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Rachis ending in a leaflet (sometimes modified into tendril or spine in Cicer) |
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(2) |
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Rachis ending in a bristle or tendril |
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2 (1) |
Stipules usually stipitate, the upper part entire, the lower deeply divided into 3 segments or spiny; fruit narrowly oblong, ellipsoid to linear-oblong, turgid |
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Cicer |
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Stipules entire, fruit broadly oblong, compressed, 1-2-seeded |
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Lens |
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3 (1) |
Fruit broadly oblong, compressed, 1-2-seeded; stipules entire |
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Lens |
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Fruit narrowly oblong to linear-oblong; stipules foliaceous or sagittate or semisagittate |
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4 (3) |
Stipules large, leafy; style-margin winged at the base |
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Pisum |
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Stipules not so large and leafy; style not winged |
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(5) |
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5 (4) |
Leaflets sharply serrate, glandular-hairy, not exceeding 2 cm; style glabrous |
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Cicer |
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Leaflets not sharply serrate, not glandular hairy, if with broad, blunt teeth then mostly 2-4cm long, style hairy or glabrous |
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(6) |
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6 (5) |
Style tapering apically, glabrous or bearded at apex, all round or on lower surface only; staminal sheath oblique at the apex; leaflets usually numerous |
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Vicia |
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Style flattened or dorsiventrally compressed towards the apex, glabrous or bearded along the upper surface; staminal sheath truncate at the apex, leaflets usually 2-4, rarely numerous |
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Lathyrus |
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