The Bean Bag

Number 44
November 1996


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Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation


Legume Nodulation Reports not in Allen and Allen (1981)


              Taxon                    Status 1  Nodule 2  Source 3
                                                  Shape

Acacia multipinnata Ducke                 +                  2
Acacia polyphylla DC.                     -                  2
Acosmium nitens (Vogel) Yakovlev          +                  2
Andira parviflora Ducke                   +                  2
Apuleia leiocarpa (Vogel) Macbr.          -                  2
Batesia floribunda Spruce ex Benth.       -                  2
Bauhinia angularis Harms ex Glaziou
  (= Bauhinia angulicaulis Harms)         -                  2
Centrolobium paraense Tul.                +                  2
Cynometra spruceana Benth.
  var. phaseolocarpa (Hayne) Dwyer        -                  2
Dioclea bicolor Benth.                    +                  2
Dioclea glabra Mart. ex Benth.            +                  2
Dioclea virgata (L. Rich.) Amshoff        +                  2
Elizabetha coccinea Benth.                +                  2
Eperua duckeana Cowan                     -                  2
Eperua glabriflora (Ducke) Cowan          -                  2
Hymenolobium petraeum Ducke               +                  2
Inga alba (Sw.) Willd.                    -                  2
Inga myriantha Poeppig
  (= Inga umbellifera (Vahl) DC.)         -                  2
Machaerium floribundum Benth.             +                  2
Neonotonia wightii (Wight & Arn) Lackey   +                  1
Ormosia coarctata Jackson                 +                  2
Ormosia costulata (Miq.) Kleinhootne      +                  2
Ormosia flava (Ducke) Rudd                +                  2
Ormosia paraensis Ducke                   +                  2
Peltogyne gracilipes Ducke                -                  2
Peltogyne paniculata Benth.
  subsp. pubescens (Benth.)
  M.F. da Silva                           -                  2
Peltogyne venosa (Vahl) Benth.
  subsp. densiflora (Spruce ex
  Benth.) M.F. da Silva                   -                  2
Platymiscium paraense Huber
  (= Platymiscium ulei Harms)             +                  2
Sclerolobium chrysophyllum Poepp. & Endl. +                  2
Sclerolobium paraense Huber               +                  2
Swartzia laurifolia Benth.                +                  2
Swartzia laxiflora Bong. ex Benth.        +                  2
Tachigalia paniculata Aubl.               +                  2
Zollernia paraensis Huber                 +                  2
Zornia latifolia Smith                    +                  2

  1. Status: +, root nodules reported as present; -, root nodules reported as absent.
  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.
  3. Source:
    1. Crespo, G., T.E. Ruiz, and G. Febles. 1995. Agronomy of tropical perennial legumes. Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science 29(2): 119-131.
    2. Souza, A.G. de, M.F. da Silva, and F.W. Moreira. 1994. Capacidade de nodulação de cem leguminosas da Amazônia. Acta Amazonica 24(1/2): 9-18.

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