The Bean Bag A newsletter to promote communication among research scientists concerned with the systematics of the Leguminosae/Fabaceae Number 52 February 2005 FROM THE EDITOR Barbara Mackinder The Bean Bag is designed to promote communication among research scientists concerned with legume systematics. To achieve this goal The Bean Bag is issued each year and features six columns: From the Editor, News (meetings, major events, announcements, etc.), Latin American Legume Report (nothing to report this year), Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation, 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 Bean Bag Readers and is derived from Readers contributions in conjunction with references from The Kew Record (RBG Kew’s current awareness list of taxonomic literature). Recent is defined as up to 18 months old. Specific interest to Bean Bag Readers is defined as research papers of interest to a worldwide group of legume systematic botanists. Bean Bag Readers are encouraged to send notices, observations, etc. The Bean Bag can be delivered to readers via e-mail. If you wish to have your copies e-mailed to you, please send an email message to the editor (email: B.Mackinder@rbgkew.org.uk). Will new readers please provide their title, first and last names, full postal address and area(s) of interest? Electronic copies of the current and past issues of The Bean Bag can be viewed on the World Wide Web server of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK at http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/herbarium/legumes/beanbag.html Bean Bag address: Mrs B. Mackinder, Bean Bag Editor, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, United Kingdom. email: b.mackinder@rbgkew.org.uk 2 The Bean Bag Number 52 NEWS The Rupert Barneby Award James L. Luteyn The New York Botanical Garden is pleased to announce that Vidal de Freitas Mansano, of the Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, and Benjamin M. Torke, currently a graduate student in the Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, are the joint recipients of the Rupert Barneby Award for the year 2005. They will be studying the systematics and diversification of Swartzia (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Swartzieae), a prominent neotropical tree genus of approximately 140-180 species, with species diversity concentrated in lowland rainforests of the Guianas and Amazonia. The New York Botanical Garden now invites applications for the Rupert Barneby Award for the year 2006. The award of US$ 1,000.00 is to assist researchers to visit The New York Botanical Garden to study the rich collection of Leguminosae. Anyone interested in applying for the award should submit their curriculum vitae, a detailed letter describing the project for which the award is sought, and the names of 2-3 referees. Travel to the NYBG should be planned for sometime in the year 2006. The application should be addressed to Dr. James L. Luteyn, Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458-5126 USA, and received no later than December 1, 2005. Announcement of the recipient will be made by December 15th. Anyone interested in making a contribution to THE RUPERT BARNEBY FUND IN LEGUME SYSTEMATICS, which supports this award, may send his or her cheque, payable to The New York Botanical Garden, to Dr. Luteyn. The future of Acacia Barbara Mackinder A mere four legume genera contain more than a quarter of the ca 19300 known species of Leguminosae. One of these generic giants is Acacia with ca 1450 spp. (second only to Astragalus comprising ca 2400 spp.). Doubt long cast by morphological studies that Acacia as it is traditionally circumscribed {Acacia sens, lat.) is not a natural assemblage of species has been confirmed by numerous recently published analyses utilising molecular data. Some members of Acacia sens. lat. form a well supported group embedded within tribe Ingeae and another set of Acacia species are more closely related to tribe Mimoseae. It is probable that at least five generic