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THE BEAN

A newsletter to promote communication among research scientists
concerned with the systematics of the Leguminosae.Tabaceae.

Number 23 May 1986

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From the Editors

The Bean Bag (BE) is designed to promote communication among research
scientists concerned with legume systematics. To achieve this goal the BB is
issued in May and November of each year and features six columns: From the

Editors, News (meetings, major events, announcements, etc.), Corrections for
last Directory, New Readers, Gleanings, and Recent Legume Literature. Data in
the Gleanings column are derived from questionnaire sheets which Readers
complete and return. If you have news about legume systematics, send it to us
for this column. The Recent Legume Literature column contains published
research papers of specific interest to BB Readers. Recent is defined as one
year old. We rarely will publish a citation that is more than one year old.
Specific interest to BB Readers is defined as research papers of interest to a
world wide group of legume systematic botanists.

I Alitor: C.R.Cjunn.

Bean Bag address: S BM & M . . Bldg. 265, BAROKast,
Belts \i lie. Ml) 20705 I'S.V

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FINAL NOTICE

SECOND INTERNATIONAL LEGUME CONFERENCE

The Conference will be held on 23-27 June, 1986 at the Missouri Botanical
Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. If you plan to attend call or write (air
mail) to Dr. James L. Zarucchi, Legume Conference Coordinator, Missouri
Botanical Garden, P. 0. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166 USA. Telephone:
314-577-5162.

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GLEANINGS

ANDERSON needs gum exudates from American species of Prosopis and Acacia.

ARMSTRONG (new reader) with CRISP are assessing phylogenetic significance of
pollination syndromes in Bossiaeeae, Brongniartieae , and Mirbelieae. Needs
reprints on pollination biology of Fabaceae.

BARRETO and others have finished an article about foliar anatomy of species of
genus Cassia s.l. and another about foliar anatomy of species of genus
Caesalpinia. Finished a study of foliar architecture of species of
Caesalpinia. Continues study of caesalpinioid genera: Bauhinia, Crudia,

Cynometra, Peltophorum, Parkinsonia for Flora de Cuba.

BENEPAL is evaluating Phaseolus germplasm for resistance to atmospheric
deposition of air pollutants. It is a five year project.

BROCKWELL, who works with nitrogen fixation, is now studying symbiotic
relationships within Glycine.

BROCKWELL, is studying symbiotic relationships within genus Glycine.

BURLEY is evaluating miltipurpose trees in arid and semi-arid countries.

Write for seed list.

CRISP with P. G. Martin and K. M. Dowd are studying uses of protein sequences
on families with putative relationships to Fabaceae. See also ARMSTRONG and
TAYLOR.

DELBOS is assembling report of International Colloque on Lathyrus held at Pau,
September 9-13, 1985. Report will cover systematics, cytology, genetics,
chemistry, plant dynamics, plant-insect relationships, lathyrism, etc.

DELGADO is revising Vigna, Macroptilium, and Ramirezella for Mexico and
Central America. Need Phaseolinae of South America and offers same from
Mexico.

DEVINE needs seeds of cultivars of Glycine soja and G. max from central and
southern China.

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DILCHER is surveying legume leaflets and fruits from the Eocene age sediments
of western Kentucky and Tennessee.

FELKER needs a cooperator to examine self-incompatibility and artifical hybrid
formation on established plantation of Prosopis alba, P. chilense, P.
glandulosa, and P. velutina.

FORERO: See HERNENDEZ .

FORTUNATO needs seeds of Mimosa, especially from Bolivia and Paraguay
GIBBS: See MONTE IRO.

HERNANDEZ founded segregate genus of Calliandra and will publish in Ann. Mo.
Bot. Gard., is revising Calliandra for Flora de Nicaragua, Leguminosas de
Oaxaca, Flora Mesoamericana, and Flora Neotropica (with FORERO, Romeo, et al).
Need Calliandra seeds and offers determinations of Calliandra from Mexico and
Central America.

HOC continues with her study of Ingeae of Argentina, has started on
Pithecellobium, Inga, Albizia, and Cathormion for Flora of Paraguay, and with
FORERO on Calliandra for Flora Neotropica.

HUSAINI is surveying chromosome numbers for legumes of northern Nigeria.

Needs publications on chromosome numbers for Leguminosae.

HUXLEY and A. Young are creating a computerized database for Experimental
Agroforestry: An Informal Newtork. Databanking an outline of details of

agroforestry experiments (worldwide) for purposes of information exhange.
Included will be legume tree and shrubs and crop and pasture legumes being
used or of potential use in agroforestry systems. Needs data about woody
legumes used railtipurpose trees.

