1 '■23^ THE BEAN BAG A newsletter to promote communication among research scientists concerned with the systematics of the Leguminosae/Fabaceae Number 29 May 1989 Third International Legume Conference R. M. Polhill Some of the subscribers to the Bean Bag have been suggesting practicalities for the Third International Legume Conference. Professor G. T. Prance, newly appointed as Director at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has offered to host a scientific meeting at Kew in the summer of 1992. The task of organising a major international conference on legumes has now reached the point where it seems best to divide the meeting into several sessions with co-ordinators reasonsable for a review of special aspects or particular tribal groupings. There are many exciting new developments, and we welcome the widest participation. Collaborative programmes have worked well for the previous meetings and shortcomings in rapid publications of the proceedings should be overcome by existing facilities for in-house typesetting. The series Advances in Legume Systematics will be continued for interim papers and the proceedings can be divided into parts to expedite publication of experimental data. In addition to the 1992 meeting, suggestions have been made for one or two intervening workshops in legume-rich tropical countries, so we can get together and talk more about plants and procedures. This might be linked to congresses already planned in suitable places. Please do write in with your suggestions. - Dr. R. M. POLHILL, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, Great Britain. Bean Bag address: SB&ML, Bldg. 265, BARC-East Beltsville, MD 20705 USA 2 Bean Bag Number 29 From the Editors Charles R. Gunn and Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr. The BB 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.). New Readers, Gleanings, Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation (new nodulation records), 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. We encourage Bean Bag (BB) Readers to send us notices, observations, etc. Diacritical marks can now be placed in the BB. If such marks should be placed in your name, address, publications, etc., please let us know. We are especially interested in correcting our Directory. Thank you. USEFUL AND ECONOMIC PLANTS OF TROPICAL ASIA A. J. Kostermans I have observed that Tropical Asia is not well represented in the Bean Bag. A data bank of Useful and Economic Plants of Tropical Asia has been established within Herbarium Bogoriense. It currently contains 50,000 papers (originals and copies), including many on legumes. The data bank is open to interested scientists and copies of articles will be made at cost (less than 10 cents per page). I am preparing a book on mangoes (60 species, many of them new and economically important) and will be finishing a series of papers on fruit trees of Tropical Asia. Monographs on Durian and Lansium are completed. For information write to Dr. A. J. Kostermans, Herbarium Bogoriense, Jalan Juanda 22-24, Bogor, Indonesia. LEGUMES OF HAWAI’I Rob Geesink The flora treatment of the Hawaiian legumes will appear in late 1989. OHASHI treated Desmodium (7 species), D. R. Herbst and W. L. Wagner did Canavalia (11 species), WINDLER and S. G. Skinner contributed Crotalaria (11 species), and NEILL treated the single Erythrina species. GEESINK contributed the key to genera and treatments of the remaining 80 species including descriptions and keys to identify them. THREE NEWSLETTERS ARIDUS Volume 1, number 1 of the Bulletin of the Desert Legume Program of the Boyce Thompson Southwest Arboretum and the University of Arizona was issued in February, 1989. For more information about this newsletter write to the address given in the next article. May 1989 3 LOTUS NEWSLETTER The Lotus Newsletter is published annually: 1988 was the 19th year of publication. It consists of informal communications of research informations on Lotus. For copies write to Dr. P. R. Beuselinck, USDA\ARS, Department of Agronomy, 207 Waters Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 