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Diagnostic characters Categories

Botany
1. Habit: Annual or perennial. I lerbs. shrubs, vines, or tree.
Genetics
2. Roots: Fibrous tap root often develops nodules in herbs. Nitrogen Fixing bacteria live in
these nodules.
Uncategorized

3. Stem: Herbaceous or Moody; Cylindrical, tendril climbers. Zoology

4. Leaves: Petiolate; alternate: compound of pinnate type. Stipulate, stipules may be
modified into leaves or thrones; parallel venation. Ads
5. Inflorescence: Racemose or cymose, the flowers are clustered in heads.
6. Flower: Pedicillate; bracteate: actinomorphic or zygomorphic; regular: complete;
hermaphrodite; pentamerous; hypogynous but slightly perigynous Biology Tags

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 7. Calyx: 5 or sometime 4 sepals: free or fused green S. Corolla: 5 sometimes 4 petals; Answer of Question of Reproduction &
free or united. colour Development
8. Stamens: j 0 or numerous stamens; polyandrous, in some cases APPLIED ECOLOGY BASES
9. diadelphous, anther basitlxed. . BUFFERS CARBOHYDRATES CELL
10. Carpel: Monocarpillary: ovary superior, placentation marginal. Cell division Classification
11. Fruits: Legume or sometimes. loment UM. 12. Seed: Non-endospermic seed.
Clinical genetics community ecology
12. Seed: Non-endospermic seed.
Concepts Of Ecology DEFINITIONS

Sub–families DEFINITIONS AND KEY POINTS FOR

The Family is divided into three sub–families: OBJECTIVES
(a) Papilionaceae Diffusion ECOPHYSIOLOGY
This sub-family has about 400 genera and 9000 species. The members of this family
ECOSYSTEM
occur all over the world. particularly \A arm and temperate regions.
FURTHER PHYLOGENETIC
1. Habit: These are trees. shrubs or herbs. CONSIDERATIONS
2. Stem: It may be herbaceous. woody or climber with tendrils. Tendrils are wiry. coiled Genomics hormones KEY POINTS
and thread like structure. Law of independent assortment.
3. Leaves: They have compound (rarely simple), alternate and stipulate leaves. The Mineral uptake (Mineral Nutrition)
stipules are mostly leafy. Sometimes, these leaves are partially or completely modified
Molecular genetics
into tendrils.
MORPHOLOGY AND PHYTOGRAPH
4. Inflorescence: It may be Racemose or solitary axillary.
Multiple Choice Questions MCQs
5. Flowers: They have bisexual. zygomorphic, hracteate, pedicillate, perigynous.
pentamerous and papilionaceous.
Nitrogen Metabolism OBJECTIVES

6. Calyx: ‘They have 5 sepals These petals are mostly united to form tube. These are hairy. OSMOSIS PHOTOPERIODISM

7. Corolla: They have papilionaceous corolla. 111 this case. there are 5 clawed petals. These petals are not Photosynthesis
similar. PLANT ANATOMY DEVELOPMENT
8. Standard or Vexillum: It is the upper posterior petal. It is large and conspicuous. PLANT MOVEMENTS
9. Wings: These are two lateral free petals.
Plant systematics
10. Keel or Carina: These are two anterior most petals. They fuse to form a boat- shaped structure.
PLASMA MEMBRANE

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 11. Androecium: They have IC) mostly diadelphous stamens. The 9 stamens fused to form a sheath around Population Ecology PROTEINS
the pistil. The posterior stamen is free. RESPIRATION SEED DORMANCY
12. Gynoecium: It has simple pistil. This pistil has single carpel (monocarpellary) with single locule.
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
the ovary is superior. The style is long bent at its base. The placentation is marginal.
SHORT QUESTIONS
13. Fruit: Fruit is usually a legume or pod.
STORED IN NUTRIENTS

Floral formula and floral diagram SUBJECTIVE QUESTION

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
TRANSFORMATION ZOOLOGY

Economic Importance of Papilionaceae

1. Food: Most of the important pulses are belonged to this family. These pulses are used as food. Pulses are
rich in proteins. The common species of pulses are Grain, Pea, and Kidney bean.
2. Fodders: Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) is one of the best forage crops. Vicia Melilotu and Trifolium are
also cultivated as main fodder crops.
3. Timber: Many plant of this family provide timber for building furniture and fuel. Main timber
plants are Butea, Dalbergia etc.
4. Vegetable oil: The seed of Archis hypogea (peanut) are edible. They are also used
for extraction of peanut oil. This peanut oil is hydrogenated and used as vegetable oil.
5. Dyes: Some of its plants give yellow and indigo dyes.

