*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
[image: Flower parts Faboideae.png] 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
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