JANZEN is working on ecology and natural history of Hymenaea courbaril,

Ateleia herbert-smithii and Enterlobium cyclocarpum. Offers seeds of NW Costa
Rican dry-forest legumes.

KARATELA is conducting pharmacognostic study of medicinal plants including
legumes. Needs seeds of Indigofera.

LEWIS needs seeds of neotropical Caesalpinia to use in his Ph. D. program and
will identify neotropical Caesalpinia.

LONG is identifying a legume-specific compound that regulates expression of
Rhizobium nodulation genes.

MENENDEZ SEVILLANO is exploring NW Argentina for cultivated lines of Phaseolus
vulgaris and offers seeds of same.

MILLER needs vouchered wood samples, especially small-diameter trees and
shrubs. Offers sectioning blocks from (MADw) and (SJRw) and herbarium
material from (MAO).

MISSET using seed protein electrophoresis is studying Ulex of Atlantic
Europe. Needs seeds of Ulex spp. from Portugal and offers same from Brittany.

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MONTEIRO and GIBBS are working on biogeography of "cerrado" legumes of
Brazil. Both continue collecting Lupinus in Brazilian highlands and need
seeds of South American Lupinus species.

OKOLO is conducting aeropalynological studies in Benin City, Nigeria. Needs
pollen material of Cicer and Vicia and publications on aeropalynology and
offers vegetative and floral parts and pollen preparations of tropical African
legumes .

PALACIOS is studying New World tropical Prosopis. Needs Macroptilium from
North America and offer Macroptilium from Argentina.

RUDD is contributing to 3 floras: Flora of Nicaragua (Aeschynomene , Dalbergia,
Machaerium, Nissolia, Piscidia), Flora Mesoamericana (Aeschynomene,
Chaetocalyx, Dalbergia, Dussia, Machaerium, Nissolia, Ormosia, Piscidia,
Poiretia, and with SOUSA Coursetia and Styphnolobium) ; Flora of Oaxaca
(Aeschynomene, Chaetocalyx, Dalbergia, Dussia, Machaerium, Nissolia, Ormosia,
Piscidia, Poiretia, and with SOUSA Coursetia and Styphnolobium).

SMITH (new address) has retired from Belfast and will continue research on
cotyledon vascularization and other aspects of structure and function.

SOUSA: See RUDD.

TAYLOR (new Reader) is revising Chorizema and preparing with CRISP treatment
of Papilionoideae for 2nd edition of the Flora of Central Australia.

TELFORD (new Reader) is revising Jacksonia.

VAN DER MAESEN is revising Dunbaria and Flemingia. Needs seeds of Cajaninae
and offers in exchange African legume herbarium sheets and identification of
Cajaninae, Vicia, and Pueraria.

VERDCOURT reports that a revision of Mucuna is definitely a long-term project
to be done concurrently with Boraginaceae for Flora of Tropical East Africa.
Mucuna work started.

VIJAYALAKSHMI (new Reader) finished study of development and histochemistry of
anther of Psophocarpus tetragonolubus and with Kalyani is working on seed
germination and seed anatomy of legumes. Needs seeds and will exchange.

VIRASORO has preliminary list of legume inventory for herbarium.

YAKOVLEV has returned from Vietnam and Middle Asia and continues with
Caragana. Will annotate Caragana sheets.

ZARATE (new Reader) has revised Leucaena and will continue to work on genus
(chromatography, biosystematics , etc.).

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RECENT LEGUME LITERATURE

[Ed. Note: Author names in all capital letters are Bean Bag Readers. Their
full names and addresses are in the May 1986 Directory. Correspondence about
articles should be sent to them. ]

Akiyam, S. and H. Ohba. 985. Branching of inflorescence and vegetative shoot
and taxonomy of genus Kummerowia (Leguminosae). Bot. Mag. Tokyo 98(1050):
137-150.

ANDERSON et al. 1985. Gum exudates from Acacia section Phyllodineae DC.
Phytochemistry 23: 1923-1926.

ANDERSON et al. 1985. Amino acid composition of proteinaceous component of
gum arabic (Acacia Senegal (L.) Willd.). Food Additives & Contaminants 2:
159-164.

ANDERSON et al. 1985. Astragalus microcephalus main source of Turkish gum

tragacainth. Biol. Agri. Hort. 2: 329-334.