USA. SOLANACEAE QUARTERLY Volume 5, number 1 has been distributed. Subscription at $5.00 per year should be sent to 3370 Princeton Court, Santa Clara, California 95051 USA. DESERT LEGUMES R. Phillip Upchruch [A program of Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station of University of Arizona College of Agriculture and of Boyce Thompson Southwest Arboretum] Desert legumes are an important and underexploited bioresource. New plants to be developed for use under arid land conditions preferably should be drawn from this class of plants so that nitrogen does not have to be supplied. The class is of considerable scientific interest in that the nitrogen-fixing and other metabolic processes for these plants evolved under unique circumstances and have been little studied. An investigation of desert legumes should produce findings of substantial scientific interest, reveal specific genetic traits meriting development, and identify species worthy of being used as economic plants. A Desert Legume Collection will be created and will include the specimens existing in the southwestern United States under natural or cultivated conditions. This complement of plants will be computerized and inventoried on an ongoing basis and to it will be added specimens from the deserts of the world. The collection will include a nursery of maintained specimens and a seed bank. The program will include a number of projects dealing with desert legumes of which the following are illustrative: • A Collection Project • An Inventory Project • A Seed Increase Project • A Germplasm Exchange Project • An Endangered Species Project • A Project of Accommodating Visiting Scientists • A Project to Establish the Attributes of Specific Desert Legumes and Groups of Desert Legumes • A Project to Exploit Individual Species on their Merits • A Project to Exploit Specific Genetic Traits Detailed research will be conducted under laboratory, greenhouse, and field conditions to identify genetically controlled resistance to extremes of high and low temperatures and to disease and insect resistance and to herbicide tolerance. Desert legumes will be examined to determine their utility as human food, animal feed, ground covers, range plants, ornamentals, and as a source of medicinals and industrial products. The facilities available to the Desert Legumes Project will include the following: • The laboratories and gardens of the Boyce Thompson Arboretum at Superior, Arizona (which is cooperatively managed by the University of Arizona, the Arizona State Parks Board and the 4 Bean Bag Number 29 Boyce Thompson Arboretum Board). • Field facilities of the Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station including sites at Safford, Maricopa, Marana, Yuma and Tuscon. • Laboratory and greenhouse facilities at the 2,100 acre Maricope Agricultural Center in Pinal County, Arizona. • Specifically assigned laboratory and office space in the Plant Sciences Laboratory Building at the Campus Agricultural Center in Tuscon, Arizona. Initial funding of the Program is by the College of Agriculture of the University of Arizona with the anticipation that various organizations and individuals will be invited to support the program financially and otherwise to enhance the pace of operations. Dr. R. P. Upchurch will spend about fifty percent of his time as leader of the Program. To facilitate this program, there will be organized on an informal basis a Desert Legumes Working Group. This will be constituted of interested individuals in the Arizona scientific community, of visiting scientists and of corresponding members. This Group will serve to stimulate work on desert legumes, to promote the involvement of graduate students and to accentuate the international dimension of the program. A goal will be to work towards one or more companion sites in other areas of the world where desert legume centers may be promoted. The emphasis of the Working Group will be to promote interaction among scientists and across international boundaries. The program became functional on July 1, 1988. Correspondence from