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Caesalpiniaceae - Senna family
Leguminosae subfam. Caesalpinioideae
Literature
Brenan, J.P.M. (1967) Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae FTEA
Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. and Polhill, R.M. (2007) Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae FZ 3(2)
Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa
Ross, J.H. (1977) Caesalpinioideae FSA 16(2)
Description of the family
Trees or shrubs, less often climbers or herbs. Leaves usually 1-pinnate, less often simple or 2-pinnate. Inflorescences usually of spikes or panicles of racemes, rarely of spikes or capitate; racemes sometimes condensed to umbel-like fascicles. Flowers usually ± zygomorphic. Sepals usually free, sometimes ± connate. Petals imbricate in bud, usually with the dorsal within and overlapped by the lateral, free or sometimes connate below, usually 5, sometimes reduced to 1 or 0. Stamens usually 10 or fewer (rarely numerous), free or ± connate below. Pods various. Seeds generally without areoles. Worldwide: 153 genera and 2,175 species, mostly tropical. |
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More sample images from the Caesalpiniaceae (Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record)
Links to genera: (25) View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Acrocarpus Wight ex Arn. | Description, Image |
| Afzelia Sm. | Description, Image |
| Baikiaea Benth. | Description, Image |
| Bauhinia L. | Description, Image |
| Brachystegia Benth. | Description, Image |
| Burkea Hook. | Description, Image |
| Caesalpinia L. | Description, Image |
| Cassia L. | Description, Image |
| Chamaecrista Moench | Description, Image |
| Colophospermum J. Léonard | Description, Image |
| Cryptosepalum Benth. | Description, Image |
| Dialium L. | Description |
| Erythrophleum Afzel. ex G. Don | Description, Image |
| Gleditsia L. | Description, Image |
| Guibourtia Benn. | Description, Image |
| Julbernardia Pellegr. | Description, Image |
| Parkinsonia L. | Description, Image |
| Peltophorum (Vogel) Benth. | Description, Image |
| Piliostigma Hochst. | Description, Image |
| Pomaria Cav. | Description |
| Pterolobium Wight & Arn. | Description, Image |
| Schotia Jacq. | Description, Image |
| Senna Mill. | Description, Image |
| Tamarindus L. | Description, Image |
| Tylosema Torre & Hillc. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Caesalpiniaceae:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Caesalpiniaceae pageFlora of Mozambique: Caesalpiniaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Caesalpiniaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
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