ANDERSON and S. Pinto. 1985. Some gum polysaccharides from Parkia spp.
Phytochemistry 24: 77-79.

BARNEBY. 1985. New Bolivian Mimosa of section Habbasia series Leptostachyae
(Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) : Close kin of fictitious genus Schrankiastrum
(Mimosa insignis and M. dalyi). Brittonia 36(3): 248-251.

BARNBEY. 1985. Identity and synonymy of Acacia guilandinae, Mimosa obovata,
M. pseudo-obovata , and M. laticifera (Mimosaceae) . Brittonia 37(1): 85-87.

BAUDOIN and MARECHAL. 1985. Genetic diversity in Vigna, p. 3-9; and Ng, N.

Q. and MARECHAL, Cowpea taxonomy, origin and germplasm, p. 10-21. In S. R.
Singh and K. 0. Rachie editors, Cowpea research, production and utilization.
John Wiley & Sons, New York.

BIRCH, SOUTHGATE, and FELLOWS. 1985. Wild and semicultivated legumes as
potential sources of resistance to bruchid beetles: A study of
Vigna/Phaseolus. In G. Wickens, D. Field, and J. R. Goodwin, editors, Plants
for arid lands, p.303-320. George Allen & Unwin, London.

BIRCH, L. C. Crombie and W. M. Crombie. 1985. Rotenoids of Lonchocarpus
salvadorensis : Their effectiveness in protecting seeds against bruchid

predation. Phytochemistry 24(12): 2881-2883.

BLACKMON, W. J. and B. D. Reynolds. 1985. Apios tribune: For those who want
to know about Apios americana Medikus (groundnut). [For information write to
authors at Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana
Agricultural Experiment Station, 302 Life Sciences Bldg., LSU, Baton Rouge,

LA 70803 USA. Telephone: (504) 388-1464].

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Braun, U. 1985. Erysiphe and Microsphaera complex on Fabaceae. Zentralbl.
Mikrobiol. 140(5) : 393-417.

Bryans, C. and SMITH. 1985. Endopolyploidy cell volume and nuclear volume
interrelationships in cotyledons of Leguminosae. Ann. Bot. (London) 56(2):
225-238.

CITHAREL. 1985. Un Cytise nouveau en Bretague: Cytisus striatus. Penn ar
Bed No. 118: 144-146.

Citharel L. and CITHAREL. 1985. Protein bodies from cotyledons of Cytisus
scoparius (L.) link. Ultrastructure, isolation and subunit composition of
albumin, legumin, and vicilin. Plants 166: 39-45.

COWAN. 1985. Studies in tropical American Leguminosae - IX. Brittonia
37(3): 291-305.

DELORIT, R. J. and GUNN. 1986. Seeds of continental United States legumes
(Fabaceae). [Book offered for sale by Agronomy Press. All photograph in
color ] .

DEVINE. 1985. Nodulation of soybean plant introduction lines with
fast-growing rhizobial strain USDA 205. Crop Sci. 25: 354-356.

FORTUNATO and WUNDERLIN. 1985. Benthamia: Una nueva seccion del genero
Bauhinia (Cercideae, Caesalpinioideae , Fabaceae). Parodiana 3(2): 317-327.

Hatfield, P. M. , Shoemaker, R. C., PALMER. 1985. Material inheritance of
chloroplast DNA within the genus Gycline subgenus Soja. Jour. Hered. 76:
373-374.

HEISER. 1985. Of plants and poeple. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman,
Oklahoma, USA. [Especially chapters on Lupinus and Gleditsia. ]

Hemsley, A. J. and FERGUSON. 1985. Pollen morphology of genus Erythrina
(Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) in relation to floral structure and
pollinators. Ann. Mo. Bot. Garden 12: 570-590. [Authors have no reprints for
distribution. ]

ICRISAT. 1985. Reserach Highlights: 1984.

JANZEN. 1984. Dispersal of small seeds by big herbivores: Foliage is the

fruit. Amer. Nat. 123: 338-353.

KIRKBRIDE. 1984. Legumes of the Cerrado. Pesquisa Agropecuaria brasileira
19: 23-46.

Klass, S., R. L. Bingham, L. Finkner-Temdemens and FELKER. 1985. Optimizing
environment for rooting cuttings of highly productive clones of Prosopis alba
(mesquite/algarroba) . Jour. Hort. Sci. 60: 275-284.

Koptur, S. 1985. Alternative defenses against herbivores in Inga (Fabaceae:
Mimosoideae) over an elevational gradient. Ecology 66(5): 1639-1659.

