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Labichea lanceolata

Description

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Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 77 meters (253 feet).Standard Deviation = 133.200 based on 77 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication : S. L. Endlicher et al. , Enum. pl. 41. 1837

Name verified on 03-Apr-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Apr-2007

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Labichea

There are approximately 26 species in this genus:

L. bipunctata · L. brassii · L. buettneriana · L. cassioides · L. deserticola · L. digitata · L. diversifolia · L. eremaea · L. lanceolata · L. lanceolata brevifolia · L. lanceolata lanceolata · L. lanceolata var. brevifolia · L. nitida · L. obtrullata · L. punctata · L. punctata var. lanceolata · L. rupestris · L. saxicola · L. stellata · L. tephrosiaefolia · L. tephrosiifolia · L. teretifolia · L. teretifolia grandistipulata · L. teretifolia subsp. grandistipulata · L. teretifolia subsp. teretifolia · L. teretifolia teretifolia

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:

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Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-10-22