interested parties should be sent to Dr. R. Phillip Upchurch, College of Agriculture, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona 85721 USA, telephone: 602-621-7621. IBPGR BASE COLLECTION OF PHASEOLUS AND VIGNA Thierry Vanderborght In 1988 the National Botanical Garden of Belgium assumed management of the. IBPGR base collection for wild material of Phaseolus and Vigna previously located at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of Gembloux, Belgium. This collection contains 1154 accessions originally from 77 countries and will accept seeds of any wild species of Phaseolus and Vigna with passport data. Although the definition of a base collection does not involve any obligation for routine seed distribution, we endeavor to satisfy requests justified by a research program with very small seed samples. For a list of available species write to: Service des Collections Vivantes, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Domaine de Bouchout, B-1860 Meise, Belgium. NODULATION AND NITROGEN FIXATION Legume Nodulation Reports not in Allen and Allen (1981) Taxon Status1 Nodule2 Source3 Acacia nubica Benth. (= Acacia oerforta (Fors.) Schweinf.) + 1 1Status: +, root nodules reported as present; root nodules reported as absent; , the nodulation report conflicts with Allen and Allen (1981). 2Nodule shape: Ae, aeschynomenoid; As, astragaloid (now referred to as caesalpinoid by Corby); Cr, crotalaroid; CrB, branched crotalaroid; CrS, simple crotalaroid; De, desmodioid; Gl, globose; Lu, lupinoid; Mu, mucunoid. 3Sources: 1. LOPEZ. May 1989 5 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO NOVEMBER 1988 READER’S DIRECTORY Aguilar, Norma 0. UPLB Museum of Natural History, Univ. of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna 4031, Philippines FABACEAE (NODULATION) FABACEAE (NITROGEN FIXATION, QUANT.) Arco-Aguilar , Dr. Marcelino J. Del Dpto. Biologia Vegetal (Botanica) , Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife , Islas Canarias, Spain FABACEAE (TAXONOMY) FABACEAE (ECOLOGY) Beuselinck, Dr. Paul R. USDA/ARS , Plant Genetics Research Unit 207 Waters Hall University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA LOTUS (GERMPLASM) LOTUS (NEWSLETTER) Boussaid, Mohamed Laboratoire de Genetique, Faculte des Sciences, Campus Universitaire , 1060 Tunis, Tunisia HEDYSARUM MEDICAG0 (ANNUAL) Brimer, Dr. Leon Royal Veterinary and Agri. Univ. Inst, of Pharmacology and Toxicology Bulowsvej 13 DK 1870 Frederiksberg C Denmark ACACIA (TISSUE CULTURE) ACACIA (CYANOGENIC CONSTITUENTS) Chen, Prof. Cheih Kunming Institute of Botany Academy of Sciences of China He i- long -tan, Kunming, Yunnan People's Republic of China FABACEAE (YUNNAN PROVINCE) Czako, Dr. Mihaly Inst, of Biological Chemistry Washington State University Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 USA FABACEAE (FLAVONOID GENETICS) FABACEAE (ANHYDRO COLOR BASES) Ehrendorfer, Dr. Friedrich Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14 , A- 1030 Vienna, Austria FABACEAE (EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS) Gomez -Pompa, Dr. Arturo Botany & Plant Sciences University of California Riverside, California 92521 USA FABACEAE (VERA CRUZ, MEXICO) FABACEAE (YUCATAN PENINSULA, MEXICO) Greuter, Dr. W. Botanischer Garten u. Botanisches Mus . Berlin-Dahlem.Konigin-Luise-StraBe 6-8 D- 1000 Berlin 33 Federal Republic of Germany FABACEAE (MEDITERRANEAN CHECKLIST) Grimes, Dr. James Herbarium, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York 10458-5126 USA PSORALEEAE Hillard, J. Jeff Department of Botany, 2017 Life Sciences Building, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA FABACEAE (TROPICAL) 6 Bean Bag Number 29 Hurst, Mr. Stephen J. USDA/AMS , Room 2603, South Building, Washington, D.C., 20090-6456, USA FABACEAE (SEEDS) Krishnamurthy , Dr. K. V. Department of Botany, Bharathidasan University Tiruchirapalli 620 024 India FABACEAE (WOOD ANATOMY) Lavin, Dr. Matt Department of Biology, Montana State University, Boseman, Montana 59717-0001, USA COURSETIA FABOIDEAE (WOODY) Lenscak, Ing.Agr. Mario Pedro Estacion