segregates will be required to accommodate the species groupings identified within Acacia sens. lat. Clearly, only one of these generic segregates can retain the name Acacia. Species assigned to the other segregate genera will incur name changes, no longer being Acacia species. Under current International Code of Botanical Nomenclature rules, the name Acacia will go with species of the generic segregate Acacia subgenus Acacia. This newly more strictly circumscribed Acacia comprises ca 180 spp. and is widely distributed across all three main tropical regions, Central and South America, Africa and southern Asia, extending to north and north-eastern Australia. Other African species of Acacia sens. lat. which do not belong to subgenus Acacia will be assigned to another generic segregate and will incur a name change. However, Orchard & Maslin (2003) have put forward a proposal (1584) to the Spermatophyte Committee that the name Acacia should be applied (by means of selecting a new type) to the much larger (ca 970 spp.) generic segregate Acacia subgenus Phyllodineae which contains the phyllodinous Acacias. Acacia subgenus Phyllodineae is largely confined to Australia with a handful of species in SE Asia and two in Madagascar. The committee responsible for considering the proposal has voted in its favour but the final decision over the future of the name Acacia will be taken when participants vote on proposal 1584 at the International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Vienna in July 2005. This summer the botanical community must in essence decide the following: In future should Acacia either be a name used for a moderate sized pantropical genus or for a much larger Australian one? Described here is a simplified synopsis of a more complicated debate. Detailed arguments in favour of retypification can be found in Orchard & Maslin (2003)' and Brummitt (2004)2. The case refuting the need for retypification is given in Walker and Simpson (2003)3. Luckow (with various collaborators) have submitted to Taxon, a counter argument to proposal (1584) which should be published prior to the Vienna Congress. 1 . Orchard A.E and B.R. Maslin. 2003. (1584) Proposal to conserve the name Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) with a conserved type. Taxon 52(2): 362-363. 2. Brummitt, R.K. 2004. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 55. Proposal 1584 on Acacia. Taxon 53(3): 826-829. 3. Walker, J. and J. Simpson. 2003. An alternative view to ICBN Proposal 1 584 to conserve the name Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) with a conserved type. Australian Systematic Society Newsletter 117: 17-21. 4. Luckow et al. Acacia', the case against moving the type to Australia. Submitted to Taxon. February 2005 3 Legumes of the World Gwilym Lewis A new book, Legumes of the World edited by Gwilym Lewis, Brian Schrire, Barbara Mackinder and Mike Lock is to be published in July 2005 and is the first authoritative, illustrated guide to the world’s legume genera. All 727 genera are illustrated, some for the first time with over 1100 photographs, paintings and line drawings. The introductory chapters cover nomenclature, classification including a supertree of the family, advances in systematics since Polhill (1994), economic importance of the family, complete synopsis of the genera and an overview of legume biogeography. The 36 tribal accounts have been prepared by 20 legume experts and are arranged in the most up to date classification system. For each genus, number of species, geographical distribution, etymology, habit, ecology, economic uses and selected references are given. Legumes of the World will be published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and will be available from www. kewbooks.com ISBN 1 900347 80 6. 