Moringaceae

Moringaceae Martinov, Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 404. 1820. nom. cons. 'Moringa Family'

Characteristic Features:

Thick stemmed trees or shrubs with disagreeable smell in leaves
Leaves spirally arranged, odd-pinnate, conspicuous glands at articulation and base
Flowers zygomorphic, papilionoid in appearance
Androecium of 5 stamens
Fruit tricarpellary, triangular, capsular, long, slender

Diversity:

World- 1 genus 13 species (ThePlant List 2013); 1 genera, 13 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 1 genus, 13 species (Mabberely 2017); 1 genus, 13 species (Roskov et al. 2021)
India - 3 genera 8 species (Karthikeyan 2000; different circumscription); 1 genus, 3 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 1 genus, 1 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 1 genus 1 species (Uniyal et al. 2007, Pusalkar & Srivastava 2018)

General Characters:

Moringaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
Moringaceae in Stevens (2001 onwards)
Moringaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Moringaceae in Wikipedia

Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:

Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)

Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Rosanae, Order- Brassicales

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)

Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass: Polypetalae
Series : Disciflorae
Orders : Sapindales

Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)

Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Rhoeadales

Hutchinson (1973)

Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Capparales

Cronquist (1988)

Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Order : Capparales

Thorne & Reveal (2007)

Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Malvidae
Super Order: Capparanae
Order : Capparales

Takhtajan (2009)

Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Super Order: Capparanae
Order : Moringales

Reveal (2012)

Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Myrtanae
Order : Capparales

APG-IV (2016)

Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superrosids
Clade : Rosids
Clade : Malvids
Order : Brassicales

Shipunov (2020)

Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Malvanae
Order : Brassicales
Suborder : Salvadorineae

Genera & Species in Pantnagar

~Wild Flora~

Moringa oleifera Lam.