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The Bean Bag

Number 45November 1997

Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation


(Legume Nodulation Reports not in Allen and Allen 1981)


Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr.


Taxon Status Source
Acacia angustissima (Miller) Kuntze + 3
Acacia ataxacantha DC. - 4
Acacia auriculiformis Benth. + 5
Acacia macrostachya DC. - 4
Acacia mangium Willd. + 3
Acacia podalyriaefolia Cunn. + 3
Acacia saligna (Labill.) Wendl. + 3
Albizia guachapele (H.B.K.) Dugand + 3
Albizia pedicellare + 3
Astragalus argophyllus Torrey & Gray + 2
Astragalus beckwithii Torrey & Gray + 2
Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth + 3
Chamaecrista ensiformis (Vell. Conc.) Irwin & Barneby + 3
Colutea nepalensis Sims + 1
Dalbergia inundata Benth. - 1
Dalbergia nigra (Vell. Conc.) Benth. + 3
Dichrostachys cinerea Wright & Arn. subsp. africana Brenan & Brummit + 5
Dimorphandra jorgei M.F. Silva + 3
Hedysarum occidentale Greene + 2
Lathyrus brachycalyx Rydberg + 2
Leucaena diversifolia (Schldl.) Benth. + 1
Lonchocarpus costatus Benth. + 3
Lupinus argenteus Pursh + +
Lupinus leucophyllus Lindley + 2
Macrolobium multijugum (DC.) Benth. - 6
Medicago globosa C. Presl + 1
Medicago rotata Boiss. + 1
Medicago tribuloides Desr. (= Medicago trunculata Gaertner) + 1
Melanoxylon brauna Schott + 3
Mimosa acutistipula Benth. + 3
Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth. + 3
Mimosa flocculosa Burkart + 3
Mimosa scabrella Benth. + 3
Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poiret + 3
Mucuna nigricans (Lour.) Steudel + 1
Paraserianthes falacataria (L.) Nielsen (= Albizia falcata ) + 3
Parapiptadenia pterosperma (Benth.) Brenan + 3
Piptadenia gonoacantha (Mart.) MacBr. + 3
Poecilanthe parviflora Benth. + 3
Sclerolobium hypoleucum Benth. - 6
Sclerolobium paniculatum Vogel + 3
Sesbania formosa (F. Muell.) N. Burb. + 1
Sesbania virgata (Cav.) Pers. + 3

Status:

+ root nodules reported as present.
- root nodules reported as absent.

Source:

  1. Athar, M. 1996. New nodulating legume species from natural ecosystems of Pakistan. Phytologia 80(6): 385-388.
  2. Athar, M. 1996. Nodulation status of some legume species from Cache Valley and norther Utah. Phytologia 81(3): 145-150.
  3. Faria, S.M. da. 1995. Occurrence and rhizobial selection for legume trees adapted to acid soils. In: Nitrogen fixing tree reseach reports, pages 295-300. Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association (NFTA), Hawaii.
  4. Harrier, L.A., P.W. Whitty, J.M. Sutherland, and J.I. Sprent. 1997. Phenetic investigation of non-nodulating African species Acacia (Leguminosae) using morphological and molecular markers. Pl. Syst. Evol. 205: 27-51.
  5. MacDonald Idu and A.C. Omonhinmin (pers. comm. 1997) reported the presence of globose nodules.
  6. Moreira, F.M.S., M.F. da Silva, F.W. Moreira, and L.A.G. de Souza. 1994. Associacão rizóbio-leguminosas na Amazônia - III. Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi, sér. Bot. 10(2): 295-302.
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