604pp. Recommended retail price is £45.00 (specification and price may be subject to change). Los Generos de Leguminosas del Norte de Mexico (The Genera of Legumes of Northern Mexico) by A. Eduardo Estrada C. and Alfonso Marinez M. Barney Lipscomb This abundantly illustrated monograph is the most comprehensive generic treatment of legumes for any geographical area of Mexico. The book covers the genera of legumes known to be present in northern Mexico from Tamaulipas to Baja-Califomia Sur. The introductory material covers topography, climate and vegetation types of northern Mexico. Included are 121 genera treated in three families: Fabaceae, Mimosaceae, and Caesalpiniaceae. The Fabaceae is the most abundant family with 87 genera followed by Mimosaceae (19) and Caesalpiniaceae (15). Keys to the families, tribes (only in Fabaceae), and genera are included. Detailed line drawings of distinguishing characteristics are included for most of the genera to facilitate identification. Each genus is provided with a description, followed by distributional information, species number, chromosome number, and economic, ecological and potential food importance. Sida, Bot. Misc. No. 25, 2004. ISSN 0833-1475. ISBN 1-889878-13-8.134 pp. $25 + p&p. Available from: Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 509 Pecan Street, Forth Worth, TX 76012-4060, USA. E-mail: sida@brit.org Fax: 1-817-332- 4112 www.brit.org/sida/sidaBotMis.htm Albertoa, a new series dedicated to the Fabales Angela Vaz Albertoa, a periodical from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and edited by Pedro Carauta, announces a new series dedicated to the Fabales. This new series, is intended to be semestral and will publish papers and brief notes referring to order Fabales. Fascicle number one is now being distributed. Address for correspondance: Albertoa: Pedro Carauta, Caixa Postal 34031, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22460-970, Brasil. The Drift-Seed of Mora oleifera (Triana) Ducke H.D.L. (Tom) Corby In response to an appeal in The Bean Bag for seed of Mora oleifera, a single fresh seed, said to be of average size, arrived by air from Costa Rica. The seed had a flaking chartaceous seedcoat. The hard-fleshed, pale orange cotyledons were firmly adherent at the edges, concave internally, with the inner surface warty and prominently veined. The axis was well-developed. With a relative bulk- density of <1, it clearly had the buoyancy befitting a drift-seed. Allen & Allen (1981)' describe the seed as the largest dicotyledonous, and leguminous, seed known, used locally to make a dark red dye. Gunn et al. (1976)2 describe the seed as 1-2 seeded, seldom more than 25 cm. long. 4 The Bean Bag Number 52 I am grateful to Dr Barry Hammel for the seed, to Dr David Smith for determining the nature of the cotyledons, and to Professor Janet Sprent for the nitrogen-determinations. 1. Allen, O.N. and Allen, E.K. 1981 . The Leguminosae: A Source Book of Characteristics, Uses, and Nodulation. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 2. Gunn, R.R., Dennis, J.V., and Paradine, P.J. 1976. World Guide to Tropical Drift Seeds And Fruits. New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co. HJ)L CORBY t'D CM Mora oleifera (Triana) Ducke = M, megistosperma (Pittier) Britton & Rose Source Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica. River estuary. Collector B. Hammel No. 18373 of 07/10/91. Features Reniform/lensoid, exendospermic, with endopolyoloid Form 4 cotyledons. Slightly misshapen. Size 17 x 14 x 7.5 cm. Whole seed: 709 cm3. Cavity: 199 cm3. Weight Fresh: 645 g. Dry: 334g. Nitrogen- content (dry-matter basis) Seedcoat, 1.62%, cotyledons, 0.53%, axis, 0.93%. Buoyancy Bulk density: 0.91 g/cm3. February 2005 5 NODULATION AND NITROGEN FIXATION (Legume Nodulation reports not in Allen and Allen (1981)) Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr. Taxon Status1 Source2 Anthyllis henoniana Batt. + 5 Astragalus gombo Bunge subsp. gomboeformis (Pomel) Eug. Ott + 5 Calliandra haematomma (DC.) Benth. var. locoensis (R.G. Garcia & Kolterman) Bameby + 6 Caragana ambigua Stocks + 3 Ebenus stellata Boiss. - 3 Erythrina lanata Rose + 1 Hedysarum glomeratum F. Dietr. + 2 Hippocrepis bicontorta Loisel. + 4 Lathyrus numidicus Batt. + 4 Lonchocarpus atropurpureus Benth. + 3 Lonchocarpus eriocarinalis Micheli + 1 Lotus roudairei Bonnet + 5 Onobry>chis dealbata Stocks + 3 Ononis natrix L. subsp .filifolia (Murb.) Sirj. + 5 Piptadenia /lava (Spreng. ex DC.) Benth. + 6 Vida monantha Retz. subsp. monantha + 3 1 Status: +, root nodules reported as present; root nodules reported as absent. 