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Fabaceae Family Floral Overview

The Fabaceae family, also known as the bean or pea family, includes over 400 genera and 10,000 species of trees, shrubs, and herbs. It is one of the largest families of flowering plants and is found worldwide, especially in warm temperate regions. Key characteristics include compound leaves, flowers with 5 fused sepals and 5 fused petals in a distinctive pattern, fruits that are legumes or loments, and seeds that often contain food reserves and either epigeal or hypogeal germination. Important genera include carob, alfalfa, peanut, lupine, bean, soybean, chickpea, pea, and sweet pea.

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Fabaceae Family Floral Overview

The Fabaceae family, also known as the bean or pea family, includes over 400 genera and 10,000 species of trees, shrubs, and herbs. It is one of the largest families of flowering plants and is found worldwide, especially in warm temperate regions. Key characteristics include compound leaves, flowers with 5 fused sepals and 5 fused petals in a distinctive pattern, fruits that are legumes or loments, and seeds that often contain food reserves and either epigeal or hypogeal germination. Important genera include carob, alfalfa, peanut, lupine, bean, soybean, chickpea, pea, and sweet pea.

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FABACEAE: Bean or Pea Family

Class: Magnoliopsida (dicot)

Sub-Class: Rosidae
Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: 1. Papilionoideae

2. Caesalpinoideae 3. Mimosoideae

400 genera
10,000 species Found all over the world, concentrated in warm temperate regions in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere (3rd largest family of flowering plants) [Link]

Habit: Trees, Shrubs, Herbs Self supporting, or epiphytic, or climbing Halophytic, or mesophytic, or xerophytic

Whats that mean?

FLOWER

Flowers: Bisexual, zygomorphic, perigynous (perianth and stamens united by bases)

Floral Formula: CA5 COZ5 A10 or 9+1G1

Floral Diagram: Bonus Point

FABACEAE FLORAL DIAGRAM

Calyx: 5 sepals united below tube

Corolla: 5 petals (1 standard, 2 wing, 2 keel)

[Link] ASTRAGALUS

Standard or Banner Keel Wing

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Gynoecium: one simple pistil (1 carpel, 1 locule), ovary superior, marginal placentation

PERIGYNOUS

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HYPOGENOUS

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EPIGYNOUS

Androecium: 10 stamens, monadelphous (A 10) or diadelphous (A 9+1)


Wisteria sinensis (9+1)

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INFLORESCENCE

Racemes

Indeterminate Growth and Pedicellate

Erythrina speciosa

Spikes

Indeterminate/Sessile

Heads

Sessile

Anthyllis vulneraria

LEAVES

Compound (pinnate or palmate) rarely simple, alternate PALMATE ODD-BIPINNATE

Gymnocladus dioicus
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Trifolium repens
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Stipules may be modified into tendrils

Lathyrus Odoratus
Trifolium campestre
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PULVINUS
(enlarged petiole base)

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Associated with leaf movement-in response to touch or heat Mimosa Sensitive Plant

Roots: nodules and nitrogen fixing bacteria

Rhizobia on Root Hair

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Fruit: Simple, Capsule: dehiscent legume

or a loment
LEGUME LOMENT

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Seed: May have food reserves in the cotyledons

LOMENT
Erythrina herbacea

LEGUME

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SEEDS CONT

Varying shape and size

Composed of embryonic axis and two cotyledons The axis has embryonic root (radicle), the hypocotyl, and the first true leaves (plumule)

Germination is Epigeal or Hypogeal


EpigealCotyledons push above soil surface Cotyledons remain beneath the soil surface

Hypogeal-

Genus Ceratonia Medicago Astragalus Arachis Lupinus Phaseolus Glycine Cicer Pisum Lens Lathyrus Clitoria

Common Name Carob Alfalfa Milk Vetch Peanut Lupines Common Bean Soybean Chickpea Garden Pea Lentil Sweet Pea Butterfly Pea

CeratoniaCoffee and Chocolate

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Medicago Livestock Feed

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Astragalus Aphrodisiac

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Arachis WHAT A GOOBER!

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Lupinus - poisonous

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Phaseolus Wash your face with Beans?

Glycine Watch out for the oligosaccharides!

Cicer - Protein

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Pisum Anti-sex horomonic effects

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Lens Better than a cold shower!

Lathyrus Oh Sweet Pea!

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Clitoria May Promote Nausea and Vomiting

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References
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