Exper. Agropecuaria INTA C.C. N2 5 3603 - El Colorado, Formosa Argentina VIGNA UNGUICULATA Library , Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Kawanda Research Station P.0. Box 7065 Kampala, Uganda FABACEAE (LIBRARY) Liston, Mr. Aaron Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave . , Claremont, California 91711 USA EVOLUTION (ASTRAGALUS SCT. LEPTOCARPI) Locke, Dr. Michael Pembroke House 30 High Street, Milton Cambridge CB4 4DF Great Britain FABACEAE (WEST AFRICA) Maheshwari, Dr. J. K. Ethnobotany & Conservation Discipline, National Botanical Research Institute, R.P. Marg Lucknow - 226 001, U.P., India FABACEAE (INDIAN ETHNOBOTANY) Marechal, Dr. Robert J. M. Phytotechnie des regions chaudes , Raculte des Sciences agronomiques , 5800 Gembloux, Belgium PHASEOLINAE Mom, Lie. Maria Pia Lab. de Plantas Vasculares , Dpto. Ccias. Biol., Fac . Ccias . Ex . Nat . , Ciudad Universitaria , II Pab . , 4 piso, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina PR0S0PIS (GERMPLASM) PROSOPIS (TAXONOMY) PROSOPIS (REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY) Nelson, Dr. Randall USDA/ARS , Dept, of Agronomy, University of Illinois, 1102 S.outh Goodwin Avenue , Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA GLYCINE (GERMPLASM) Norman, Mr. David Biology Dept. , Building 44, University, Southampton, S09 5NH, Great Britain LATHYRUS (YIELD OF WILD SPECIES) LATHYRUS (MORPHOLOGY OF WILD SPECIES) Nyawuame , Dr. Hugh Goldie Komla Botany Department University of Benin PMB 1154, Benin Nigeria FABACEAE (NIGERIA - PROTEIN CONTENT) FABACEAE (NIGERIA - GENET. VARIABLITY) May 1989 7 Oliveira, Maria de L. A. A. de Jardim Botanico, Mus . de Cien. Nat. Fund. Zoobotanica de Rio Grande do Sul Rua Dr. Salvador Franqa, 1427 90.000 Porto Alegre, RS , Brazil POIRETIA (RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL) Pedley, Dr. L. Department of Primary Industries Botany Branch, Queensland Herbarium Meirs Road Indooroopilly QLD 4068, Australia ACACIA (AUSTRALIA) RACOSPERMA (AUSTRALIA) DESMODIUM (AUSTRALIA) Philibosian, Dr. Richard Virgin Island Biological Offices 1385 Capinero Drive Pasadena, California 91105 USA Plitmann, Prof. Uzi Dept, of Botany, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904 Israel LATHYRUS LUPINUS VICIA Ponomarenko, Dr. Svetlana Filippovna Agricultural Faculty P. Lumumba People's Friendship Univ. Pavlovskaya Street, house No. 8/5 Moscow 113 093, USSR FABACEAE (SEED MORPHOLOGY) FABACEAE (SEED EVOLUTION) Pueyo, Ing.Agr. Dante Joaquin Estacidn Exper. Agropecuaria INTA C.C. N2 5 3603 - El Colorado, Formosa Argentina LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA Rakouth, Dr. Ramamonj iarisoa B. Service de Botanique, E.E.S.S., Universite de Madagascar B. P. 906 Tananarive 101 Madagascar FABACEAE (MADAGASCAR) FABACEAE (FUEL WOOD) FABACEAE (REFORESTATION) Rocio, M. Sc. Lopes Escuela de Biologia Universidad de Costa Rica San Jose Costa Rica FABACEAE (NIT. FIX. TREES, COSTA RICA) Rooney, Mr. Peter c/o The Herbarium, Royal Bot. Garden, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TL19 3AB , Great Britain MOLDENHAWERA (TAXONOMY) Rooney, Mr. Peter The Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB Great Britain MULDENHAWERA (TAXONOMY) Ruizdiaz de Lenscak, Ing. FI. Rosa Aida Estacidn Exper. Agropecuaria INTA C. C. N2 5 3603 El Colorado, Formosa Argentina PROSOPIS (ARGENTINA) PROSOPIS (SELECTED SPP.) Saufferer, Ms. Sandra USDA/ARS , Johnson Hall, Room 59 Washington State University Pullman, Washington 99164-6402, USA PHASEOLUS Schultze -Kraft , Dr. Rainer C.I.A.T. , Apartado Aereo 6713, Cali , Colombia FABACEAE (TROPICAL PASTURE GERMPLASM) 8 Bean Bag Number 29 Southon, Dr. Ian 177 George Street Compstall, Stockport Cheshire, SK6 5JD Great Britain FABACEAE (PHYTOCHEMISTRY) Spjut, Mr. Richard USDA/ARS, SBM&NL, Bldg. 265, BARC-East, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705-2325, USA CYNOMETRA (TAXONOMY) CYNOMETRA (ECOLOGY) Stainier, Dr. Francoise Lab. de Phytot., Trop. Subtrop., Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Place Croix du Sud, 3, Sc. 15 D B-1348 Louvain- la - Neuve , Belgium