A newsletter to promote communication among research scientists
concerned with the systematics of the Leguminosae/Fabaceae

Number 40 December 1994

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From the Editors

Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr., John H. Wiersema, and Roger M. Polhill

The Bean Bag (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.), Latin
American Legume Report, Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation (new nodulation records). 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 worldwide group of legume systematic botanists. We encourage BB Readers to send us
notices, observations, etc.

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International Symposium

on Floristic Diversity and Characteristics of East Asia

25-28 July 1996
Kunming, China

Under the joint auspices of the Botanical Society of China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, and Technological Committee of Yunnan Province, an International Symposium
on Floristic Diversity and Characteristics of East Asia will be held 25th-28th July 1996, in Kunming,
Yunnan Province, China. China is well known for its rich flora. The country is considered as the key
area of the East Asian flora as well as an important region for the study of evolution and diversity of
the world flora especially the flora of the north temperate zone. During the past decades, substantial
research results on the Chinese floristic, phytogeographic, and plant diversity have been achieved. The
Vegetation of China was published in 1980. The Flora Republicae Popularis Sinicae , a monumental
work with 80 volumes, will be completed in 1996, and its revised edition in English, the Flora of
China , will be published in the next few years. The Floristic Studies on the Chinese Seed Plants, a
significant research project subsidized by the Chinese Natural Science Foundation and involving more
than 150 botanists from China, will be completed in 1995. The aim of this symposium is to facilitate
the exchange of research results from studies of East Asian flora.

The eightieth birthday of the famous Chinese botanist Prof. Wu Zhengyi, who has been engaged
for 60 years in botanical research, will occur in 1996. During the symposium, Prof. Wu Zhengyi will
be honored for his outstanding contributions to Chinese botanical research.

The topics of the symposium will be:

1. Origin and Evolution of the East Asian Flora since the Cretaceous Period.

2. Diversity and Characteristics of the Chinese Flora.

3. Systematics and Phylogeny of some Key Families and Genera in the East Asian Flora.

4. The Relationship between the East Asian and the World Floras.

5. Diversity, Conservation, and Sustainable Utilization of the East Asian Flora.

The working language of the symposium will be English.

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Botanists from all over the world are invited to attend the symposium. Papers on relevant aspects
will be welcomed, and some distinguished botanists will be invited to give lectures on specific subjects.
Poster exhibits will also be arranged. Post-symposium excursions will be organized to visit various
provinces of China. Detailed information on the symposium, such as registration costs, hotel
arrangements, and post-symposium excursions, will be sent in the second circular. Please request the
second circular before 1 December 1994 from Prof. Wu Sugong, Secretary-General, International
Symposium on Floristic Diversity and Characteristics of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Heilongtan, Kunming, Yunnan 650204, The People’s Republic of China,
telephone: (0871) 515-0660, FAX: (0871) 515-0227.

International Symposium

Taxonomy and Phytogeography
of the Leguminosae in SE.-E. Asia

26-27 October 1994

Tsuda Memorial Herbarium of TUS
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan

In 1981 Prof. Huang of National Taiwan University and Prof. Ohashi of Tohoku University
started to revise their treatment of the Leguminosae of Taiwan. The basic floristic results of their
project were published in 1993 in the first published volume of the Flora of Taiwan , second edition,
volume three. The close relationships between the Leguminosae of Taiwan and those of southern China
necessitated the study of many legumes from southern China. In 1992 Prof. Ohashi initiated a second
study on southern Chinese legumes, especially those of Hainan Island, in collaboration with Prof. Wu of
The South China Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica. In the last year of the second project, this
international symposium involving legume researchers from Taiwan, China, and Japan was held.

For this symposium, SE.-E. Asia was arbitrarily defined as the region including southeastern
China, Taiwan, Ryukyu, and Japan-Hondo, north of the Flora Malesiana region. In the last ten years
knowledge of the legume floras in this region has increased greatly. All of the Mimosoideae and parts
of the Papilionoideae of China have been published. Local legume floras have also appeared for the
islands and reefs of China and for Fujian Province. The legumes of Taiwan and Japan were published,
and those of Ryukyu were enumerated in a checklist of the vascular flora. The knowledge of the
legumes of this region is still not adequate; the most poorly understood aspect is the phytogeographical
relationships between the legume floras of different areas within this region.

The main aim of this symposium was to clarify the relations between the legume floras in this
region. The primary mechanism for achieving that aim was the comparison of legume distribution
patterns in the various areas of the region, but this could only be done if the legume taxa were
correctly identified in each area. Proper identification required basic taxonomic studies, and then the
true relations between floras were clarified by evolutionary studies. Consequently, the program of this
symposium consisted of various presentations on taxonomy, phytogeography, and evolutionary studies.

Summarised from the Introductory abstract by OHASHI.

Program

Introduction. H. Ohashi, Tohoku University.

Phytogeography and Ecology

Geographic distributions of the Fabaceae in South China. T.L. Wu, South China Institute of Botany.
Phytogeography of legumes in Taiwan, Ryukyu and Japan-Hondo. H. Ohashi.

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Legume history in Taiwan by pollen analysis. T.C. Huang, National Taiwan University.

Ecology of legumes in Taiwan. C.F. Hsieh, National Taiwan University.

The phytogeography of Chinese Ormosia Jacks, sensu lato. C.T. Chen, South China Institute of Botany.

Taxonomy

Taxonomy and distribution of Chamaecrista mimosoides group. T. Nemoto, Tohoku University.
Phylogenetic relationships among eastern Asiatic species of Vicia. Y. Endo, Natural History Museum
and Institute, China.

Styzolobium (Phaseoleae-Leguminosae), a review of the genus. S.F. Huang, National Taiwan
University.

Systematics and geography of Dunbaria. C.J. Chen, Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica.

A synoptical sketch of the genus Apios (tribe Phaseoleae), with special reference to the second species
of the genus from Taiwan. Y. Tateishi, Ryukyu University.

Molecular systematics of Desmodium. T. Kajita, Tohoku University.

Phylogenetic analysis of distribution of Taiwan Desmodium s.l. H. Ohashi.

Closing address. H. Ohashi.