2 Source: 1. Altamirano-Hemandez, J., R. Farias-Rodriguez, V.J. Jaramillo, and J.J. Pena-Cabriales. 2004. Seasonal variation in trehalose contents of roots and nodules of leguminous trees in a tropical deciduous forest in Mexico. Soil Biolog)' and Biochemistry 36: 869-871. 2. Benhizia, Y., H. Benhizia, A. Benguedouar, R. Muresu, A. Giacomini, and A. Squartini. 2004. Gamma protobacteria can nodulate legumes of the genus Hedysarum. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 27: 462 — 468. 3. Mahmood, A., and R. Qadri. 2004. A qualitative study of the nodulating ability of legumes of Pakistan - list 6. Pakistan Journal of Botany 36(1): 167-171. 4. Parker, M.A. 2004. rDNA and dnaK relationships of Bradyrhizobium sp. nodule bacteria from four papilionoid legume trees in Costa Rica. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 27: 334-342. 5. Zakhia, F., H. Jeder, O. Domergue, A. Willems, J.-C. Cleyet-Marel, M. Gillis, B. Dreyfus, and P. de Lajudie. 2004. Characterisation of wild legume nodulating bacteria (LNB) in the infra-arid zone of Tunisia. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 27: 380-395. 6. Zurdo-Pifiero, J.L., E. Velazquez, M.J. Lorite, G. Brelles-Marino, E.C. Schroder, E.J. Bedmar, P.F. Mateos, and E. Martinez-Molina. 2004. Identification of fast-growing rhizobia nodulating tropical legumes from Puerto Rico as Rhizobia gallicum and Rhizobia tropici. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 27: 469^477. 6 The Bean Bag Number 52 GLEANINGS ANULOV is creating a bank of legume galactomannans. She needs any leguminous seeds for research and offers reprints and seeds. BANKS has successfully defended her PhD study on the pollen of caesalpinioid legumes, and completed a further study of the pollen of related families Surianaceae and Quillajaceae (in press Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology). A paper examining pollen development in Duparquetia has also been submitted (Annals of Botany). Work being undertaken to examine the pollen of Polygalaceae (putative sister group of Leguminosae) is at an advanced stage and being prepared for publication. BRETELER is studying Anthonotha sens. lat. A paper transferring two species (A. gabunensis and A. conchyliophorum ) to the monotypic genus Englerodendron will be submitted to Adansonia shortly. BRETELER and Issembe are undertaking a preliminary revision of Tessmannia. They plan a full revision in the future and will describe several new species. BRETELER and N. Nguema are revising the African species of Crudia (11 species of which 3 are described as new). It is expected that the revision will be completed this year. BRETELER andD. Obiang have almost completed a revision of Eurypetalum reducing the three species recognized currently to two. The revision will be submitted to Adansonia. CANE (USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Lab, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5310 USA) is studying the breeding biologies and pollination requirements of several legumes from the Great Basin desert and adjacent Snake River Plains of the western US. The species are: Astragalus filipes , Dalea ornata, D. searlsiae (and D. purpurea as a surrogate), Hedysarum boreale, and Lupinus argenteus. Large, affordable quantities of seed of these species are desired by federal land management agencies for rehabilitating degraded rangelands. If the program is successful, then seed of these species will be grown and sold by private growers of native grass and wildflower seed. IOCCHI invites you to look at his website www.trifolium.it which gives information about the tribe Trifolieae from Central Italy. A database including