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 6. Medicinal plants: Many plants of this family are used inmedicines. Glycyrrhiza
glabra
is used for cough and cold.
7. Clitoria ternatea is use against snake bite.
Ornamental plants: Some important ornamental plants are Lathyrus (pea),
Lupinus, Clitoria, Butea etc.

Common Species
I. Lathyrus odoratus: Sweet pea

2. A rachis hypogea: Peanut

3. Cicer arietinum: Chick pea

4. Dalbergia sisso: Shishant

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 (b) Caesalpiniaceae (Cassia family)
This family has 152 genera and 2300 species. It has 16 genera and 60 species in
Pakistan.

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1. Ornamental plants: Bauhinia varigata (kuchnar), Cassia

2. Stem: It is erect, woody herbaceous or climbing.
3. Leaves: The leaves are compound (rarely simple), pinnate and
4. Inflorescence: It may he axillary or terminal raceme or it may
5. Flower: Flower is bisexual, zygomorphic (rarely
6. Calyx: Sepals are 5. They are often coloured and free or connate
7. Androecium: Stamen are 10 or less (rarely numerous). They
8. Gynoecium: They have one simple carpel. Ovary is superior and Habit: Mostly tree or
shrubs. Some are woody climbers, rarely
9. Fruit: Its fruit is legume.

Floral formula and floral diagram

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 1. 1.Medical importance:The leaves of cassia alata are used to cure ring worm and skin
diseases. The leaves of Cassia senna and Cassia obovata giN c a drug called Senna.
Senna forms a
Cytmetera. This oil is applied externally for skin diseases.
2. Vegetables and fruits: 1–he leaves and flower bud of Bauhinia variegate are used as vegetable. The acidic
fruit of Tamarintlus indica (JIM) are edible. It is rich in tartaric acid.
3. Tanning and dyes: The bark of Buahinia and Tamarindus indica is used in tanning.

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Common species

Tamarindus indica

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 Cassia fistula. amaltas
Baultinia varigata Kachnar
Cas ia senna

(c) Alimosaceae (Acacia family)

This famiy 56. genera and about 2800 species. There are 11 genera and in Pakistan
Familiar Plants

1. Habit: Mosly trees or shrubs. Rarely climbers or herbs. Most of them are xecophytes.
2. Stem: Mostly woody
3. Leaves: They have pinnate, compound, alternate and stipulate leaves. The stipules are
modified into thrones.
4. Inflorescence: It is spike like or head or umbel. It is rarely racemose or globose
umbel.
5. Flowers: The flower is bisexual, actinomorphic, hypogynous to slightly perigynous and
bracteate.
6. Calyx: They have 5 sepals. These sepals are fused. toothed or lobed.
7. Corolla: They have 5 petals. These petals may be free or fused.
8. Androecium: Stamens are live to numerous. They are free. adnate or attached
totbase of corolla (epipetalous).
9. Gynoecium: Thev have simple one carpel. Ovary is unilocular and superior. It has
nianv Mlles. Placentation is marginal.
10. Fruit: Fruit is a legume. The legume may be dehiscent or indehiseent.

Floral diagram and floral

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 1. Wood: Many trees of this family provide commercially important wood, for example,
Acacia, Albizzia and Xylia. Their wood is used for construction, for furniture or for
fuel.
2. Gum: Gum is obtained from Acacia nilotica and Acacia senegal.
3. Dye: A dye Katha is obtained from Acacia catechu.
4. Medicinal plants: The tender leaves of Acacia nilotica are used as blood purifier.
5. Ornamental plants: Some common plants are grown for their beautiful flowers. Some
cf.these are Mimosa pudica and Acaciavmelanoxylon.
6. Wind breaking: A few species of Prospis are planted in the arid zones for breaking the wind pressure.

Common species

1. Acacia nilotica
2. Albizzia lebbek

3. Mimosa pudica, Touch me not.

4. Prosopis glandulosa
5. Prosopis cineraria

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August 16, 2017

Which type of aestivation is more common in calyx of fabaceae family valvate or

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“2. Stem: Herbaceous or Moody; Cylindrical, tendril climbers.” Moody and

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