Legume Systematic Research in the

N.l. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Plant Industry (VIR)

Boguslav S. Kurlovich and Sergei I. Repjev

The history and all activities of the N.l. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of
Plant Industry (VIR) concerned with the systematics of Leguminosae (Fabaceae) are closely connected
with Nicolai I. Vavilov. His scientific interests encompassed systematics, morphology, evolution,
history, geography, and plant genetic resources of cultivated plants. Vavilov’s theory of plant genetic
resources and of the global genetic diversity includes a series of minor theoretical conclusions that
played an important role in the development of the systematics, genetics, and plant breeding of the
Leguminosae. The foundation of this theory was composed of the law of homologous series in
hereditary variation, studies on the problem of a species as a system, botanical and geographical aspects
of plant breeding, and the theory of the centers of cultivated leguminous crops.

After the World War the work started by Vavilov was continued by the legume scientists of VIR
who organized many collecting missions to the centers of origin of cultivated plants and adjacent areas
which resulted in the accumulation of a rich diversity of legume plant germplasm in VIR’s collections.
Among those who worked in the Leguminous Crops Department of VIR were: L.I. Govorov (pea
taxonomist), N.R. Ivanov ( Phaseolus germplasm), N.l. Korsakov (soybean taxonomist), L.V. Leokene
(vetch germplasm), R.Kh. Makasheva (pea taxonomist), and S.l. Stepanova (lupin germplasm).

At present the Leguminous Crops Department stores a collection of 42,000 accessions representing
more than 160 species belonging to 14 genera of the legume family, including chickpea, cowpea,
everlasting pea, faba bean, kidney bean, lentil, lupin, pea, soybean, and vetch. The Department studies
the regularities in variation and inheritance of characters and conducts investigations on phylogenies,
systematics, classification, and geography of cultivated leguminous plants and their wild relatives.

To learn about the great diversity of plants concentrated in VIR they had to be systematized and
put in order. Therefore since the first years of its foundation and study of the plant collections, they
have been used as a basis in working out laws and regularities of general biological aspects as well as
theoretical backgrounds of breeding.

Any plant species when studied under a wide range of geographical conditions involving
inbreeding, segregates into many hereditary forms producing a seeming chaos of diversity which is very
difficult to understand at first. Yet in studying intraspecific polymorphism one can observe a number
of regularities revealing similarities. On of the basis of these observations Vavilov deduced the law of
homologous variation. The law runs as follows:

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1. Species and genera more or less nearly related to each other are characterized by similar series of
variation with such a regularity that knowing a succession of varieties in one species, the existence of
similar forms in other species and genera can be forecast. The similarity is the more complete in the
series of variation as the species and genera are more nearly allied in the general system.

2. Whole plant families in general are characterized by a definite cycle of variability which goes
similarly through all genera and species of the family.

The complex composition of species and their variation in time and space make them dynamic.

Vavilov and legume scientists used the law of homologous series as a basis for working out the
differential systematics of leguminous cultivated plants and for the arrangement of organized systems of
intraspecific forms produced by practical selection.

The law of homologous series answers the question what material should be looked for, and the
work on "the centers of origin of cultivated plants" answers the question where it should be looked for.
To determine the centers of origin Vavilov used a differential systematic-geographical approach which
consisted of the following:

a) Differentiation of a genus into species and genetic groups with the help of morphological,
hybridological, cytological, immunological, and other methods.

b) Determination of the genotypical composition of a species (singling out varieties and smaller

units).

c) Geographical localization of hereditary forms of a species as well as the center of their
diversity.

The foci of the maximum diversity of forms and characters, including endemic representations of
a species, are the centers of their origin.

The centers of origin and of diversity may be both primary and secondary.

A many year study on the collection of the genus Lupinus L. was carried out in various regions
of the former USSR. As a result, the hypothesis developed for the occurrence of a single primary
center of formation of the genus in Laurasia in the Chalk period. As a result of the separation of the
continents which happened about 50 million years ago the main part of the territory became attached to
North America and the second, smaller part to Europe. Thus two secondary centers of formation of
different lupine species appeared, one in the Mediterranean and the other on the American continent.

In view of the above-mentioned concept it was presumed that the genus Lupinus consists of two
subgenera: subgen. Lupinus and subgen. Playcarpos (Wats.) Kurl. (B.S. Kurlovich).

The tests for the complementary and allellic nature of the characters showed seed coat coloration
to be closely related with corolla color. This relation elicits the stability of genetic systems
corresponding, most likely, to the rank of the variation (varieties). Coloration of vegetative organs and
presence or absence of anthocyane is a good diagnostic character. So far as coloration is less stable, it
would be far better to use the latter for establishing subvariations (subvarieties). Of great practical
value are abnormal (mutant) plants seldom met in nature or cultivation, the so called "topless" or
"determinant" forms. Such forms may be theoretically discovered in all variations (varieties) and
subvariations (subvarieties) established by us, therefore it would be rather more correct to consider
them in the rank of forms (forma). In narrow-leaved lupine (L. angustif olius L.) 13 variations, 12
subvariations, and five forms were established. European yellow lupine (L. luteus L.) is separated into
18 variations, four subvariations, and five forms. In white lupine (L. albus L.) three subspecies, five
variations, three forms were described.

A new classification of common vetch forms under cultivation was proposed. Seven variations
within the subspecies sativa, and 12 forms were singled out. Six variations differed from each other in
seed color; the seventh— the var. platysperma— had lens-like seeds. The shapes of the former three
variations differed in flower color. The forms of the var. platysperma differed in the seed coat and in
the leaflets. In the subsp. lineari folia three variations were singled out, each of which differed in seed
color, pod sizes, and pubescence. For each systematic unit corresponding types were adduced (S.I.
Repjev).

New pea and soybean intraspecific systematics and ecogeographical classifications of lupine and
common vetch also were suggested in the Leguminous Crops Department of VIR. More efficient
utilization of the legume crop’s potential in plant breeding, beyond the registration of morphological
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of plants. Ecogeographical classification reflects the regularities of variability of these properties which
are based on the specific nature of geographic, historical, ecological, and agronomic conditions. It
cannot replace the botanical classification of the species which requires clear herbarium materials, but
supplements it. Taken together they provide for purposeful and conscious utilization of plant genetic
diversity in breeding as Vavilov repeatedly remarked.

For further information contact Prof. B.S. Kurlovich or Prof. S.I. Repjev, Department of
Leguminous Crops, N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry (VIR), 42, B. Morskaya street, 190000 St.
Petersburg, Russia; telephone: (812) 314-4732, 311-8162; FAX: (812) 311-8762; e-mail: viraglas,
apc.org.

Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation

Legume Nodulation Reports not in Allen and Allen (1981)

Taxon

Status1

Nodule2

Shape

Source3

Dalea leporina (Ait.) Hemsl.

+

1

Entada arenaria Schinz

+

1

Gompholobium lati folium Smith

+

1

Ho\ea longi folia R. Br.

+

1

Kennedia rubicunda (Schmeev.) Vent.

+

1

Oxylobium robustum J. Thom.

+

1

Priestleya hirsuta (Thunb.) DC.

+

1

i

Status: +, root nodules

reported as present; root nodules reported as absent; ±, the nodulation report conflicts with Allen and

Allen (1981).

2

Nodule 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.

^Source:

1. Corby, H.D.L. 1993. Growth and decay of the rhisobial nodules of the Leguminosae. Kirkia 14(1): 49-60.

Gleanings

ABDULINA is working on a floristic revision of the legumes of Kazakhstan, including keys to
genera and species and distributions, and offers herbarium specimens from Kazakhstan.

ALBUQUERQUE is working on the identification of seeds from weedy legumes. He needs
literature on weedy legumes, and offers information on Amazonian legumes.

ALCANTARA (New Reader) has worked for twenty years on the introduction and evaluation of
forage plants in Brazil. Recently he has begun a large program on tree legumes for use in pastures.

BEYRA-MATOS has completed manuscripts entitled "Distribucibn y ecologia de las especies
cubanas del genero Crotalaria : Leguminosae-Faboideae" and "Taxonomia numerica de la tribu Robinieae
(Leguminosae-Faboideae) en Cuba," studies on the foliar anatomy and architecture of Cuban taxa of
tribe Robinieae, and taxonomic studies on tribe Robinieae and wrote their treatment for the new Flora
de la Republica de Cuba. In May 1994 she started a taxonomic study of tribe Aeschynomeneae in
Cuba. From May to December 1994 she will work on the genera Belairia, Pictetia , and Aeschynomene ,
in part, and from January to December 1995 she will do the remainder of Aeschynomene and the genera
Arachis, Poiretia, Stylosanthes , and Zornia. Following completion of the genera, she will also finish her
study of the foliar architecture and anatomy of Cuban representatives of tribe Aeschynomeneae, and
will write the treatment of the tribe for the new Flora de la Republica de Cuba. She offers fresh or
herbarium material of Cuban legumes.

BRETELER is revising the tribes Detarieae and Macrolobieae (Caesalpinioideae) with emphasis
on Africa. He needs vouchered silica-dried leaf samples of Macrolobium and Eperua species, and
offers vouchered silica-dried leaf samples of African Detarieae and Macrolobieae.

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BRYAN is working on leguminous trees with edible beans and nitrogen fixation in
non-nodulating legumes, and needs viable seeds of Senna siamea.

Bullock, R.C., see KRETSCHMER.

CACCAVARI is working on fossil pollen of Mimosoideae of South America, and with Galati is
also studying the development of Mimosa pollen. He offers pollen slides of South American Mimoseae.
See GUINET.

CHEN is working on the legumes for the Flora of Yunnan. He needs material of Phaseolus and
Vigna , especially from Asia, and offers seeds, herbarium specimens, and other materials of legumes
from Yunnan Province, China.

COMBES, see DELBOS.

DELBOS and COMBES have established a database on Lathyrus cicera, L. heterophyllus, L.
latifolius. L. salivas, L. sylvestris , and L. tuberosus at Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France.
It can be accessed by using gopher software. It is a WAIS product and has passport data from IBPGR.
For more detailed information, contact COMBES or DELBOS by e-mail at
COMBDELB@CRISV2.UNIV-PAU.FR via the Internet.

FAGWALAWA (New Reader) is working on the effects of IAA (indole-3-acetic acid) and other
growth promoters on the physiology of selected legumes to improve the growth and production of
broad bean, Vida faba, ground nut, Arachis hypogaeay etc. He needs literature on the physiology of
legumes, effects of growth promoters on the general physiology of legumes, methods of application of
growth promoters to legume plants, and the cytogenetics of legumes.

Galati, see CACCAVARI.

GILL is working on the allelopathic effects of aqueous extracts of Euphobia species on the rate of
germination and biomass production of soy beans.

GUINET and CACCAVARI are studying the pollen structure and morphology of group
Piptadenia.

HASSAN (New Reader) is starting a biosystematic study of Ormocarpum for his doctoral
dissertation, and needs Ormocarpum seeds.

HOC is working on the floral biology of Prosopis alba and native Phaseolus species of Argentina.

HONG (New Reader) is working on the seed and fruit morphology of Korean legumes.

HUGHES needs seeds or silica-dried leaf samples with vouchers of Calpocalyx and Xylia , and
offers seeds of Central American woody legumes.

KAPULER is laying out seeds representing major genera in tribal order. He needs samples of
seeds of diverse taxa, especially rare genera, and offers access to seeds in his collection consisting of
more than 75,000 kinds of angiosperms with at least 40 genera and more than 400 species of legumes.

KLITGAARD is monographing Brownea and Browneopsis of Detarieae and Platymiscium of
Dalbergieae and working on the floral ontogeny and a cladistic analysis of Dalbergieae. He needs
inflorescence buds of Cascaronia, Etaballia, Fissicalyx, Geoffroea, Inocarpus, Paramachaerium,
Ramorinoa, Riedeliella, and Vatairea , and offers leaves in silica gel and flowers in FAA of a range of
papilionoids.

KR AMINA needs seeds and herbarium specimens of Lotus species from all over the world, and
offers seeds and herbarium specimens of Lotus species from European Russia.

KRETSCHMER, W.D. Pitman, R.C. Bullock, and T.C. Wilson have an article entitled
"Aeschynomene evenia (evenia aeschynomene), a perennial legume for grazing in south Florida" in press
in Soil Crop Sci. Soc. Florida Proc.

KRUGER needs material of Vigna subterranea ( Voandzeia subterranea ), especially forage types,
and offers introduced temperate and tropical legumes with passport data missing or incomplete for
many collections and African grasses with complete passport data.

KUMAR is working on dye, gum, and medicinal plants of family Fabaceae.

KURLOVICH is now working on the world-wide genetic diversity of leguminous crops. VIR
now has more than 42,000 accessions representing more than 160 species belonging to 15 legume
genera. He needs new publications and seeds of Lupinus , and offers their new publications, legume
seeds, and information on VIR.

KUSNETZOVA, see SOKOLOFF.