systematic, genetic, biogeographic and ecological data is available to download, KIRKBRJDE, L. Gilbert, and WIERSEMA submitted their database of legume nodulation reports to USDA Agricultural Research Service for publication, and it was accepted. The scientific names of all taxa have now been incorporated into the USDA, ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), but work has not yet begun on including the references. Hopefully the database will be available in 2005. There are now nodulation records for 4,671 legume species and infraspecific taxa in the database. E-mail: ioe@nt.ars-grin.gov KIRKBRIDE and WIERSEMA have submitted a proposal to conserve Centrosema pubescens Benth. with a conserved type (Antigua, Gracehill, 1858, Wullschlagel 129 [BR]). In 1996, Fantz demonstrated that the correct name for the widely distributed and frequently cultivated forage legume in the humid tropics is C. molle Mart, ex Benth., not C. pubescens. If their proposal is accepted, C. pubescens will continue to be used for the forage legume, and C. molle will become a synonym of C. pubescens. E-mail: joe@nt.ars-grin.gov Pasquet is collaborating with VAN DER MAESEN in the preparation of an account of Vigna in Benin. VAN DER MAESEN continues his work on Flemingia and other Cajaninae and is close to completing an account of Leguminosae for the Flora of Benin. VANDERBORGHT, Dr Thierry is maintaining a Phaseoleae-Phaseolinae collection, chiefly centred on wild Phaseolus and Vigna species. List of taxa is available as a PDF file located at the following address: http:/www. br.fgov.be/RESEARCH/COLLECTIONS/LIVING/PHASEOLUS/ WIERINGA wishes to inform readers of the collection of silica-dried leaf or flowering vouchered specimens of Leguminosae (and other families) held at the Wageningen Branch of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands. A list of specimens with associated silica-dried material and the conditions under which they may be supplied to interested researchers can be found under the heading “DNA samples” at: http://www.dpw. wur.nl/biosvs/herbarium-vadense uk.html February 2005 7 RECENT LEGUME LITERATURE Ed. Note: Every effort has been made to ensure authors’ names are correctly cited but please notify the editor if your name is misspelled. Authors names in all capital letters are Bean Bag Readers. ArNOUCHE, A., R.J. Bayer and M.T. Misset. 2004. Molecular phylogeny, diversification and character evolution in Lupinus (Fabaceae) with special attention to Mediterranean and African lupines. PI. Syst. Evol. 246(3-4): 21 1-222. Molecular systematics. Akan, H. and Z. Aytac. 2004. Astragalus ovabaghensis (Fabaceae), a new species from Turkey. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 41(3): 209- 212. leones. Maps, Anatomy and morphology. Keys. Ali, S.I. 2004. (1615) Proposal to reject the name Mimosa cinerea (Leguminosae). Taxon 53(1): 206-207. Allan, G.J., J. Francisco Ortega, A. Santos Guerra, E. Boemer and E.A. Zimmer. 2004. Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the geographic origin and classification of Canary Island Lotus (Fabaceae: Loteae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 32(1): 123-138. Maps, Molecular systematics. Bailey, C.D., C.E. HUGHES and S.A. HARRIS. 2004. Using RAPDs to identify DNA sequence loci for species level phylogeny reconstruction: an example from Leucaena (Fabaceae). Syst. Bot. 29(1): 4-14. Molecular systematics. Bemardello, G., R. AGUILAR and G.J. Anderson. 2004. The reproductive biology of Sophora femandeziana (Leguminosae), a vulnerable endemic species from Isla Robinson Crusoe. Amer. J. Bot. 91(2): 198-206. Reproductive biology. BEYRA MATOS, A., G. Reyes Artiles, L. Hernandez Valdez and P. Herrera Oliver. 2004. Revision taxonomica del genero Canavalia DC. (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) en Cuba. (Taxonomic review of the Cuban Canavalia DC (Leguminosae- Papilionoideae) genus.) Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat. 28(107): 157-175. leones, Maps, Anatomy and morphology. Keys. BEYRA MATOS, A., G. Reyes Antilles and L. Hernandez Valdes. 