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Vicia costata ciceroidea

Description

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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

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Vicia

There are approximately 1008 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

V. parviflora · V. abbreviata · V. abbreviata montenegrina · V. abbreviata orbelica · V. abyssinica · V. acerosa var. angustifolia · V. acutifolia (Fourleaf Vetch) · V. adriatica · V. afghanica · V. agerii · V. agrigentinum · V. aintabensis · V. albescens · V. albicans · V. albiflora · V. alpestris (Goroshek Gornyi) · V. alpestris alpestris · V. alpestris hypoleuca · V. alpina · V. alternans · V. alternifolia · V. altissima · V. americana (American Deervetch) · V. americana americana · V. americana f. angusta · V. americana f. oblonga · V. americana mexicana · V. americana minor · V. americana var. angustifolia · V. americana var. bungei · V. americana subsp. minor · V. americana var. oregana · V. americana var. sinensis · V. amoena (Cheder Ebs) · V. amoena amoena · V. amoena f. albiflora · V. amoena sericea · V. amphicarpos · V. amurensis (Amaryn Gish) · V. amurensis f. alba · V. amurensis f. sanneensis · V. amurensis var. pallida · V. anatolica · V. anderssonii · V. andicola · V. andicola var. galbina · V. andicola var. matthewsii · V. angulata · V. angulosa · V. anguste-pinnata · V. angustifolia pseudoangustifolia · V. angustifolia segetalis · V. angustifolium · V. anisodonta · V. anomala · V. tenuifolia · V. aphylla · V. aquitanica · V. araucana · V. arenivaga · V. argentea · V. argentea serinica · V. arietina · V. aristalioides · V. aristata · V. articulata (Monantha Vetch) · V. arvernensis · V. assyriaca · V. astragaloides · V. atropurpurea f. alba · V. australis · V. austro-higoensis · V. austroccidentalis · V. bactra · V. bakeri · V. balansae · V. barbazitae · V. barbazitae var. barbazitae · V. barbazitae var. incisa · V. basaltica · V. bengalensis · V. benghalencis · V. benghalensis (Hairy Vetch) · V. benghalensis heterocalyx · V. benghalensis var. atropurpurea · V. benghalensis var. simulans · V. bequaertii · V. berteroana · V. bertolinii · V. bicolor · V. biebersteini · V. biennis · V. bifolia · V. bifoliata · V. bijuga · V. bijuga var. longipes · V. bipartita · V. bithynica (Bithynian Vetch) · V. bivonae · V. bivonea

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Identifiers

Last Revised: 2008-09-10