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LAMONT (New Reader) has just begun a Ph.D. research project provisionally entitled ‘An
ecogeographic survey of Tri folium species in Turkey.’

LEONARD is working on hybrids of Desmanthus leptolobus , and needs native seeds and
herbarium specimens of Desmanthus leptolobus from southern Kansas, Oklahoma, and east Texas. He
can pay graduate students from those areas to collect for him.

Lomagina, Z.V. (Department of Resources, Komarov Botanical Institute, Prof. Popov street, 2, St.
Petersburg 197376, Russia), offers reprints of her papers on the taxonomy of the Anthyllis vulneraria
complex. See SOKOLOFF.

MIKOLAS is working on the Slovakian phytogeography and taxonomy of the genera Anthyllis,
Chamaecytisus, Genista, Lathyrus, Lotus, Ononis, and Vicia and on the conservation, evolution, and
reproduction of Chamaecytisus albus, and offers herbarium material of Fabaceae from Slovakia.

MIOTTO is working on Brazilian Lathyrus and Vicia and preparing a checklist of Fabaceae in
southern Brazil.

MOREIRA is working on a survey of nodulation capability, the taxonomy of rhizobia isolated
from leguminous forest species, and selection of rhizobia for native forest species screening for
infectivity, effectiveness, and efficiency. She needs seeds of forest legumes, and offers the same.

MORERA is conducting a biosystematic investigation of the (sub)tropical tuber- bearing genus
Pachyrhizus , the yam bean, with special emphasis on the development of high performance cultivars.

He needs materials on yam bean, and offers materials on yam bean and beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris).

MUNYENYEMBE (New Reader) recently completed his Ph.D. studies under the supervision of
BISBY at the University of Southampton; the title of his doctoral dissertation was ‘Biological diversity
of species in the Leguminosae genus Dolichos L.’ He is ILDIS taxonomic coordinator for Dolichos , is
preparing treatments for some Phaseoleae genera for Flora Zambesiaca, and is working on a checklist
of the legumes of Malawi. He needs specimens of Phaseolinae from Africa, and offers specimens of
vascular plants from Malawi.

PARAMANATHEN (New Reader) is working on protein profile analyses and isoenzyme variation
using SDS-PAGE of wild relatives of pulses from the Palney Hills of western Ghat, India. He needs
biochemical analyses of pulses and/or their wild relatives, and offers wild relatives of pulses and
literature and references for them.

PENNINGTON and STIRTON are revising the genus Dussia (Papilionoideae, Sophoreae), and
need material of Dussia , especially spirit- preserved fruits and flowers.

Pitman, W.D., see KRETSCHMER.

PIZARRO is studying Cratylia. He needs material of Cratylia and literature, germplasm, and
specimens of nontraditional genera, and offers literature and germplasm of Arachis.

POKLE is working on the chemotaxonomy of the genus Alysicarpus in India. He needs reprints
of publications on the genus Alysicarpus , especially after 1990, and seeds of any Alysicarpus species,
especially those from Africa and Australia, and offers herbarium specimens or seeds of legumes
occurring in his region.

QUATTROCCHI (New Reader) studies and cultivates legumes suitable for Sicily, which is hot
and dry, and is preparing a book describing more than a hundred legume species in genera such as
Acacia, Baptisia, Bauhinia, Bolusanthus, Calpurnia, Cladrastis, Clianthus, Daviesia, Enterolobium,
Gompholobium, etc.

RIDDER-NUMAN is preparing articles on the pollen morphology and leaf anatomy of the genera
Butea, Kunstleria, Meizotropis, and Spatholobus. After completing those manuscripts, she will also do
phylogenetic and biogeographic treatments for those genera.

SERGEI needs new publications on and seeds of Vicia , and offers the same.

SHARIPOVA is studying the Fabaceae for Flora Tadzhikistan, and offers parts 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10
of Flora Tadzhikistan.

SOKOLOFF has completed his bachelor’s thesis entitled, "Morphologic and taxonomic study of
Anthyllis , s.l." It includes data on the vegetative morphology and inflorescence structure of Anthyllis,
Cornicina, Dorychopsis, and Tripodion and the related genera Hammatolobium and Hymenocarpos. He
is also dealing with the taxonomy of Anthyllis , s.l., his special interest being connected with
carpological features. He needs herbarium material and seeds of Anthyllis agaea, A. henoniana, A.
henoniana ssp. valentina, A. hystrix, A. plumosa, A. rupestris, A. subsimplex, A. warmer i , and

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Hammatolobium sp. He also needs fruits and seeds of all Anthyllis , s. ampl., Cytisopsis,
Hammatolobium, Helmintocarpus , and Hymenocarpus and reprints of new taxonomic publications on
Loteae. He offers copies of his bachelor’s thesis, herbarium specimens of vascular plants from the
Murmansk region and Karelia, Russia, and seeds and herbarium specimens of Russian species of
Anthyllis.

SOKOLOFF, Z.V. Lomagina (Komarov Botanical Institute, St.Petersburg) and KUSNETZOVA
have completed a morphological treatment of elementary inflorescences in Anthyllis , and the manuscript
is now in preparation. This team is now working on the diversity of ontogenetic pathways in Anthyllis
vulneraria , so they need herbarium material of this group from any point within its area.

STIRTON, see PENNINGTON.

THOTHATHRI is surveying the less known legumes of southern India with support from the
Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi. Explorations for legumes have been conducted in
Anamalai, Nilgiris and Yercaud, Salem of Tamil Nadu, India. He needs reprints of publications on the
legumes of Asia, especially their uses, and offers taxonomic, systematic, and revisionary reprints on
Asiatic or Indian legumes.

TORRES-COLIN has started a new project on Macroptilium of Mexico.

VANNI is now working on the project ‘Estudios taxonbmicos en Leguminosas.’ He needs
material of Stylosanthes and Zornia, and offers legumes from northeastern Argentina.

VEIGA is working on the morphological and isozyme characterization of Arachis species (section
Arachis ) to determine their potential for improvement of the peanut.

