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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants XII pp 306–327Cite as

Trigonella Species: In Vitro Culture and Production of Secondary Metabolites

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Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 51))

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The Leguminosae (syn. Fabaceae) family is one of the three largest families of flowering plants. There is still no general agreement regarding the number of genera and species. Estimates vary between 590–690 genera and 12,000–17,000 species (Heywood 1971). The family is divided into three subfamilies: Caesalpinioïdeae, Mimosoïdeae and Papilionoïdeae (Brummitt 1992).

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Christen, P. (2002). Trigonella Species: In Vitro Culture and Production of Secondary Metabolites. In: Nagata, T., Ebizuka, Y. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants XII. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 51. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08616-2_17

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