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Trigonella Linn., Sp.Pl. 776. 1753. Gen.Pl.ed.5.338.1954; Baker in Hook. f., Fl.Brit.Ind. 2:87.1876; Ali in Pak.J.For.17(2):255.1967.

Annual herbs. Leaf pinnately trifoliolate, leaflets usually dentate; stipules adnate to petiole. Inflorescence solitary axillary or a head, or spike or short raceme. Bracts minute, bracteoles absent. Calyx teeth equal or unequal. Corolla yellow, blue or purplish, free from the staminal tube, deciduous. Stamens diadelphous, 9+1 or monadelphous, anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or stipitate, ovules numerous, style glabrous, stigma terminal. Fruit linear or oblong, straight or arcuate, dehiscing along one suture or indehiscent, continuous within, 1-many seeded.

A genus with about 70 species, having its centre of distribution along the Mediterranean; represented in Pakistan by 16 species.

Excluded Species

Trigonella dimorpha Blatter in J.Ind.Bot.Soc.9:204.1930.

Trigonella longi-pedunculata Blatter in J. Ind.Bot.Soc.9:204.1930.

Trigonella lasia Blatter in J. Bomb.Nat.Hist.Soc.36:479.1933.

Trigonella psilorhynchos Blatter in J. Bomb.Nat.Hist.Soc.36: 479. 1933.

The types or any other authentic material is presently untraceable, hence the identity of the above-mentioned species could not be determined.


1 Fruit cylindrical   (2)
+ Fruit not cylindrical (c. 2 cm long)   (9)
       
2 (1) Fruit less than 2 cm long (slightly curved)   (3)
+ Fruit more than 2 cm long   (6)
       
3 (2) Fruit wavy   Trigonella anguina
+ Fruit not wavy   (4)
       
4 (3) Inflorescence subsessile   Trigonella monspelica
+ Inflorescence pedunculate   (5)
       
5 (4) Fruit slightly arcuate, c.1 cm or less long   Trigonella hamosa
+ Fruit arcuate, more than 1 cm long   Trigonella uncata
       
6 (2) Fruit with a long bead, veins not transversely oriented   Trigonella foenum-graecum
+ Fruit not beaded, veins transverse and oblique   (7)
       
7 (6) Inflorescence pedunculate   Trigonella monantha ssp. incisa
+ Inflorescence sessile   (8)
       
8 (7) Fruit more than 3 cm long   Trigonella monantha ssp. monantha
+ Fruit 3 cm or less long   Trigonella orthoceras
       
9 (1) Fruit sickle-shaped   Trigonella corniculata
+ Fruit not sickle-shaped   (10)
       
10 (9) Fruit c. 3.5-4.0 mm long   Trigonella occulta
+ Fruit more than 4 mm long   (11)
       
11 (10) Fruit pilose   Trigonella pubescens
+ Mature fruit glabrous   (12)
       
12 (11) Stipules linear (slightly serrate sometimes), not foliaceous   Trigonella gracilis
+ Stipules serrate, foliaceous   (13)
       
13 (12) Calyx length more than half the corolla (vexillum and wing longer than keel)   Trigonella emodi
+ Calyx length less than half the corolla   (14)
       
14 (13) Vexillum longer than the keel   (15)
+ Vexillum equal to or shorter than the keel   (16)
       
15 (14) Wing longer than the keel   Trigonella fimbriata
+ Wing shorter than the keel   Trigonella gharuensis
       
16 (14) Fruit stalk c. 1-2 mm long, shorter than the calyx cup; fruit 11-16 mm long, c. 4-5 mm broad   Trigonella cachemiriana
+ Fruit stalk c. 4.5-5 mm long, longer than the calyx cup; fruit 11-12 mm long, c. 6-6.5 mm broad   Trigonella podperae

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