Fabaceae-legumes.pdf- 1.st year of agronomy, botanic

This is powerpoint presentation about legumes. It has 11 slides (those include the first,last slide and literature.) It contains information about the plant's root, leaf, flower and stem. This presentation can be found in a Croatian language too on my profile.

1. Fabaceae-legumes
Marija Bradač
major: Animal sciences
pic1.1. and pic1.2., legumes, source; Agroklub
(https://www.agroklub.com/povrcarstvo/mahunar
ke-u-vrtu-jedne-drugima-nisu-dobri-susjedi/42499/
)

2. Content:
•Morphological characteristics of legumes
•Distribution of legumes
•Economically important species
•Literature

3. Morphological characteristics
•Eudicotyledon
•Root type: nodules,
symbiosis with
nitrogen bacteria
•Root transformation:
root tubers
•Green manure
Pic. 1.3.nodules, source: Moje
vrijeme(https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=cf65d8
7ff3121f3e&sxsrf=AHTn8zp5uzyJgWZ5207K1Cmi61QVBM
_6rA:1745954817794&q=korijen+mahunarki&udm=2&fbs
=ABz)

4. •Stem growth pattern: upright plants e.g. pea(Pisum
sativum), but some species belong to creeping
plants e.g. chickpea (Cicer arietinum)
•Transformation of the stem in legumes: rhizome
Picture 1.4., a pea stem, source:
Plantea(https://www.plantea.com.hr/grasak/)
Picture 1.5., chickpea
stem, source:
Gospodarski
list(https://gospodarski
.hr/rubrike/povrcarstvo
-rubrike/slanutak-
ostavlja-tlo-u-dobrom-
stanju-i-bogato-
dusikom/)

5. Leaves
•Alternate
•Leaf venation: reticulate, veins
branch pinnately
•Leaf blade: compound
•According to the arranement on
the stem: most species have
opposite leaves, while some have
alternate leaves, e.g. Soybean
(Glycine max)
•Sometimes thorns or tendrils
Picture 1.6., soybean leaf, source
: Agrosaat (https://www.agrosaat.si/soja-rastlina-
prihodnosti/)

6. •Woody and herbaceous
plants (annual and
perennial)
•According to the
arrangement of flowers on
the inflorescence axis:
raceme, compound
racemose inflorescence
•Fruit: single dry, multi-
seeded pod, e.g. bean
picture1.7., bean, source:
Agroklub(https://www.agroklub.com/povrcarstvo/mahunarke-u-
vrtu-jedne-drugima-nisu-dobri-susjedi/42499/)

7. Flowers
•Solitary or in an inflorescence(
usually a raceme)
•Pentamerous
•Zygomorphic (with one plane of
symmetry)
Picture 1.7., Legume flower, source:
wikipedia(https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabaceae)

8. Distribution
•About 18 000 species
•36 endemics
•Worldwide: 3rd largest family
of angiosperms
•In Croatia: 466 wild species and
subspecies
Picture1.8.Distribution of legumes compared to other plant families,
source: šumarski fakultet
(https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=cf65d87ff3121f3e&udm=2
&sxsrf=AHTn8zrh6qQuPw1mnRbMUdnEbcKv1fQNAQ:1745956372221
&q=rasprostranjenost+fabace)

9. Economically more important
species
•Human and animal food: soy, bean, pea,
lentil, chickpea,...
•Fodder crops: clover, alfalfa,...
•Bee forage: black locust (and others)
•Ornamental plants
Picture 1.9. clover, source: lokvina
(https://www.google.com/search?
q=djetelina&sca_esv=cf65d87ff312
1f3e&udm=2&biw=911&bih=417&
sxsrf=AHTn8zoGp_zejpIT28zvmUPq
iMksJamwqw%3A17459572829)
Picture 1.10., Black locust, source:
wikipedia
(https://www.google.com/search?q=bagre
m&sca_esv=cf65d87ff3121f3e&udm=2&bi
w=911&bih=417&sxsrf=AHTn8zq_5DOMn
QGLUlPaBz8PumyRInROBw%3A174595)

10. Literature
•Prezentations and materials in merlinu
•Agroklub (https://www.agroklub.com/povrcarstvo/mahunarke-u-vrtu-jedne-drugima-nisu-dobri-
susjedi/42499/)
•Moje vrijeme
(https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=cf65d87ff3121f3e&sxsrf=AHTn8zp5uzyJgWZ5207K1Cmi6
1QVBM_6rA:1745954817794&q=korijen+mahunarki&udm=2&fbs=ABz)
•Plantea(https://www.plantea.com.hr/grasak/)
•Gospodarski list list(https://gospodarski.hr/rubrike/povrcarstvo-rubrike/slanutak-ostavlja-tlo-u-
dobrom-stanju-i-bogato-dusikom/)
•Agrosaat (https://www.agrosaat.si/soja-rastlina-prihodnosti/)
•wikipedia(https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabaceae)
•Završni rad sa šumarskog
fakulteta((https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=cf65d87ff3121f3e&udm=2&sxsrf=AHTn8zrh6q
QuPw1mnRbMUdnEbcKv1fQNAQ:1745956372221&q=rasprostranjenost+fabace)
•Lokvina
(https://www.google.com/search?q=djetelina&sca_esv=cf65d87ff3121f3e&udm=2&biw=911&bih=
417&sxsrf=AHTn8zoGp_zejpIT28zvmUPqiMksJamwqw%3A17459572829)

11. Thanks for your attention!