VIRASORO needs material of the following genera: Cassia, Galactia, Hoffmannseggiana,
Indigofera, Lespedesia, Leucaena, Lotus, Lupinus, Stylosanthes, Tephrosia , and Vicia , and offers
material of selected legume species, principally native and introduced to northern Argentina, in the
following genera: Acacia, Adesmia, Anadenanthera, Anthyllis, Arachis, Astragalus, Caesalpinia,

Canavalia, Cassia, Cathormion, Cercidium, Collaea, Coronilla, Delonix, Desmodium, Dorycnium,
Enterolobium, Erythrina, Geoffroea, Gleditsia, Hedysarum, Indigofera, Inga, Lathyrus, Macroptilium,
Neonotonia, Peltophorum, Phaseolus, Piptadenia, Poecilanthe, Prosopis, Prosopidastrum, Pterogyne,
Ramorinoa, Spartium, Tri folium, Vicia , and Vigna. Contact Virasoro for a complete list of available
species.

WIERINGA is developing an interest in the genera Julbernardia.

Wilson, T.C., see KRETSCHMER.

ZHANG is working on the cladistics of Bauhinia. He needs Bauhinia specimens, including seeds,
from all over the world, especially Central and South America, Africa, and Australia, and offers
publications on Bauhinia and legume specimens from China.

RECENT LEGUME LITERATURE

Eds. Note: Author names in all capital letters are BB Readers. Their full names and addresses are listed in November 1992 BB
Directory and supplements. Correspondence about their articles should be sent directly to them.

AGULLO, M.E. Tortosa, J.L. Ceresuela, and J.M. Ortiz. 1991. Seed morphology in several taxa of the
subfamily Papilionoideae (Fabaceae). Bot. Chron. 10: 651-660.

Akihisa, T., Y. Kimura, K. Roy, P. Ghosh, S. Thakur, and T. Tamura. 1994. Triterpene alcohols and
3-oxo steroids of nine Leguminosae seeds. Phytochemistry 35(5): 1309-1313.

ARONSON, OVALLE, L. Aguilera, and P. Leon. 1994. Phenology of an ‘immigrant’ savanna tree
(Acacia caven, Leguminosae) in the Mediterranean climate zone of Chile. J. Arid Environm. 27(1):
55-70.

ATFGRC. 1994. The Australian Tropical Forages Genetic Resource Centre Newsletter. Australian
Tropical Forages Genetic Resource Centre (CSIRO Cunningham Lab, 306 Carmody Road, St. Lucia,
Queensland 4067) 3: 1-4. See Bean Bag 38: 6. 1993.

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Azevedo-Tozzi, A.M.G. de. 1994. New species of Deguelia Aubl.

(Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Millettieae). Revista Brasil. Bot. 17(1): 45-52. S new species from Brazil. In
Portuguese.

Babos, K. and L.J.C. Cumana. 1992. Xylotomical study of some Venezuelan tree species (Mimosaceae
I-IV). Acta Bot. Hung. 37(3-4): 183-238.

BANDYOPADHYAY and B.D. Sharma. 1994. Bauhinia ornata Kurz and B. touranensis Gagnep.
(Leguminosae) - New to India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 90(2): 308-310.

BANDYOPADHYAY and B.D. Sharma. 1994. The identity of Phanera nicobarica (Leguminosae:
Caesalpinioideae). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 91(1): 160-161.

Barre, A., J. Lauga, and P. Rouge. 1994. The three-dimensional structure of lectins: A phenetic and
phylogenetic tool for the Leguminosae. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 22(4): 401-407.

BISBY. 1993. Species diversity knowledge systems: The ILDIS prototype for legumes. Biotechnology
R&D Trends - Science Policy for Development. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 700: 159-164.

Brandao, M. 1993. O gfcnero Erythrina L. no PAMG - Herb&rio da Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuaria
de Minas Gerais. Daphne, Revista do HerMrio PAMG da Epamig 3(1): 20-25. With English summary.

Brandao, M. and N.M.S. Costa. 1993. Centrosema teresae Brandao et Costa, uma nova Fabaceae para o
estado Minas Gerais. Daphne, Revista do Herblrio PAMG da Epamig 3(1): 5-6. With English summary.

Brandao, M. and J.F. Macedo. 1993. Outras localidades para especies novas do genero Stylosanthes Sw.
descritas por Brandao et Costa e depositadas no PAMG/EPAMIG. Daphne, Revista do Herb^rio
PAMG da Epamig 3(1): 26-27. With English summary.

BRETELER. 1994. Novitates Gabonensis: 21. A new species of Baphia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae)
from Gabon. Novon 4(2): 83-85.

BRETELER. 1994. A revision of Leucomphalos including Baphiastrum and Bowringia (Leguminosae -
Papilionoideae). Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 94(4): 1-41.

Briggs, J.D. and CRISP. 1994. Pultenaea parrisiae (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae), a new species from
south-eastern Australia. Telopea 5(4): 647-655. With two subspecies.

Buchanan, A.M. 1994. Hardenbergia violacea (Fabaceae), is it native in Tasmania? Pap. & Proc. Roy.
Soc. Tasmania 128: 69-70.

Burghardt, A.D. 1992. Prosopis L. Caracterizacibn electroforetica de sus especies. FCEN-UBA, Tesis
Doctoral.

Burghardt, A.D. and PALACIOS. 1991. Estudio electroforetico en cuatro especies del genero Prosopis
(Leguminosae). Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 27(1-2): 43-48.

Burnham, R.J. 1994. A preliminary report of Miocene plant fossils from central and southern
Ecuador. Amer. J. Bot. 81(6S): 89. (abstract)

Call, V.B. and DILCHER. 1994. Parvileguminophyllum color adensis, a new combination for Mimosites
coloradetisis Knowlton, Green River Formation of Utah and Colorado. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol.

80(3-4): 305-310.

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Casas, A. 1994. Leucaena esculenta (Moc. et Sesse ex A. DC.) Benth. Etnobotanica: Bol. Inform, del
Grupo Etnobot&nico Latinoamericano 3: 5-7.

Cavagnetto, C. and GUINET. 1994. Pollen fossile de Leguminosae-Mimosoideae dans l’Oligocene
Inferieur du Bassin de l’Ebre (Espagne) - implications paleoclimatiques et paleogeographiques. Rev.
Palaeobot. Palynol. 81(2-4); 327-335. S tax a recorded: Albisia. Acacia >ubg. Aculeiferum, and Acacia subg. Phyllodineae.
The latter, now mainly Australian, is recorded for the first time in Europe. With English summary.

