Description
Plants in this genus are shrubs or small to medium-sized trees up to one hundred feet (thirty meters) with Pinnation#Number_of_divisions, bipinnate leaves, Nectar#Extrafloral nectaries, extrafloral nectaries, and without spines or thorns. Leaflets are usually arranged in opposite pairs. The genus is morphologically diverse in the characters of leaves, flowers and fruit. Inflorescence position may be , , Ramiflory , ramiflorous or Cauliflory , cauliflorous. The form may be a 'head' or wikt:capitulum, capitulum, an umbel, a raceme or a panicle. Flowers may be bell-shaped or tubular, the calyx (botany), calyx and the corolla tube both 5-lobed. There are numerous stamens and one to several Gynoecium#Carpels, carpels. The fruit is a Glossary of plant morphology#Fruit types, pod which may be flat, cylindrical, or twisted. These plants are unique among legumes in producing as many as fifteen pods from a single flower. Another curiosity of this genus is that the midrib of each leaf extends bewond the leaflets as a stiff thread or bristle.Species
, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 98 species, while another 20 species are yet to be formally described.Gallery
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2705604 Archidendron, Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fabaceae genera Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller