Very Good Sarting Satish Ji. Thanks On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Great job done, Satish ji, a fitting introduction for this complex and > large family. Let us hope that members participate in a big way. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *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 <[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 >> > > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
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