Chen, C.T. 1994. The phytogeography of Chinese Ormosia Jacks, sensu lato. P. 14 in: International
Symposium: Taxonomy and phytogeography of the Leguminosae in SE.-E. Asia, 26-27 October 1994,
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (abstract)

Chen, C.J. and Y.Z. Xiang. 1994. Systematics of Dunbaria (Leguminosae) in China. P. 18 in:
International Symposium: Taxonomy and phytogeography of the Leguminosae in SE.-E. Asia, 26-27
October 1994, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (abstract)

Christensen, S.S. and G. Schlatzer. 1993. Comments on the conservation of Sophora toromiro Skottsb.,
from Easter Island. Bot. Gard. Conservation News 2(2): 22-25.

Clarke, H.D., S.R. Downie, and SEIGLER. 1994. Biogeographic and evolutionary implications of
chloroplast DNA restriction site variation in the New World Acacia series Gummi ferae (Fabaceae:
Mimosoideae). Amer. J. Bot. 81(6S): 148. (abstract)

Clements, J.C. and W.A. Cowling. 1994. Patterns of morphological diversity in relation to geographical
origins of wild Lupinus angustifolius from the Aegean region. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 41:

109-122.

CORBY. 1993. Growth and decay of the rhizobial nodules of the Leguminosae. Kirkia 14(1): 49-60.

Corrick, M.G. 1994. A new species of Pultenaea (Fabaceae) from south-east Australia. Muelleria 8(2):
119-122.

Court, A.B., COWAN, and MASLIN. 1994. Mueller’s "The plants Indigenous to the Colony of
Victoria" - Is Volume 2 effectively published? Nuytsia 9(3): 315-318.

CRISP. 1994. Sphaerolobium acanthos (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae), a new species from the Grampians,
Victoria. Muelleria 8(2): 151-154. Includes key to eastern Australian species of Sphaerolobium.

CRISP and F.H. Mollemans. 1993. Nemcia effusa (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae), a new species from
south-west Western Australia, and a key to Nemcia. Nuytsia 9(2): 223-232.

CUELLO-A. 1994. Lectotipificacion y nuevo estatus de Desmodium orinocense (Fabaceae: Faboideae).
Novon 4(2): 98-99. Raised from varietal to specific rank. With English summary.

Diez, M.J. and FERGUSON. 1994. The pollen morphology of the tribes Loteae and Coronilleae
(Papilionoideae: Leguminosae). 2. Lotus L. and related genera. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 81(2-4):
233-255.

Ding Hou. 1994. Studies in Malesian Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae). I. The genera Acrocarpus ,
Afzelia, Copaifera , and Intsia. Blumea 38: 313-330.

DOYLE, S. Kim, and M. Hanson. 1994. Evolution of the glutamine synthesis multigene family:
Chloroplast GS as a source of phylogenetic characters. Amer. J. Bot. 81(6S): 154. (abstract)

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Du Puy, D.J., LAB AT, and SCHRIRE. 1994. Revision of the genus Vaughania S. Moore
(Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Indigofereae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 16(1): 75-102. 6

species transferred from Indigofera, 4 described as new. In French.

DUKE and R. Vasquez. 1994. Amazonian ethnobotanical dictionary, vi, 215 pp., 237 fig. ISBN
0-8493-3664-3. US$34.95, free shipping on prepaid orders. CRC Press, Inc., 2000 Corporate Blvd.,
N.W., Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA. This is an ethnobotanical dictionary of Amazonian Peru. It is dedicated to AI
Gentry, an eminent Neotropical botanist who died recently in a plane crash in Ecuador. The first part of the book is a general
introduction with detailed sections on the use of plants in house construction, the ayahuasca ceremony, and the fabrication of
blowguns. These subjects will especially appeal to the layman. The second section of the book is the dictionary, arranged in
alphabetical order according to the scientific names of the plants, genus and species. Each entry consists of: 1) the scientific name (in
italics), 2) the author(s) of the scientific name, 3) the family name, 4) local common names enclosed in quotation marks in Indian
dialects, Spanish, or rarely in English (in bold face), and 5) succinct comments on uses linked (by three-letter abbreviations) to their
major sources. The words POISON and TOXIC are in upper case as a warning. The third section of the book is an index of common
names and generic name(s) to which they apply. The fourth and final section is an index of illnesses with the generic names of the
plants used to treat them. The book is designed to be accessed via either the common names supplied by local informants or through
the Bpecies name.

With reference to legumes, all the species of Cassia, s.l., are maintained as Cassia rather than being placed in Senna. There
are a few minor spelling errors such as ‘Pachyrrhizus’ for Pachyrhizus. For the botanical professional, the major deficiency is the lack
of a familial index. The following leguminous genera were encountered in the book: Abarema, Amburana. Anadenanthera. Apuleia.
Arachis. Batesia. Bauhinia. Brownea. Caesalpinia. Caianus. Calliandra, Calopogonium. Campsiandra. Canavalia. Cassia (the 11
species are members of the genus Senna). Cedrelinga. Clitoria. Copaifera. C rot al aria. Cvnometra. Dalbergia, Desmodium. Dialium.
Dioclea, Diplotropis. Dipteryx. Entada. Enterolobium, Erythrina, Glycine. Hymenaea, Hymenolobium. Indigofera. Inga.
Jacqueshuberia. Lablab. Leucaena. Lonchocarpus. Machaerium. Macrolobium. Mimosa. Mucuna. Myroxylon, Ormosia. Pachyrhizus,
Parkia. Pentaclethra. Phaseolus. Piptadenia, Platymiscium, Poeppigia, Prosopis. Pterocarpus. Pueraria. Schizolobium. Sclerolobium,
Senna (see Cassia). Spartium. Stryphnodendron. Swartzia, Tachigali. Tamarindus. Taralea. Tephrosia. Vatairea. and Vigna. It is an
excellent reference on the ethnobotany of Amazonian Peru, and will be both useful and interesting for laymen as well as
professionals. Kirkbride, Jr.

Dulberger, R., M.B. Smith, and BAWA. 1994. The stigmatic orifice in Cassia , Senna , and
Chamaecrista (Caesalpiniaceae): Morphological variation, function during pollination, and possible
adaptive significance. Amer. J. Bot. 81(11): 1390-1396.

Dwivedi, A.K. and K.J. Ahmad. 1994. Cuticular and epidermal studies of some Erythrina L. species
(Leguminosae). Feddes Repert. 105(3-4): 175-184. 10 species studied using light and scanning EM. Evidence

considered as supporting placement in separate tribe from Phaseoleae.

Dyphon, P., H. Ohashi, and VIDAL. 1994. Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Desmodieae. Flore du
Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam 27: 1-154, 30 pi.