2004. Sinopsis preliminar de los generos Herpyza C. Wright y Dioclea K. Kunth (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) en Cuba. (Preliminary synopsis of the genera Herpyza C. Wright and Dioclea K. Kunth (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) of Cuba.) Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat. 28(108): 313- 322. leones, Maps, Anatomy and morphology, Keys. BEYRA MATOS, A. and G. Reyes Artiles. 2004. Revision taxonomica de los generos Phaseolus y Vigna (Leguminosae- Papilionoideae) en Cuba. Ann. jard. Bot. Madrid 61(2): 135-154. leones, Maps, Chromosome numbers, Anatomy and morphology, Keys. BORTOLUZZI, R.L. de C., R.M. de Carvalho Okano, F.C.P. GARCIA and A.M.G. de TOZZI. 2004. Leguminosae, Papilionoideae no Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brasil: 2. Arvores e arbustos escandentes. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae at Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil: 2. Trees and climbing shrubs.) Acta Bot. Brasil. 18(1): 49-71 . leones, Keys. Brummitt, R.K. 2004. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 55. Proposal 1584 on Acacia. Taxon 53(3): 826-829. Burghardt, A. D., ESPERT, S. M. & R. H. Braun Wilke. 2004. Variabilidad genetica en Prosopis ferox Griseb. (Mimosaceae). Darwiniana, 42 (1-4). Burghardt, A. D., ESPERT, S. M. & R. A. Palacios. 2004. La electroforesis de proteinas seminales como evidencia del origen hibrido de Prosopis abbreviata (Mimosaceae). Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica, 39 (1-2): 83-87. Christiansen, S.G. and N. Faurholdt. 2004. Krat-Vikke: en lyselskende skovplante. URT 28(2): 38-44. leones, Maps. Cortes Bums, H., B.D. SCHRIRE, R.T. PENNINGTON and A.G. Miller. 2004. A taxonomic revision of Socotran Indigofereae (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae) with insights into the phytogeographical links of the Socotran Archipelago. Nordic J. Bot. 22(6): 693-71 1 . Maps, Anatomy and morphology. Cuello A, N.L. 2004. A new vining species of Sw’artzia (Fabaceae, Swartzieae) from the Venezuelan Amazon. Novon 14(4): 420-423. leones, Anatomy and morphology. DELGADO SALINAS, A. and L. Torres Colin. 2004. New combinations in South American Phaseolinae: Dolichopsis and Macroptilium (Fabaceae: Phaseoleae). Novon 14(4): 424-427. 2 comb. nov. 8 The Bean Bag Number 52 DELGADO SALINAS, A. and M. LAVIN. 2004. (1639-1640) Proposals to change the conserved type of Phaseolus helvolus, nom. cons, and to conserve the name Glycine umbellata with a conserved type (Fabaceae). Taxon 53(3): 839-841. Anatomy and morphology. DOYLE, J.J., J.L. Doyle, J.T. Rauscher and A.H.D. Brown. 2004. Diploid and polyploid reticulate evolution throughout the history of the perennial soybeans ( Glycine subgenus Glycine ). New Phytol. 161(1): 121-132. Chromosome numbers. Dickore, B. and K. Lewejohann. 2004. Ein Massenbestand der Gras-Platterbse ( Lathyrus nissolia L.) bei Gottingen (MTB 4426/3). Flor. Rundbr. 37(1-2): 23-30. Dutech, C., H.P. Joly, and P. Jame. 2004. Gene flow, historical population dynamics and genetic diversity within French Guianan populations of a rainforest tree species, Vouacapoua americana. Heredity 92(2): 69-77 . Maps. Ekici, M. and T. Ekim. 2004. Revision of the section Hololeuce Bunge of the genus Asfragalus L. (Leguminosae) in Turkey. Turk. J. Bot. 28(3): 307-347. leones, Maps, Keys. Espert, S.M. and A.D. BURGHARDT. 2004. Electrophoretic analysis of seed proteins in Argentinian species of Phaseolinae (Fabaceae). Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 38(3-4): 311-317. Molecular systematics. ESTRADA, E., Carmen Yen M., Alfonso DELGADO S. and Jose A. Villarreal Q. 2004. Leguminosas del centra del estado de Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Serie Botanica 75(1): 73-85. ESTRADA C, A.E., J.A. Villarreal Q and E.M. Gonzalez. 2004. A new species of Dalea sect. Parosela (Fabaceae: Amorpheae) from Mexico. Brittonia 56(1): 67-71. leones. Anatomy and morphology. Dalea rupertii sp. nov. ESTRADA, A.E. and M.A. Martinez. 