The members of this family occur all over the world, particularly the warm and temperate regions. The fabaceae or leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, are a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The family divided into 3 subfamilies based upon the floral characters. Family characteristics for plant families the following pages provide basic familiy characteristics for most of the families covered in the lab. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. Solanaceae, liliaceae and fabaceae family an overview byjus. Following are the characteristic features of solanaceae family. Flowers many members of the leguminosae family have flowers of the typical pea type. Third largest family of flowering plants and second only to the cereals in economic importance. Technically, the type of fruit produced by members of fabaceae is known as a legume, defined as a dry, more or less elongate fruit derived from a single carpel that opens or dehisces along one or both longitudinal sutures judd et al. They could be evergreen, deciduous, climbers, herbaceous plants or trees. About the classification report about the classification download. Many legumes have characteristic flowers and fruits.
The research work was initiated to get information and report the medicinal plants on the family fabaceae of rajshahi during january 2011 to december 2011. Jun 25, 2015 how to build a hinged hoophouse for a raised bed garden duration. Description of some important families fabaceae youtube. Native in north america black locust is now widely represented in europe, north africa and asia. Fabaceae the fabaceae family, known as legumes, are one of the most important plant families in both ecological and economic terms. It is regarded as the second largest family of dicotyledons. These are irregular flowers, with 5 petals forming a distinctive. Fabaceae family has about 400 genera and 9000 species. Species of leguminosae contained within the plant list belong to 917 plant genera. Aug 15, 2015 the smell and fragrance of flowers has always been so elusive. Technical identification of fruits and seeds of the economically important legume plant family fabaceae or leguminosae is often required of u. The smell and fragrance of flowers has always been so elusive.
Many genera are extremely widespread, while others are endemic to single countries. The fabaceae family is a large family of the plant kingdom, including several economically important plants. The leaves are stipulate, nearly always alternate, and range from pinnately or palmately compound to simple. Fabaceae 2 systematic list of tribes and genera in general, the tribes recognized here and their delimitations follow lewis, g. A list of all accepted names in leguminosae is available in csv format. Both the adaxial and abaxial epidermal cells are polygonal or irregular in shape. Study of medicinal uses on fabaceae family at rajshahi.
Fruits and seeds of genera in the subfamily faboideae. Edis is the electronic data information source of ufifas extension, a collection of information on topics relevant to you. Some are from pages developed by carolyn parker for the plant systematics course. The legume or bean family leguminosae or fabaceae, with over 650 genera and 18 000 species, is the third largest family of flowering plants angiosperms, behind only orchids. Most species have root nodules containing bacteria rhizobium species which are capable of taking up atmospheric nitrogen and converting it into other nitrogenous compounds. It includes trees, shrubs, and perennial or annual herbaceous plants, which are easily recognized by their fruit and their compound, stipulate leaves. Now my students are able to key local flora confidently, knowing they have reached the correct family by referring to botany in a days detailed descriptions and pictures. Watch this video to learn about the fabaceae family.
Commonly known as the pea family, fabaceae features about 670 genera and nearly 20,000 species of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs. Leguminosae if you have seen a pea or bean blossom in the garden, then you will be able to recognize members of the pea family. A total of 32 medicinal plants species belonging to 23 genera were used by the local health healers for the treatment of different. Legumes help increase soil nitrogen and provide rich sources of vegetable protein for humans, livestock, and wild animals. In modern systems like apg ii this family fabaceae is closely related to quillajaceae, polygalaceae or milkworts including the families diclidantheraceae, moutabeaceae, and xanthophyllaceae, and. The plant family of the fabaceae, formerly known as the leguminosae the bean and pea family, have been researched by jan scholten and rajan sankaran. The gardening channel with james prigioni recommended for you. The family is of great economic importance for food, timber, forage crops, dyes and horticulturally. Species of fabaceae demonstrate a wide variety in the type of fruits commonly referred to as pods they produce. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that sqs proteins have two transmembrane regions in the cterminal. Fabaceae leguminosae the fabaceae are mostly herbs but include also shrubs and trees found in both temperate and tropical areas. Collins the plant family of the fabaceae, formerly known as the leguminosae the bean and pea family, have been researched by jan scholten and rajan sankaran. Suku polongpolongan atau fabaceae merupakan salah satu suku tumbuhan dikotil yang terpenting dan terbesar. In members of the family which have other flower shapes, there are.
These are irregular flowers, with 5 petals forming a distinctive banner, wings, and keel, as shown in the illustration. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants, numbering some 400 genera and 10,000 species. Distributed worldwide, members of the family are generally characterized by compound leaves and the production of fruits known as legumes. Technical identification of fruits and seeds of the economically important legume plant family fabaceae or. For example, you can find chenopods searching on cheno no quotes as latin name. The micromorphology of leaf epidermal cells and stomata of all eight species and one form 11 samples of cercis were observed by scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy. Share your knowledge share your word file share your pdf file share your ppt file. Characteristics and economic importance of family leguminosae february 20, 2018 author biology, botany 0 this family is also known as papilionaceae or fabaceae or commonly known as pea family. Just about anywhere in the world you will find examples of the pea family. The fabaceae is a major family for butterflies but not moths. Fabaceae is the 3 rd largest family of flowering plants, behind the asteracea and orchidaceae. In india the family is represented by 1100 species and 100 genea.
Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, pinnate or bipinnate, less often palmately compound or 3foliolate, seldom 1foliolate or simple, or modified into narrow phyllodes. Economic plants second only to poaceae grass family in economic importance. Information on california plants for education, research and conservation. Many species in this family are cultivated for food, such as beans.