EDWARDS. 1994. Notes on the genus Argyrolobium (Crotalarieae, Leguminosae), including a new
species from southern Africa. S. African J. Bot. 60(1): 39-43. with Afrikaans summary.

Endo, Y. and H. Ohashi. 1994. Phylogenetic relationships among eastern Asiatic species of Vicia. P.

16 in: International Symposium: Taxonomy and phytogeography of the Leguminosae in SE.-E. Asia,
26-27 October 1994, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (abstract)

Engin, A., N. Tunbel, and H. Korkmaz. 1994. The morphological and cytological properties of
Astragalus panduratus Bunge (Fabaceae). Turk. J. Bot. 18(4): 375-382.

Ertekin, A.S. 1994. A new record for the flora of Turkey. Turk. J. Bot. 18(1): 33-34. Lathyrus

inconspicuus var. stenophyllus found in southeast Anatolia. In Turkish.

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Escalante, A.M., G. Coello, L.E. Eguiarte, and D. Piflero. 1994. Genetic structure and mating systems
in wild and cultivated populations of Phaseolus coccineus and P. vulgaris (Fabaceae). Amer. J. Bot.
81(9): 1096-1103.

Evren, H., A. Sahin, and D. Cobanoglu. 1994. The morphological and cytological properties of
Lathyrus nissolia L. (Fabaceae). Turk. J. Bot. 18(4): 367-374. in Turkish.

FERGUSON and H. Banks. 1994. Tetrad pollen in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae) and
its significance. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 83: 31-42. Tetrad pollen is known from 8 species in 8 genera from widely
separated tribes in subfamily. It is considered that this feature arose more than once in Caesalpinioideae.

FERGUSON and STIRTON. 1994. Pollen morphology of the genera Panurea and Bowdichia
(Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Sophoreae). Grana 1993(suppl. 2): 44-48.

Ferndndez, A. and A. Krapovickas. 1994. Cromosomas y evoluci6n en Arachis (Leguminosae).
Bonplandia 8(1-4): 187-220. With English summary.

Forther, H. and PODLECH. 1993. A new Ononis species (Leguminosae) from northern Africa.
Sendtnera 1: 65-68. in German.

Fotso, M., J.-L. Azanza, PASQUET, and J. Raymond. 1994. Molecular heterogeneity of cowpea
( Vigna unguiculata , Fabaceae) seed storage proteins. PI. Syst. Evol. 191(1-2): 39-56.

FRANCISCO-ORTEGA, M.T. Jackson, SANTOS, M. Fernandez-Galvin, and B.V. Ford-Lloyd. 1994.
The phytogeography of the Chamaecytisus proliferus (L. fil.) Link (Fabaceae: Genisteae) complex in the
Canary Islands: A multivariate analysis. Vegetatio 110(1): 1-17.

FREITAS DA SILVA, CARREIRA, and A.L.L. Cortes. 1992. Leguminosae from the Brazilian
Amazonia: II. Cedrelinga Ducke (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Bol. Mus. Par&ense Emilio Goeldi, N. S.,
Bot. 8(1): 143-156. In Portuguese.

Fu, K.T. et al. 1993. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae, vol. 42, part 1, Leguminosae (4),

Papilionoideae. Science Press, Beijing. Including Astragalus (278 spp.), Caragana (62 spp.), and 7 other small genera. In
Chinese.

Galati, B.S. and CACCAVARI. 1993. Persistencia de la pared primaria de las celulas madres durante
el proceso de androsporogenesis de Mimosa balansae. Darwiniana 32(1-4): 125-129.

Gangopadhyay, M. and T. Chakrabarty. 1993. The genus Archidendron F. v. Muell. (Mimosaceae) in
India. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 17(3): 683-691.

Garcia, F.C.P. and MONTEIRO. 1994. Species of Leguminosae in the coastal sandy plains of
Pianguaba, municipality of Vbatuba, SP (Brazil). Pp. 107-114 in: III Simposio de Ecossistemas da Costa
Brasileira. Vol. Ill - Restingas e praias. in Portuguese.

Garcio Rio, R. and F. Navarro Andres. 1992. Phytogeographic interest of some basiphilous plants of
Tierra del Pan (Zamora) rare or absent from Portuguese flora. Bol. Soc. Brot. 65(2): 139-145. in Spanish.

Gazer, M. 1993. Revision of Astragalus L. sect. Sesamei DC. (Leguminosae). Sendtnera 1: 69-155.

Includes 22 species, distributed throughout Mediterranean region to Middle Asia.

Gil, J. and CUBERO. 1993. Multivariate analysis of the Vida saliva L. aggregate. Bot. J. Linn. Soc.
113(4): 389-400.

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GILL and G.O. Anoleifo. 1993. Seed germination of Peltophorum inerme (Roxb.) Llanos
(Leguminosae). Int. J. Trop. Agric. 10: 246-253.

GILL, H. Okoho, and HUSAINI. 1993. Morphometric studies of Nigerian leguminous seeds. J. PI.
Anat. Morphol. 6: 115-129.

Gros, J.P. 1994. History of taxa of Mimosaceae fossil woods. Geobios 27(1): 3-21. in French.

Grosso, N.R., A. Krapovickas, J.R. Pietrarelli, and C.A. Guzmln. 1994. Las proteinas seminales del
mani ( Arachis hypogaea , Leguminosae) y su relacidn con las categorias infraspecificas. Bonplandia
8(1-4): 221-233. With English summary.

Gustafsson, L. and P. Gustafsson. 1994. Low genetic variation in Swedish populations of the rare
species Vicia pisiformis (Fabaceae) revealed with RFLP (rDNA) and RAPD. PI. Syst. Evol. 189(3-4):
133-148.

HARRIS, HUGHES, R.J. Abbott, and R. Ingram. 1994. Genetic diversity in Leucaena leucocephala
(Lam.) de Wit (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Silvae Genet. 43: 159-167.

HARRIS, HUGHES, R. Ingram, and R.J. Abbott. 1994. A phylogenetic analysis of Leucaena
(Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). PI. Syst. Evol. 191(1-2): 1-26.

Heering, J.H. 1994. The reproductive biology of three perennial Sesbania species (Leguminosae).
Euphytica 74(1-2): 143-148. Sesbania sesban, JL goetsei. and Sk kenienais studied.