PHASEOLINAE (PALYNOLOGY) Stergios D. , Dr. Basil Herbario Universitario , UNELLEZ , Mesa de Cavacas , Edo. Portuguesa, Venezuela 3323 CAMPSIANDRA (TAXONOMY) CAESALPINIAE (VENEZUELA) FABACEAE (SOUTH AMERICAN TREES) Tanner , Dr . Greg CSIRO, Division of Plant Industry G.P.O. Box 1600 Canberra, A.C.T., 2601 Australia FABACEAE (FORAGE LEGUME FLAVANOIDS) FABACEAE (FORAGE LEGUME TANNINS) Thothathri, Krishnamurthy Emeritus Scientist, BSI Botany Field Laboratoryhi Street University of Madras, Maduravoyal Madras 602 102, India FABACEAE (ASIATIC) HEDYSAREAE (SEEDS) Upchurch, Dr. R. Phillip College of Agriculture, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, 85721, USA FABACEAE (GERMPLASM OF DESERT SPECIES) Vails, Dr. Jose Francisco M. CENARGEN, EMBRAPA S.A.I.N., Parque Rural Caixa Postal 10.2372 70.770 Brasilia, DF, Brazil ARACHIS (GERMPLASM) ARACHIS (TAXONOMY) Vanderborght , Dr. Thierry Service des Collections Vivantes Jardin Botanique National de Belgique Domaine de Bouchout B-1860 Meise, Belgium PHASEOLUS (GERMPLASM) VIGNA (GERMPLASM) Wingfield, Robert Apdo. 7357 Coro, Falcon, Venezuela FABACEAE (FLORISTICS - VENEZUELA) FABACEAE (STATE OF FALCON, VENEZUELA) Woods, Dr. Michael Biology Department, Troy State University, Troy, Alabama, 36082 USA APIOS May 1989 9 GLEANINGS BAUDOIN is studying the distribution of the cyanide content in gene pools of Phaseolus lunatus using funds from IBPGR. Needs seeds of P. lunatus from tropical regions, especially from Southeast Asia (Philippines, Indonesia, Burma, etc.) BEUSELINCK (new Reader), who edits the Lotus Newsletter (see page 3), needs photoperiod insensitive L. corniculatus , Lotus with low photoperiod requirements, and rhizomatous forms of L. corniculatus. Offers domesticated forms of L. corniculatus adapted to North American clines. BORDON (New Reader) is studying seed production and vegetation of Discolobium leptophyllum. Needs Anthyllis tetraphylla, Discolobium spp., and Phaseolus schottii. Offers Adesmia muricata var. denticulata, Dolichopsis paraguariensis, and Macroptilium erythroloma. BOUSSAID with Espagna has published a paper on Hedysarum carnosum cotyledons. Offers Argyrolobium uniflorum, Lathyrus articulatus, L. cicera, and L. ochrus. BRIMER (new Reader) is studying cell and tissue culture and cyanogenic constituent of Acacia spp. Needs mature seeds and offers secondary compounds, especially cyanogenic compounds and analyses for cyanide and cyanogenesis. CHEN offers seeds, specimens, and data about Yunnan legumes. COMBES and DELBOS are working on RFLP somaclonal variation in Lathyrus. Need Vicieae DNA probes and offer Lathyrus database and genetic resources data and Lathyrus seeds. CORBY still needs 1 or 2 good seeds of Mora megistosperma (Pittier) Briton & Rose. CZAKO needs seeds of Baphia nitida, Drepanocarpus lunatus , Haematoxylon spp. (especially africanums [ =dineteri ] and campechianum), Paramachaerium spp., Peltogyne spp., and Pterocarpus spp. (especially santalinus, soyauxii , and osun). DELBOS. See COMBES. EHRENDORFER (new Reader) offers publications from the Institut fur Botanik de Universitat Wien. Write to him for a list and ordering instructions. FERGUSON in collaboration with M. Diez (University of Sevilla, Spain) are studying pollen morphology of Loteae. GEESINK and D. Kornet contributed to the theoretical discussions on species-as-individuals and evolution-as-an-entropic-process for the symposium Tropical Forests: Botanical Dynamics, Speciation, and Diversity , Aarhus. Legumes from S.E. Asia and Hawai’i were used as examples. It will be published later this year. GEESINK, Rugaya, and S. Sunarti will begin a cladistic-geographical study of Milletia sect. Fragili florae (including Pongamia) as part of an island-biogeographical study of S.E. Asia in collobration with zoologists. A study will be undertaken of the genera Spatholobus, Butea, and Kunstleria as a Ph.D. project. 