus · P. hockii · P. homblei · P. indica · P. indicus (Papua New Guinea Rosewood) · P. indicus f. echinatus · P. javanicus · P. kaessneri · P. lucens · P. lunatus · P. macrocarpus (Burma Padauk) · P. marsupium (East Indian/malabar Kino) · P. marsupium acuminatus · P. marsupium marsupium (East Indian/malabar Kino) · P. martinii · P. melliferus · P. michelianus · P. michelii · P. microcarpus · P. mildbraedii · P. mildbraedii mildbraedii · P. mildbraedii usambarensis (White Padouk) · P. monophyllus · P. mutondo · P. niger · P. nitens · P. odoratus · P. officinalis (Dragonsblood Tree) · P. officinalis officinalis (Dragonsblood Tree) · P. orbiculatus · P. osun (Pterocarpus) · P. pedatus · P. peltaria · P. podocarpus · P. polyanthus · P. pubescens · P. quercinus · P. reticulatus · P. robusta · P. robustus · P. rohrii (Sangue-De-Drago) · P. rorhii · P. rotundifolius · P. rotundifolius polyanthus · P. rotundifolius rotundifolius · P. rufescens
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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.
- ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1672945
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1938065