HEGNAUER and M. Hegnauer. 1994. Chemotaxonomie der pflanzen. XIa. Leguminosae, teil 1.
Birkh&user Verlag (ISBN 3-7643-2979-3). Volume 11 of this work consists of two parts: 11a treats the general aspects
(systematics, ethnobotany, chemotaxonomy, classes of chemical compounds occuring in the family); lib, currently in preparation, will
deal with the chemical aspects of the individual taxa of Leguminosae, following the classification of Polhill and Raven (1981). In
German.

Hellin, J.J. and HUGHES. 1993. Leucaena salvadorensis: utilization and conservation in Central
America. Serie Miscellnea 39-21/93. CONSEFORM, Honduras.

HERENDEEN. 1994. Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Swartzieae (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae).
Amer. J. Bot. 81(6S): 160. (abstract)

HERNANDEZ and A. Campos- V.. 1994. A new species of Zapoteca (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae)
from Mexico. Novon 4(1): 32-34.

Herrick, J.F., MURRAY, and K.R.W. Hammett. 1993. Barriers preventing hybridization of Lathy rus
odoratus with L. chloranthus and L. chrysanthus. New Zealand J. Crop Hort. Sci. 21: 115-121.

Hillesheim-Kimmel, U. 1993. Plant finds in the vicinity of Seeheim (Southern Hesse) I. Hess. Florist.
Briefe 42(2): 28-32. Includes Lathyrus hirautus. In German.

HOC, AGULLO, and PALACIOS. 1994. Stylar trimorphism in four functionally andromonoecious
Prosopis species (Mimosaceae). PI. Syst. Evol. 190(3-4): 143-156.

Hopkins, H.C.F. 1994. The Indo-Pacific species of Parkia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Kew Bull.
49(2): 181-234.

Hosni, H.A. and Z.A.R. El-Karemy. 1993. Systematic revision of Leguminosae in Egypt: 1. Tephrosia
Pers. Sendtnera 1: 245-257.

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Howell, J., W.H. Eshbaugh, S. Guttman, and RABAKONANDRIANINA. 1994. Common names given
to bambara groundnut ( Vigna subterranea : Fabaceae) in central Madagascar. Econ. Bot. 48(2): 217-221.

Hsieh, C.-F. and W.-T. Chao. 1994. Ecology of legumes in Taiwan. P. 13 in: International
Symposium: Taxonomy and phytogeography of the Leguminosae in SE.-E. Asia, 26-27 October 1994,
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (abstract)

Huang, T.-C. 1994. Legume history in Taiwan by pollen analysis. Pp. 8-12 in: International
Symposium: Taxonomy and phytogeography of the Leguminosae in SE.-E. Asia, 26-27 October 1994,
Tohoku LTniversity, Sendai, Japan, (abstract)

HUANG. 1994. Stizolobium (Phaseoleae-Leguminosae), a review of the genus. P. 17 in: International
Symposium: Taxonomy and phytogeography of the Leguminosae in SE.-E. Asia, 26-27 October 1994,
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (abstract)

ICARDA. 1994. Dryland Pasture & Forage Legume Network News: An informal vehicle for
communication. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (P.O. Box 5466,
Aleppo, Syria) 9: 1-24. See Bean Bag 36: 6. 1992.

Jusaitis, M. 1994. Floral development and breeding system of Swainsona formosa (Leguminosae).
Hortscience 29(2): 117-119.

Kajita, T. 1994. Molecular systematics of Desmodium. P. 20 in: International Symposium: Taxonomy
and phytogeography of the Leguminosae in SE.-E. Asia, 26-27 October 1994, Tohoku University,
Sendai, Japan, (abstract)

Kantz, K.E. and TUCKER. 1994. Floral developmental diversity among the Caesalpinieae
(Leguminosae). Amer. J. Bot. 81(6S): 26. (abstract)

KAPULER. 1994. Deep diversity seed catalogue. P.O. Box 190, Gila, NM 88038 USA. A

phylogenetically arranged seed catalog attempting to provide an assortment of seeds spanning the plant kingdom. Includes 7 pages of
legume offerings.

Keys, R.N. and S.N. Smith. 1994. Mating system parameters and population genetic structure in
pioneer populations of Prosopis velutina (Leguminosae). Amer. J. Bot. 81(8): 1013-1020.

Kolberg, J., A. Barre, and P. Rouge. 1994. Use of a monoclonal antibody as a conformational and
phylogenetical probe for Leguminosae lectins. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 22(3): 317-322. Lectins from tribe

Vicieae mostly reactive to the monoclonal antibody used, but those of other legume tribes were not.

KRAMINA. 1993. Within- and interpopulation variability of Lotus corniculatus L. species complex in
the European Russia and adjacent countries. Pp. 356-357 in: Proceedings of VI meeting on the project
"Species and its productivity in the distribution area." UNESCO programme "Man and Biosphere" (St.
Petersburg, 23-26 November 1993). Gidrometeoizdat. St. Petersburg.

Krapovickas, A. and W.C. Gregory. 1994. Taxonomia del genero Arachis (Leguminosae). Bonplandia

8(1 -4): 1-1 86. This is the long- anticipated and much needed monograph of the genus containing the peanut. 69 species (48
new), 4 subspecies (2 new), and 8 varieties (2 new) are treated in a new subgeneric classification. Keys to the sections and species
within sections, complete descriptions, synonymy, typification, and specimen citations are presented. Indices to both scientific names
and exsiccatae are provided. The arrival of this treatment will finally relieve the nomenclatural chaos that has surrounded this genus,
though according to VALLS (pers. commun.) there are several additional recently discovered species yet to be described. With
English summary.

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LARSEN, S. 1994. A new species of Bauhinia (Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae) from Brunei. Nordic J.
Bot. 14: 289-292.

Leach, G.J. 1994. Notes and new species of Acacia (Mimosaceae) from Northern Australia. Nuytsia
9(3): 35 1 -362. Includes key and descriptions to taxa in plectocarpa group.

LERSTEN and J.D. Curtis. 1994. Leaf anatomy in Caesalpinia and Hof fmannseggia (Leguminosae,
subfamily Caesalpinioideae) with emphasis on internal and external secretory structures. Amer. J. Bot.
81(6S): 27-28. (abstract)

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Ohmiya, T. and H. Ohashi. 1993. Embryology of Wisteria floribunda (Willd.) DC. (Leguminosae) and
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Sales, F. and I.C. Hedge. 1993. Melilotus Miller (Leguminosae): Typification and nomenclature.

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