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
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –
Similar Species
Members of the genus Swartzia
There are approximately 298 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. acreana · S. acuminata var. platygyne · S. acutifolia · S. acutifolia var. acutifolia · S. acutifolia var. leiogyna · S. acutifolia var. parvipetala · S. acutifolia var. spathulata · S. acutifolia var. submarginata · S. acutifolia var. ynesiana · S. alato-sericea · S. alatosericea · S. alternifoliolata · S. amazonica · S. amazonica var. amazonica · S. amazonica var. cinerea · S. amplifolia · S. amplifolia var. amplifolia · S. amplifolia var. colombiana · S. amplifolia var. rigida · S. amshoffiana · S. angustifoliola · S. anomala · S. apetala · S. apetala var. apetala · S. apetala var. blanchetii · S. apetala var. glabra · S. apetala var. subcordata · S. apiculata · S. aptera · S. arborescens · S. argentea · S. argentea var. argentea · S. argentea var. flavescens · S. aureosericea · S. auriculata · S. aymardii · S. bahiensis · S. bannia · S. barnebyana · S. benthamiana · S. benthamiana var. benthamiana · S. benthamiana var. yatuensis · S. bombycina · S. brachyrachis · S. brachyrachis var. brachyrachis · S. brachyrachis var. colombiana · S. brachyrachis var. glabrata · S. brachyrachis var. peruviana · S. brachyrachis var. snethlageae · S. brachyrhachis · S. brachyrhachis var. colombiana · S. brachyrhachis var. glabrata · S. brachyrhachis var. peruviana · S. brachyrhachis var. snethlageae · S. branchystachya · S. buntingii · S. burchellii · S. cabrerae · S. callistemon · S. calva · S. capillacea · S. capixabensis · S. capparioides · S. cardiosperma · S. caribaea · S. caudata · S. colombiana · S. conferta · S. conferta var. conferta · S. conferta var. vaupesiana · S. coriaceifolia · S. corrugata · S. costata · S. cowanii · S. cubensis · S. cubensis var. cubensis · S. cubensis var. nicaraguensis · S. cupavenensis · S. curranii · S. cuspidata · S. daricuensis · S. davisii · S. dipetala · S. discocarpa · S. dolichopoda · S. duckei · S. emarginata · S. eriocarpa · S. euxylophora · S. fanshawei · S. fasciata · S. fimbriata · S. fistuloides · S. flaemingii · S. flaemingii var. arumateuana · S. flaemingii var. cognata · S. flaemingii var. flaemingii · S. flaemingii var. polita · S. flaemingii var. psilonema · S. flamingi
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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 Legumes
- ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-14458
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13667514
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1474529
