There are a large number of plants in this family. To sort out them I am trying to give some tips in advance to organise the pictures from Papilionaceae. The plants can be classified according to taxonomic characters from different floras. I have separated my pictures in a simple method like 1)Trees 2)Shrubs,undershrubs,herbs 3)Climbers
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since Papilionaceae(Faboideae) is a subfamily of Fabaceae we will be > dealing with only this subfamily during the family week. > I request all members not to post species of Mimosoideae and > Caesalpinioideae under the above heading. > > > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>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 > -- Dr Satish Phadke
