Category: Fabales

Belongs within: Papilionoideae.Contains: Aeschynomene. The Dalbergieae are a mostly pantropical group of legumes united by a distinctive root nodule morphology (Cardoso et al. 2013). Members include Pterocarpus, padauks, a pantropical genus of trees with indehiscent, orbicular fruits that are compressed to form a broad hardened wing around usually a single central seed. The peanut Arachis… Continue reading Dalbergieae

Belongs within: Papilionoideae. Mucuna is a cosmopolitan genus of leguminous vines in which the pods often bear irritant hairs. The velvet bean M. pruriens is grown as a food plant in Indonesia. Characters (Flora of China): Vines, perennial or annual, woody or herbaceous. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; stipules usually caducous; stipels sometimes caducous; leaflets large. Inflorescences axillary or… Continue reading Mucuna

Belongs within: Papilionoideae. The Erythrininae are a poorly defined grouping of legumes including the coral trees of the genus Erythrina. Erythrina species bear long, red or orange, bird-pollinated flowers. <==ErythrininaeCP13 |–Otoptera burchelliiCP13 `–+–PsophocarpusCP13 | |–P. lancifoliusCP13 | `–P. tetragonolobusP88 `–ErythrinaCP13 |–E. amasisa Spruce 1860S60 |–E. arborescensD07 |–E. brevifloraF11 |–E. cristagalliCP13 |–E. decoraCV06 |–E. domingueziiF11 |–E. fastigiataBMM99 |–E.… Continue reading Erythrininae

Belongs within: Caesalpinieae.Contains: Prosopis, Parkia, Vachellia, Mimosa, Senegalia, Ingeae. The Mimosoideae are a clade of leguminous plants containing the acacias and related species. Most species are trees or shrubs with a small number of lianes or herbs. Mimosoids generally have small flowers clustered into heads or spikes. Leaves are bipinnate or reduced to phyllodes and often… Continue reading Mimosoideae

Belongs within: Fabidae.Contains: Polygalaceae, Leguminosae. The Fabales are a clade of flowering plants supported primarily by molecular data. Within the Fabales, the greater number of species belong to the clade Fabaceae or Leguminosae, the legumes. The majority of remaining Fabales belong to the Polygalaceae; the Surianaceae and Quillaja are both small assemblages. Quillaja is a small… Continue reading Fabales

Belongs within: Genistinae. Cytisus, brooms, is a western Palaearctic genus of shrubs with persistently green stems. Characters (Hickman 1993): Shrub or small tree, unarmed, stems often ribbed, persistently green. Leaves 1-compound (generally ternate), generally alternate, petioled, stipules free or absent. Inflorescences generally racemes, terminal or flowers 1–3 in axillary, peduncled clusters. Flower with calyx bell-shaped,… Continue reading Cytisus

Belongs within: Papilionoideae. The Sophoreae are a primarily tropical tribe of the Papilionoideae, many members of which are small trees. Members lack clear morphological synapomorphies but are generally characterised by free stamens (Cardoso et al. 2013). They include Sophora, a genus of trees and shrubs with imparipinnate leaves bearing large flowers with a broad standard,… Continue reading Sophoreae

Belongs within: Hologalegina.Contains: Trifolium, Lathyrus, Pisum, Vicia, Medicago. The Fabeae are a group of herbaceous legumes with generally pinnately divided leaves commonly ending a twining tendril. Species cultivated for their edible seeds include chickpea Cicer arietinum and lentil Lens culinaris. Characters (Flora of China): Herbs annual or perennial. Stems erect, trailing, or climbing by means… Continue reading Fabeae