1 / 1

The Legume Family Fabaceae

3 R D Largest plant family on Earth. Divided into 3 subfamilies: Caesalpinioideae- bilateral flower (5 petals) Mimosoideae- flowers with radial symetry amd numerous showy stamens Pailionoideae- biggest of 3 groups. Flowers in which the upper petal is outside the lateral parts in the bud.

bambi
Download Presentation

The Legume Family Fabaceae

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 3 R D Largestplant family on Earth Divided into 3 subfamilies: Caesalpinioideae- bilateral flower (5 petals) Mimosoideae- flowers with radial symetry amd numerous showy stamens Pailionoideae- biggest of 3 groups. Flowers in which the upper petal is outside the lateral parts in the bud The Legume Family Fabaceae Definition of legume: the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case Only legume that develops underground is the peanut. The family is mostly found in more temperate and tropical regions of the world. Lentils and beans have provided a food source for over 3,000 years. Common legumes we eat: beans, snow peas, string beans, lentils, peanuts, soybeans, peas http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&defl=en&q=define:legume&sa=X&ei=MU96TPHPNMaAlAfzjqHtCw&ved=0CBYQkAE, http://waynesword.palomar.edu/legume1.htm, http://tolweb.org/Fabaceae/21093, http://plants.montara.com/ListPages/FamPages/showpix/fabaS/vicgig.JPEG, http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/vegetabl/images/large/beanflower.jpg, http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/lindman/315.jpg

More Related