Hello all i think Papilionaceae now Fabaceae can be clearly distinguished with its papilionaceous corolla, where as caesalpinaceae has its own characteristics and family mimosaceae has its calyx and corolla much reduces as compared with longer stamens. this morphology of their floral parts clearly indicated their family. i think it would not be correct to put all under Fabaceae.
this are my views. further suggestions are welcome. Regards Satish Pardeshi On Sep 18, 11:06 am, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Gurcharan ji, > Thank you for bringing up this discussion. We had given a lot of > thought to this aspect, and decided to follow the second approach that > you mention. We could have clubbed everything under Fabaceae, that > technically comes under Fabaceae. We could have put the species that > are under Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family), under Apocynaceae > (Oleander family). But then it takes away lot of information from the > common user. Milkweeds do have some common characteristics among > themselves. Botanists disntinguish between various sub-categories by > specifying sub-families, but we do not want to overload a layperson > with those details. So, we decided to follow the second approach. > Putting Adenanthera pavonina under Fabaceae was an oversight, I > will put it under Mimosaceae now. Do let me know if you come across > any other inconsistency or discrepency. > Best wishes > - Tabish > > On Sep 18, 8:27 am, "singhg ." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This concerns the family names in our databases especially Flowers of India > > > It does not make much difference which author you are following, but > > there is need for a consistent approach. > > > Family Leguminosae is one of the largest families of flowering plants. > > Its new correct name is Fabaceae. > > > We either divide the family into three subfamilies (Faboideae, > > Caesalpinioideae and Mimosoideae) and write just Fabaceae for all > > members. > > > The second approach is to recognise all three as separate families: > > Fabaceae (now alternate name Papilionaceae not Leguminosae), > > Caesalpiniaceae and Mimosaceae; this classification is not followed in > > recent classifications, but no harm in using it as far as we are > > consistent. > > > In Flowers of India website Acacia in placed under family Mimosaceae, > > whereas Adenanthera (of the same group) is placed under Fabaceae. I > > think this and other similar cases need to be corrected. > > > Tabish ji to please take a note. > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Department of Botany > > SGTB Khalsa College > > University of Delhi > > Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj > > Vikas Puri > > New Delhi-110018 > > Phone: 011025518297 > > Mobile: 9810359089- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