2004. Los generos de leguminosas del norte de Mexico. (The genera of legumes of northern Mexico.) Sida, Bot. Misc. no. 25: X, 134p. leones, Chromosome numbers, Anatomy and morphology, Keys. FLORES Cruz, M., H.D. Santana Lira, S.D. Koch and R. GRETHER. 2004. Taxonomic significance of leaflet anatomy in Mimosa series Ouadrivalves (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. 29(4): 892-902. Gale, S.W. and T.D. Pennington. 2004. Lysiloma (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Mesoamerica. Kew Bull. 59(3): 453-467. leones. Maps, Anatomy and morphology, Keys. Ghahremani Nejad, F. 2004. The sections of Astragalus L. with bifurcating hairs in Iran. Turk. J. Bot. 28(1-2): 101-117. leones, Maps, Anatomy and morphology, Keys. Special Issue: Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on plant life of South-west Asia. Ghahremaninejad, F. 2004. Astragalus baharensis (Fabaceae), a new species from NE Iran. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 41(2): 143-145. leones, Maps, Anatomy and morphology. Ghahremaninejad, F. and J.F. Gaskin. 2004. A new species of Astragalus (Fabaceae, tribe Galegeae) from Iran. Novon 14(4): 431-433. leones, Anatomy and morphology. Gomez Gonzalez, S., L.A. Cavieres, E.A. Teneb and J. ARROYO. 2004. Biogeographical analysis of species of the tribe Cytiseae (Fabaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. J. Biogeogr. 31(10): 1659-1671. Govaerts, R. 2004. (205-207) Three proposals to remove alternative family names. Taxon 53(2): 603-604. Hervencio, P. and L.P. de QUEIROZ. 2004. A new species of Chamaecrista sect. Absus (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Kew Bull. 59(1): 149-157. leones, Anatomy and morphology. Hiremath, S.C. and M.H. Nagasampige. 2004. Genetic relationships among some species of Dalbergia using PCR based DNA markers. Cytologia 69(2): 125-130. Molecular systematics. HUGHES, C.E., G.P. LEWIS, A.D. Yomona and C. Reynel. 2004. Maraniona. A new Dalbergioid legume genus (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) from Peru. Syst. Bot. 29(2): 366-374. leones, Anatomy and morphology. Hurter, P.J.H. and A.E. van Wyk. 2004. A new species of Acacia (Mimosoideae) from Mpumalanga, South Africa. Bothalia 34(1): 42-44. leones, Maps, Anatomy and morphology. February 2005 9 Joly, S. and A. BRUNEAU. 2004. Evolution of triploidy in Apios americana (Leguminosae) revealed by genealogical analysis of the histone H3-D gene. Evolution 58(2): 284-295. Maps. KOK, R.P.J. DE and J.G. West. 2004. A revision of the genus Pultenaea (Fabaceae) 3. The eastern species with recurved leaves. Austral. Syst. Bot. 17(3): 273-326. leones, Maps, Chromosome numbers. Anatomy and morphology, Keys. 4 spp. nov. Kang, Y. and M.L. Zhang. 2004. Study of pollen brush in selected species of Astragalus L. subgenus Pogonophace Bunge Leguminosae). PI. Syst. Evol. 249(1-2): 1-8. Anatomy and morphology. Kang, Y. and M.L. Zhang. 2004. The identity of Astragalus yatungensis Ni & P.C.Li and of A. monanthus K.T.Fu (Galegeae, Leguminosae). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 42(3): 271-274. Keskin, M. 2004. Fabaceae familyasindan yeni kare kayitlari. (New floristic records from Fabaceae.) Ot. Sist. Bot. Dergisi 10(2): 181-187. Kolyasnikova, N.L. 2004. (The reproductive biology of some perennial species of Astragalus (Fabaceae).) Bot. Zhum 89(5): 774-781. Reproductive biology. LEWIS, G.P. and B.D. SCHRIRE. 2004. Micklethwaitia, a new name for Brenaniodendron J. Leonard (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Detarieae). Kew Bull. 59(1): 166. LOCK, J.M. and C.S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a check-list. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 295pp. Lee, W.K., T. Tokuoka and K. Heo. 2004. Molecular evidence for the inclusion of the Korean endemic genus "Echinosophora" in Sophora (Fabaceae), and embryological features of the genus. J. PI. Res. 1 17(3): 209-219. 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