The pea family, fabaceae also known as legume family, leguminosae is the third largest in the plant kingdom with around 1,000 genera and 25,000 species from small grassstalked plants to massive trees. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. The legume family fabaceae is the third largest family of flowering plants with more than 18,000 described species. The present study deals with the study of medicinal plants used by local people of rajshahi, bangladesh. Fabaceae plants of the pea family previously known as the legume family. The family fabaceae is also known as leguminosae or papilionaceae since it belongs to the pea or legume family. Fabaceae family plants, characteristics and economic. Specifically, texas mountain laurel is a beautiful evergreen multitrunked trees that is part of the sub family faboideae. The fabaceae or leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large, economically and medicinally important family of flowering plants. Fabaceae family plants, characteristics and economic importance papilionaceae fabaceae family has about 400 genera and 9000 species. The family fabaceae popularly known as legumes, is the third largest order of seedplants containing about 600 genera with 12,000 speices. Leguminosae fabaceae, legume family third largest family.
These pages have been compiled from a combination of sources. Fabaceae is the systematic name of the plant family that is commonly known as the pea family. Fabaceae is the third largest family of flowering plants behind. Plants with indumentum composed mainly of tshaped hairs. Members of the family are native to the european, asian, african, australian, and american tropics or subtropics, with some temperate members. Pdf fabaceae, one of the most diverse families in the world, recognized for.
This large family is divided into four subfamiliesthe mimosoideae, caesalpinoideae, swartzioideae, and papilionoideae. Click on names to expand them, and on p for plants profiles. Allergens and plants search enter a full or partial species name to find more information on one of over 1200 potentially allergenic plants. The fabaceae, also called leguminosae or bean and pea family, is the third largest family of angiosperms after orchidaceae orchids and asteraceae daisies, sunflowers, and second only to poaceae grasses in terms of agricultural and economic importance. Fabaceae wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. Gums, tannins, oils, resins, numerous medicinal compounds, and dyes are obtained from many plants of this family. Fabaceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bentham and hooker and also hutchinson placed the family in myrtales. There are around 5000 species of dicotyledonous fabaceae plants widely distributed all over the world.
In silico analysis of squalene synthase in fabaceae family. The pea family is one of the largest of the flowering plants, with about 500 genera and over 15,000 species of plants with alternate, mostly compound leaves, and podlike fruits. Pdf study of medicinal uses on fabaceae family at rajshahi. They can become truly acquainted with the family s characteristics, constituents, medicinal uses, and patterns. Leguminosae, family fabaceae, family leguminosae, legume family, pea family type of. The legume family is a large group of dicotyledonous herbs, trees, shrubs and sometimes vines of cosmopolitan distribution. In general the family hosts the northern cloudywing thorybes pylades, and southern cloudywing thorybes bathyllus butterflies tallamy, 2009.
The plant list includes 63,525 scientific plant names of species rank for the family leguminosae. How to build a hinged hoophouse for a raised bed garden duration. Fabaceae, also called leguminosae, pea family of flowering plants angiosperms, within the order fabales. If you know the family, you know characters of hundreds and thousand of genera and species, you may even predict. This is the group of fabaceae that we typically recognize as pea.
Legumes includes a large number of domesticated species harvested as crops for human and animal consumption as well as for. Fabaceae leguminosae the pea, bean and mimosa family 730 genera 19,500 species alternate, stipulate, pinnately to palmately a keel or flaring apart distribution. Sub families and species of fabaceae family also discussed here. All the three subfamilies of fabaceae have been given the status of family and hence they will be treated here as distinct families. These are composed of one large back petal the standard, two side petals called wings and two lower petals fused together to form a keel. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family fabaceae. It is valuable for its restoration or maintenance of soil fertility. Below is a table comprised of information from doug tallamy 2009 in his incredible book bringing nature home. Fabaceae, which is the third largest family among the angiosperms after orchidaceae orchid family and asteraceae aster family, consists of more than 700 genera and about 20,000 species of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs and is worldwide in distribution. In this study, anatomical features of the stem, petiole, leaf and. Apocynaceae from apocynum, greek for dogaway is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. The black locust can fix nitrogen in the soil and thus help to improve the soil. While engler has included in the suborder myrtinae of myrtiflorae.
It consists of approximately 600 genera and 12,000 species. Caesalpinioideae, mimosoideae and papilionoideae or better faboideae. About 82 genera and 587 species of this family are present only in pakistan. Various members of the fabaceae are also known for their coevolutionary relationship with ants judd et al. Over 2,584 fabaceae pictures to choose from, with no signup needed. Trees, shrubs, or herbs, sometimes climbing or decumbent, very often bearing rootnodules that harbor nitrogenfixing bacteria. The leguminosae consist of about 750 genera and 19,000 species of herbs, shrubs, trees, and climbers. Interhomeopathy introduction to the fabaceae family.
It is surpassed in size only by the orchid family orchidaceae with about 20,000 species and the sunflower family asteraceae with about 24,000 species. A pharmacobotanical study of two medicinal species of fabaceae. Fruits and seeds of genera in the subfamily faboideae fabaceae. The swartzioideae is a small subfamily of about 80. Most important plant families alexey shipunov minot state university july 16, 20. Legume identification plants in the leguminosae family have characteristic leaves and. Leaves are compound, usually pinnate, with alternate arrangement. Pdf botanical composition of fabaceae family in the brazilian. Banyak tumbuhan budidaya penting termasuk dalam suku ini, dengan bermacammacam kegunaan.
1376 645 943 636 442 1454 1644 730 1449 463 1478 1514 937 1201 911 1532 633 881 1069 1344 1599 977 723 283 1438 1075 765 1473 1051 1366 1279 196 159 966 790 1241 80 1011 476