Caesalpiniaceae
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Caesalpiniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Family Description - Fls perfect or sometimes unisexual, slightly to evidently perigynous; sep mostly 5, distinct or nearly so, or the 2 upper ones ± connate, imbricate or rarely valvate, sometimes reduced; cor of (0–)5 distinct, imbricate, similar or more often ± dissimilar pet, but not papilionaceous, the uppermost pet generally internal to the 2 upper lateral ones and often smaller than them, stamens (1–)10(-numerous), distinct or with the filaments variously connate, but not usually forming a sheath around the pistil, and not long-exserted, all alike or variously unlike, sometimes some of them staminodial; pistil 1, simple; fr a legume, sometimes indehiscent; embryo large, straight, endosperm mostly wanting or very scanty; herbs or more often woody plants, with alternate, stipulate, pinnately or less often bipinnately compound lvs (seldom unifoliolate or simple) that typically have a pulvinus at the base of the lf and at the base of each lfl, and with small to often large and showy fls mostly in racemes or spikes. 150/2000.
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Common Names
The caesalpinia family