10 Bean Bag Number 29 GILL is working on in vitro pollen germination of selected Nigerian legume crops GOMEZ-POMPA (new Reader) needs legume data for Veracruz and Yucatan Peninsula. Offers labelled data for legumes collected in Veracruz. GOMEZ-SOSA needs legume specimens, especially Astragalus, from Chile, Bolivia, and Peru. Offers legumes from Argentina. GUNN. See WIERSEMA. HERNANDEZ is monographing Calliandra and related genera. Needs C. seeds and offers to identify Mexican and Central American C. spp. HUSAIN is working on the effect of commonly used pesticides on legume nodulation. HUSAINI is studying cytomorphology of northern Nigerian legumes, needs reprints on cytology, and offers seeds of Crotalaria and Bauhinia ( Pilostigma ) thoninghii. KARATELA is conducting an ecological study of Fadherbia ( Acacia ) albida. KIRKBRIDE just returned from Brazil and will be collecting Loteae in Morocco from May 29 to April 7, 1989. See WIERSEMA. KRISHNAMURTHY is working on wood anatomy of legumes, needs root wood of species of legume, and offers leguminous material from south India. LENSCAK (new Reader) is studying Vigna unguiculata as a green manure plant and Phaseolus vulgaris for improvement and disease resistant. Needs V. unguiculata and Phaseolus sp. Offers Macroptilium lathyroides, Rhynchosia sp., and Vigna lute-loa. LISTON (New Reader) is conducting an evolutionary study of Astragalus Sect. Leptocarpi Subsect. Californici for his Ph.D. dissertation to be completed in December, 1989. LOCK is compiling a check list of the legumes of West Asia [Afghanistan, Arabian Peninsula, Iran, and Iraq], MAXWELL has submitted his treatment of Calopogonium, Canavalia, Cymbosema, Diocela, and Galactia for the Flora of the Venezuelan Guay ana and is starting work on Dioclea for the Flora of the Guianas. MOM (new Reader) has contributed taxonomic and reproductive reviews to First International Study on Genetics Resources and Conservation of Prosopis Germplasm. NEILL is working on an illustrated field guide to the trees of Amazonian Ecuador (including legumes) in Spanish for non-systematists. Publication is scheduled for March 1990. Offers to try to obtain legume material from eastern Ecuador, including pickled material, seeds, and herbarium specimens. NORMAN (new Reader) is working on the crop relatives of Lathyrus sativa as alternate crops or for breeding material. Needs L. amhicarpos, blepharicarpos , cicera , gorgoni, marmoratus, pseuocicera, and sativa. Offers seeds of wild species of Vicieae. May 1989 11 NYAWUAME (new Reader) is studing crude protein content and genetic variation of selected wild legume from southern Nigeria. Needs current legume publications and offers information about southern Nigerian legumes. PEDLEY, recently retired, has returned to the herbarium in an honorary capacity to continue his research on Acacia s.l. (including Racosperma ) and Desmodium of Australia. PONOMARENKO (new' Reader) has in press The specialization of fruits of the species of the Psoralea L. genus ( fam. Fabaceae Lindl., subfam. Papilionoideae DC.) depending on the conditions of the growth. PUEYO (new Reader) is working on utilization of Leucaena leucocephala. Needs cultivars and offers a publication. RAKOUTH is working on legumes as potential fuel woods and for reforestration in Madagascar. RANGAPPA is evaluating Phaseolus vulgaris and Glycine max for biotic and abiotic stress factors ROCIO (new Reader) is studying nitrogen fixing trees of Costa Rica. Offers seeds of leguminous trees of Costa Rica. ROONEY (new Reader) is monographying Moldenhawera. RUIZDAIZ DE LENSCAK is studying adaptability of Prosopis alba , kuntzei, and hasleri to various provences. SOUTHON (new Reader) is compiling data for the ILDIS phytochemistry module. Needs photocopies/reprints of papers dealing with chemical data of legumes, especially Phaseoleae, Sophoreae, Trifolieae, and Vicieae. STERGIOS (new Reader) has been monographing Campsiandra and revising Aldina and Macrolobium. Needs duplicates or loans for identification. TANNER (new Reader) is working on 1) inter and intracellular localization of condensed tannin synthesis, 2) biochemistry of condensed tannin, and 3) flavanoid biosynthesis in forage legumes, especially Coronilleae, Hedysareae, Loteae, and Trifolieae. THOTHATHRI is conducting a SEM