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LAVIN. 1985. Identity of Cracca Bentham (Fabaceae: Robinieae) in United
States. Madrono 32(2): 95-101.

LEWIS. 1985. Two new taxa and one little-known species of Aeschynomene
(Leguminosae : Papilionoideae) from Brazil. Kew Bull. 40(3): 599-605.

Lord, E. M. and HESLOP-HARRISON. 1984. Pollen-stigma interaction in
Leguminosae: Stigma organization and breeding system in Vicia faba L. Ann.
Bot. 54(6): 827-836.

Murray, D. R. and S. P. Waters. 1985. Multiple forms of aminopeptidases in
representatives of tribe Vicieae (Leguminosae). Aust. Jour. Plant Physiol.
12(1): 39-46.

N0ZZ0LILL0. 1985. Seedling morphology and anatomy of Cicer species: A
comparison of 8 species representing all 4 sections of genus. Can. Jour. Bot.
63: 1-6.

N0ZZ0LILL0 and MCNEILL. 1985. Anthocyanum pigmentation of selected species
of Phaseolus and Vigna. Can. Jour. Bot. 63: 1066-1071.

Patel, V., J. J. Skuarla, FERGUSON, GRAHAM, RAVEN. 1985. Nature of treadlike
structures and other morphological characters in Jacqueshuberia pollen
(Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) . Amer. Jour. Bot. 72: 407-413.

P0DLECH. 1985. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Gattung Astragalus L.

(Leguminosae): I. Neue und bemerkenswerte Arten aus Afghanistan. Bot. Jahrb.
Syst. 107(1-4): 55-73.

QUIRK and MILLER. 1985. Vestured pits in tribe Cassieae (Leguminosae). IAWA
Bull. n.s. 6(3): 200-212.

Ridder-Numan, J. W. A. and H. Wiriadinata. 1985. Revision of genus
Spatholobus (Leguminosae; Papilionoideae). Reinwardtia 10(2): 139-206.

RODRIGUEZ PEREZ and D. Mintuez S. 1985. Tolerancia del Tepari (Phaseolus
acutifolius A. Gray var. latifolius Freeman) a la salinidad. Agricola Vergel
40: 242-251.

Serbanescu-Jitariu , G. and N. Radulescu-Mitroiu. 1985. Morphology and
structure of pollen grains of some melliferous Leguminosae. Stud Cercet Ser.
Biol. Veg. 37(1) : 24-28.

SMITH and R. C. Scott. 1985. Cotyledon venation patterns in Leguminosae:
Caesalpinioideae. Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 90: 73-103.

Soladoye, M. 0. 1985. Revision of Baphia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae).

Kew Bull. 40(2) : 291-386.

STAINER and F. Horvat. 1985. Modifications de la structure fine de
l’endexine au nivean de l'aperture chez Phaseolus metcalfei Wooten et Standley
et chez Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers subsp. unguiculata Cv.-Gr. 'Biflora'.
Sci. Geol. , Bull. (Strasbourg) 38(1): 721-730.

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STIRTON. 1985. New species of Argyrolobium (Fabaceae) from Southern Cape,
p. 443-448; and Name changes in Psoralea (Fabaceae), p. 461-462. Jour. So.
Afr. Bot. 50(4).

SUMMERFIELD and ROBERTS. 1985. 12 legume chapters in A. H. Halevy, editor,

Handbook of Flowering, vol. 1. CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

SUMMERFIELD and ROBERTS editors. 1985. Grain legume crops. P. 880. Collins
Professional and Technical Books, Dept. 44. 8 Grafton Street, London W1X 3LA
England .

Turner, R. M. and C. L. Busman. 1985. Vegetative key for identification of
woody legumes of Sonoran desert region. Desert Plants 6(4): 189-202.

VAN DER MAESEN. 1986. Cajanus DC and Atylosia W. & A. (Leguminosae) .
Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 85-4. [Revision of taxa closely
related to pigeonpea with notes on other related genera within Cajaninae.]

WEDER. 1985. Chemistry of legume protease inhibitors and their use in
taxonomy. Qual. Plant Foods Hum. Nutr. 35: 183-194.

WEDER, R. Mueller, C. I. Mato, and M. P. Hegarty. 1985. Seed quality and
nutrition. Lens Newsletter 12(1) : 29-32.

YAKOVLEV and 0. A. Sviazeva. 1985. On species of genus Caragana (Fabaceae).
Bot. Zhurn. 70(7): 909-916.