Dear members As announced earlier we will focus Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) in our Monthly Week from November 7 to 13, 2011. I Dr. Satish Phadke will be coordinating this episode. Members are requested to upload members of this group, both identified as well as those meant for Id. Kindly make sure that all your uploads pertaining to this group should have subject line starting*"Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week:.*....................................." The second part of your subject line should be unique, name of plant and place plus some thing if same species has been uploaded by another member from the same place, for plants meant for ID second part should be same your unique combination of ddmmyyyy+initials+post number, about plant (herb/shrub/tree/climber, etc.) and place.
Expect god participation for this well represented group. For any queries you may contact Respected Gurcharan ji, Balkar ji, me or any earlier coordinator. These are introductory mails. *Please post your plants from Monday 7th November i.e. tomorrow onwards.* On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Family : *Papilionaceae *overview (In short) > > It is a subfamily of *Fabaceae *or *Leguminosae*. > > > The Fabaceae are placed in the order Fabales according to most taxonomic > systems, including the APG III system. The total number of species in this > is quoted differently at different sources but around 18000 species > including all subfamilies. > > > The Fabaceae comprise three subfamilies (with distribution) > > > • Mimosoideae: 80 genera and 3,200 species. Mostly tropical > and warm temperate Asia and America. > > • Caesalpinioideae: 170 genera and 2,000 species, > cosmopolitan. > > • Faboideae: 470 genera and 14,000 species, cosmopolitan. > (GRIN 462 genera;500 genera 12000 species) > > In the coming week between 7 to 13 November we will be > sharing/discussing about species from this subfamily only which is called > as Papilionaceae, Papilionoideae or Faboideae . > > *Distinguishing characters (always present)* > > > > Subfamily Papilionoideae (Faboideae) > > • Leaves usually pari- or imparipinnate, palmate or > trifoliolate , sometimes simple or unifoliolate, sometimes with a tendril. > > • Flowers usually bilaterally symmetrical pea flowers. > > • Sepals united into a tube at base. > > • Petals imbricate in bud, the median petal (also known as > the standard, banner or vexillum) overlaps the other 4. > > • Stamens (9-)10(-many), sometimes dimorphic, usually > diadelphous (9 fused,1 free or 5+5), sometimes monadelphous (all 10 fused), > filaments rarely free, exserted or included. > > • Seeds usually hard and with a complex hilar valve (as in > beans and peas), pleurogram absent. > > > > *Flower parts in Faboideae*. *A*, side view of flower; *B*, separated > petals (front view); *C*, diadelphous stamens with upper stamen free, > anthers uniform; *D*, monadelphous stamens with all filaments fused into > a tube, anthers alternately long and short. > > Ref: > http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sf&name=Faboideae > A short introduction of Family Fabaceae from *Wikipedia* > > The *Fabaceae* (or *Leguminosae*) are a large and economically important > family <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29> of flowering > plants <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant>, which is commonly > known as the *legume family*, *pea family*, *bean family* or *pulse family > *. The name 'Fabaceae' comes from the defunct genus *Faba*, now included > into *Vicia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicia>*. Leguminosae is an > older name still considered > valid,[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabaceae#cite_note-3>and refers to the > typical > fruit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit> of these plants, which are > called legumes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume>. > > The Fabaceae are the third largest family of flowering > plants<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant>, > behind Orchidaceae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchidaceae> and > Asteraceae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteraceae>, with 730 genera and > over 19,400 species, according to the Royal Botanical > Gardens<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Botanical_Gardens>. > The largest genera are *Astragalus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astragalus> > * with more than 2,000 species, *Acacia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia> > * with more than 900 species, and > *Indigofera<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigofera> > * with around 700 species. Other large genera include > *Crotalaria<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalaria> > * with 600 species and *Mimosa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa>*with 500 > species. > > The species of this family are found throughout the world, growing in many > different environments and climates. A number are important agricultural > plants, including: *Glycine max <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycine_max> > * (soybean), *Phaseolus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaseolus>*(beans), > *Pisum sativum <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisum_sativum>* (pea), *Cicer > arietinum <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicer_arietinum>* (chickpeas), > *Medicago > sativa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicago_sativa>* (alfalfa), *Arachis > hypogaea <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachis_hypogaea>* (peanut), *Ceratonia > siliqua <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carob>* (carob), and *Glycyrrhiza > glabra <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licorice>* (licorice), which are > among the best known members of Fabaceae. A number of species are also > weedy pests <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pest_%28organism%29> in > different parts of the world, including: *Cytisus > scoparius<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytisus_scoparius> > * (broom) and *Pueraria lobata<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueraria_lobata> > * (kudzu), and a number of *Lupinus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupinus> > * species. > > For family Papilionaceae the large genera will be............ > > *Crotalaria* > > *Indigofera* > > *Alysicarpus* > > *Astragalus* > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke > -- Dr Satish Phadke
