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Taxonomy

Physical 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]

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Members of the genus Flemingia:

There are approximately 76 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: F. stricta pteropus · F. abrupta · F. affinis · F. angusta · F. bhutanica · F. bistriata · F. blancoana · F. brevipes · F. carbonaria · F. cavaleriei · F. chappar · F. chlorostachys · F. coccinea · F. duo · F. faginea · F. ferruginea · F. fragrans · F. glutinosa · F. gracilis · F. grahamiana · F. guineensis · F. hallaya · F. helferiana · F. hiseringiana · F. hockii · F. horsfieldii · 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. racemosa · F. rollae · F. sarmentosa · F. schultzii · F. sootepensis · F. striata · F. stricta · 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

Members of the genus Hymenaea:

There are approximately 67 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: H. adentotricha · H. aurea · H. candolliana · H. chrysophylla · H. copalifera · H. coubaril · H. coubaril var. altissima · H. coubaril var. longifolia · H. coubaril var. stilbocarpa · H. coubarilxparvifolia · H. courbarii · H. courbarii var. altissima · H. courbarii var. longifolia · H. courbarii var. stilbocarpa · H. courbarii var. villosa · H. courbaril (Abati) · H. courbaril var. altissima · H. courbaril var. courbaril · H. courbaril var. longifolia · H. courbaril var. stilbocarpa · H. courbaril var. subsessilis · H. courbaril var. villosa · H. curvanis · H. dakotana · H. eriogyne · H. fayettensis · H. gaertneriana · H. hayneana · H. hornemanniana · H. intermedia · H. intermedia var. adenotricha · H. intermedia var. intermedia · H. lamarckiana · H. marangensis · H. maranhensis · H. maritana · H. martiana · H. microcarpa · H. microphylla · H. mirabilis · H. oblongifolia (Burundanga) · H. oblongifolia var. davisii · H. oblongifolia var. latifolia · H. oblongifolia var. oblongifolia · H. oblongifolia var. palustris · H. obtusifolia · H. parviflora · H. parvifolia (Jutahysinho) · H. pororoca · H. primigenia · H. pubescens · H. reticulata · H. rubriflora · H. rubriflora var. glabra · H. rubriflora var. rubriflora · H. sagittipetala · H. sp. · H. stigonocarpa · H. stigonocarpa var. brevipetiolata · H. stigonocarpa var. olfersiana · H. stigonocarpa var. pubescens · H. stigonocarpa var. stigonocarpa · H. torrei · H. travassii · H. travassosii · H. velutina · H. verrucosa (Copalier)

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Notes

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15563182
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:495236-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3514369