The Genera of Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae and Swartzieae

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L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz

Implicit Attributes

Unless indicated otherwise, the following attributes are implicit throughout the descriptions, except where the characters concerned are inapplicable.

Habit and leaf form. Venation neither palmate nor parallel nor fan-like. Never having bipinnate leaves with short, spine-tipped rachides and flattened pinnae.

Inflorescence and floral morphology. Calyx not Swartzieae type. Stigma not peltate.


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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1993 onwards. The genera of Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae and Swartzieae: descriptions, identification, and information retrieval. In English and French; French translation by E. Chenin. Version: 19th October 2005. http://delta-intkey.com’.

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