Dear Gurcharan ji,
Thank you for bringing up this discussion. We had given a lot of
thought to this aspect, and decided to follow the second approach that
you mention. We could have clubbed everything under Fabaceae, that
technically comes under Fabaceae. We could have put the species that
are under Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family), under Apocynaceae
(Oleander family). But then it takes away lot of information from the
common user. Milkweeds do have some common characteristics among
themselves. Botanists disntinguish between various sub-categories by
specifying sub-families, but we do not want to overload a layperson
with those details. So, we decided to follow the second approach.
Putting Adenanthera pavonina under Fabaceae was an oversight, I
will put it under Mimosaceae now. Do let me know if you come across
any other inconsistency or discrepency.
Best wishes
- Tabish
On Sep 18, 8:27 am, "singhg ." <sin...@sify.com> wrote:
> This concerns the family names in our databases especially Flowers of India
>
> It does not make much difference which author you are following, but
> there is need for a consistent approach.
>
> Family Leguminosae is one of the largest families of flowering plants.
> Its new correct name is Fabaceae.
>
> We either divide the family into three subfamilies (Faboideae,
> Caesalpinioideae and Mimosoideae) and write just Fabaceae for all
> members.
>
> The second approach is to recognise all three as separate families:
> Fabaceae (now alternate name Papilionaceae not Leguminosae),
> Caesalpiniaceae and Mimosaceae; this classification is not followed in
> recent classifications, but no harm in using it as far as we are
> consistent.
>
> In Flowers of India website Acacia in placed under family Mimosaceae,
> whereas Adenanthera (of the same group) is placed under Fabaceae. I
> think this and other similar cases need to be corrected.
>
> Tabish ji to please take a note.
>
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Department of Botany
> SGTB Khalsa College
> University of Delhi
> Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj
> Vikas Puri
> New Delhi-110018
> Phone: 011025518297
> Mobile: 9810359089
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