FAMILY- Cruciferae
Family- Cruciferae The family includes about 375 genera and 3200 species. The family is also called Brassicaceae.Distribution: Most of the members of this family are cosmopolitan in distributi...
Family leguminosae (fabaceae) sub family papilionoideae (legume family)
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, are a large and economically important family of flowering plants.
DISTRIBUTION: Cosmopolitan in distribution, except in artic region. This subfamily consists of 425 genera and 12150 species.
HABITAT: Terrestrial, wild or cultivated for pulses and oil.
HABIT: Annual or perennial herbs, climbers (Lathyrus), shrubs(Sesbania) ,or trees(Dalbergia)
ROOT: Tap root with nodulated, root nodules consisting of symbiotically associated nitrogen fixing bacteria Rhizobium
STEM: Aerial, erect, climbers supported by tendrils (Pisum), branched, cylindrical or quadrangular (Vicia faba) , herbaceous or woody (Dalbergia) , solid ,fistular (Vicia faba)
, glabrous or pubescent.
LEAF: Cauline and ramal , alternate or opposite or whorl , stipulate (foliaceous stipule ), petiolate , pulvinous petiole (Glycine max) , simple ,pinnately or palmately compound lead, entire acute or mucronate, glabrous, green or glaucous, unicostate, reticulate venation.
INFLORESCENCE: Racemose, receme or panicle or spike or solitary
FLOWER: bracteate or ebracteate, ebractiolate, pedicellate, complete, zygomorphic, hermaphrodite, pentamerous, papilionaceous, hypogynous or perigynous, white or pink in colour
CALYX: sepals – 5, gamosepalous, toothed or bilabiate, sepaloid, campanulate, valvet or imbricate aestivation.
COROLLA: Petals – 5, polypetalous, petaloid, papilionaceous, one petal large, two medium and two small, fused called keels, vexillary aestivation.
ANDROECIUM: Stamens – 10, diadelphous or monoadelphous, rarely polyandrous. Anther: bilobed or dithecous, basifixed or dorsifixed, intorse.
GYNOECIUM: Carpel – 1, monocarpellary. Ovary: superior, unilocular, marginal placentation. Style – curved. Stigma – capitate or hairy.
FRUIT: Legume or pod
SEEDS: Dicotledonous and non endospermic.
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Systemic Position :
Class : Dicotledonae
Sub Class : Polypetalae
Series : Calciflorae
Order : Rosales
Family : Leguminosae
Sub Family : Papilionaceae
Diagnostic characters
Leaves : stipulate, alternate or opposite, simple or compound.
Inflorescence: racemose,
Flower : pentamerous, zygomorphic, hermaphrodite, papilionaceous, hypogynous or perigynous.
Sepals : 5, gamosepalous,
Petals :5, polypetalous, papilionaceous,
Stamens :10, diadelphous,
Carpel : 1, monocarpellary,
Fruit: legume or pod
Example of family leguminoseae : Brittanica