study of the seed coat morphology of species in Hedysareae and Cajaneae. Needs seeds of Asiatic members of Hedysareae and offers reprints of recent Indian legume publications. VIDAL reports that Pham Hoang Ho started a revision of Dalbergia for the Flore du Cambodge- Laos-Vietnam. WIERSEMA, KIRKBRIDE, and GUNN are continuing work on Legume (Fabaceae) nomenclature in the USD A germ plasm system (see November 1988 Bean Bag). The reviewers comments have been incorporated and final editing is now in progress. Publication is anticipated by September 1989, and each BB Reader will receive a copy. 12 Bean Bag Number 29 RECENT LEGUME LITERATURE Eds. Note: Author names in allcapital letters are BB Readers. Their full names and addresses are listed in the November 1988 BB Directory. Correspondence about their articles should be sent directly to them. Adsersen, A., H. Adsersen, and BRIMER. 1988. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 16: 65-77. Akiyama, S. 1988. A revision of the genus Lespedeza section Macrolespedeza (Leguminosae). The University Museum, The University of Tokyo Bulletin 33: 1-170. [Includes 11 spp. and 14 infraspecific taxa.] Bastos, M.D.N.D.C. 1988. Contributions to systematic study of some species in genus Machaerium Persoon (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) occurring in Brazilian Amazonia. Bol. Mus. Para Emilio Goeldi Ser. Bot. 3(2): 1 83-278. [10 spp. were selected for pilot study of Amazonian spp.] BAUDOIN. 1988. L’amelioration de Phaseolus lunatus L. en zones tropicales. I. Taxonomie, origine, et evolution du genre Phaseolus et de l’espece etudiee. Bull. Rech. Agron. Gembloux 23(3):237-260. BISBY. 1986 [published in 1988]. Plans for an international legumes database (ILD). In: Kaul, A. K. and COMBES. Lathyrus and lathyrism, pp. 22-24. Institut de Biocenotique Experimentale des Agrosystemes, Pau, France. BRIMER, J.E. Ebinger, D.S. Seigler, and VASSAL. 1987. Cyanogenesis in Acacia cochliacantha (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae). Bull. IGSM 15:88-99. Buijsen, J. R. M. 1988. Revision of the genus Fordia (Papilionaceae: Millettieae). Blumea 33: 239-261. [8 spp. and 2 subspp., of which one is new, are treated.] Butler, A. 1986 [published in 1988]. Studies in the seedcoat of Lathyrus. In: Kaul, A. K. and COMBES. Lathyrus and lathyrism, pp. 25-38. Institut de Biocenotique Experimentale des Agrosystemes, Pau, France. Canto, P. and M.J. Sanchez. 1988. Revision of aggregate Genista cinerea (Leguminosae). Candollea 43(l):73-92. [Spanish with French summary] Caccavari, M. A. 1988. Studies on the pollen of Mimosa L. pulvini. Bulletin of the International Group for the Study of Mimosoideae 16: 135-145. Chia-Chi, Hu, et al. 1988. Caesalpinioideae. In: Chen Te-Chao et al.. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, vol. 39. Science Press, Beijing. FERGUSON and J.J. Skvarla. 1988. Pollen morphology of tribe Swartzieae (subfamily Papilionideae: Leguminosae). 1. Introduction and all genera excluding Aldina and Swartzia. Amer. Jour. Bot. 75( 12): 1 884- 1 897. Fleurat-Lessard, P. 1988. Original features of epidermis in Mimosa pudica L. pulvini. Bulletin of the International Group for the Study of Mimosoideae 16: 123-134. GOMEZ-SOSA. 1988. Astragalus lii-nii, a new name for A. monticola Li et Ni, non Philippi, from Tibet (Leguminosae). Taxon 37(2):469. May 1989 13 GOMEZ-SOSA. 1989. Novedades en el genera Astragalus. III. (Leguminosae-Galegeae). Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 25(3-4). Goyder, D. J. 1986 [published 1988]. The genus Lathyrus. In:Kaul, A. K. and COMBES. Lathyrus and lathyrism, pp. 3-7. Institut de Biocenotique Experimentale des Agrosystemes, Pau, France. HERNANDEZ and SOUSA. 1988. Two new species of Calliandra (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) from southern Mexico. Syst. Bot. 13:519-524. HIJWEGEN. 1988. Coevolution of flowering plants with pathogenic fungi. Pp. 63-77. In: K.A. Pirszynski and D.L. Hawksworth, eds. Coevolution of fungi with plants and animals. Academic Press, London. 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