Department of Agriculture Agricultural Legume (Fabaceae

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A Nomenclátor of
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Department of
Agriculture
Legume (Fabaceae)
Agricultural
Research
Service
Genera
Technical
Bulletin
Number 1680
ABSTRACT
Gunt), Charles R. 1983. A nomenclátor of legume (Fabaceae)
genera. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin
No. 1680, 224 pp.
The 2,805 legume generic names published from 1753 to 1982 are
annotated according to the taxonomic and phylogenetic frame-
works established in "Advances in Legume Systematics," compiled
in 1981 by R. M. Polhill and P. H. Raven as the second volume
of the Proceedings of the International Legume Conference
at Kew, England. Legume generic names, including fossils, are
presented in seven lists and suprageneric names in the eighth
list. Generic annotations include author, subtribe, tribe,
subfamily, phylogenetic number, number of species in the genus,
natural distribution by geographic region, original publication
citation, and synonyms.
KEYWORDS: Caesalpinioideae, Fabaceae, Faboideae, fossil legume
genus, genera, generic name, generic synonym, legume,
Leguminosae, Mimosoideae, nomenclátor, Papilionoideae,
subtribe, tribe.
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United States A Nomenciator of
Department of
Agriculture
Agricultural Legume (Fabaceae)
Research
Service
Technical Genera
Bulletin
Number 1680
By Charles R. Gunn

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I appreciate the advice and comments of R. C. Barneby, New York
Botanical Garden, New York; H. D. L. Corby, Botany Department,
University of Zimbabwe, Salisbury; R. S. Cowan, Department of
Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C; Ellen Farr,
Index Nominum Genericorum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C.; Robert Geesink, Rijksherbarium, Leiden, Netherlands;
P. H, Hanelt, Zentralinstitut fuer Genetik und Kulturplanzen-
forschung, Gatersleben, German Democratic Republic; Duane
Isely, Botany Department, Iowa State University, Ames; J. A.
Lackey, Botany Department, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C.; Gwilym Lewis, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,
Richmond, Surrey, England; Ivan Nielsen, Herbarium, Botanical
Institute Risskov, Denmark; Magdalena Pena, Instituto de
Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City;
R« M. Polhill, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey,
England; and P. H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
The data were processed by FAMULUS in cooperation with CALS/
FAMULUS, Information Systems Division, National Agricultural
Library. George Ratte, Communications and Data Service Divi-
sion, Agricultural Research Service, using output from FAMULUS
and the PRIME editor, rearranged fields and system sorts so
that data in some of the other six lists were produced from the
first list.
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CONTENTS
Page
Procedures 2
Catalog 5
Legume generic names published from 1753 to 1982 5
Legume generic names accepted by Polbill and Raven
(1981) with subtribe and tribe names, pbylogenetic
number, number of species in genus, natural
distribution, original publication citation, and
synonyms 59
Legume generic names accepted by Polhill and Raven
(1981) by geographic region 122
Legume generic names accepted by Polhill and Raven
(1981) by number of species in genus 158
Legume generic names accepted by Polhill and Raven
(1981) by pbylogenetic number 177
Legume generic names published from 1753 to 1982 by
author ' s name 190
Fossil legume generic names 220
Suprageneric names accepted by Polhill and Raven
(1981) 222
Literature cited 224
Issued August 1983
IV
A NOMENCLÁTOR OF LEGUME (FABACEAE) GENERA
by Charles R. Gunnl/
Nomenclature problems related to legume generic names are on a
par with taxonomic and pbylogenetic problems. Following tbe
1978 International Legume Conference at Kew, England, tbe
taxonomic and pbylogenetic frameworks were revised (Polbill and
Raven, 1981).2^/ Tbese revisions are significant improvements
over publications by Bentbam and Hooker (1867), Taubert (1891-
94 and including supplements by H. Harms), and Hutcbinson
(1964). Tbe autbors wbo contributed to tbe Polbill and Raven
compendium accepted and classified 617 generic names (Corby,
pers. commun., 1982) and referred to 276 synonyms.
Tbis bulletin includes tbeir recognized generic names as well
as relating 2,096 synonyms to tbeir accepted generic names.
Tbese synonyms were effectively but not necessarily validly
publisbed. At least 2,805 legume generic names bave been
publisbed since 1753 up to 1982. I bave used tbe recent
literature, as well as advice from specialists, many of wbom
attended tbe 1978 Conference, in relating synonyms to accepted
generic names. No new scientific names are publisbed bere.
_l/Botanist, Plant Exploration and Taxonomy Laboratory,
Beltsville Agricultural Researcb Center, Beltsville, Md. 20705.
2^/Tbe year in parentbeses after tbe autbors* names refers to
Literature Cited, p. 224.
PROCEDURES
This bulletin presents seven lists of legume generic and
suprageneric names published from 1753 to 1982.
In the first list, annotations for accepted generic names
consist of author(s), subtribe when designated, tribe, sub-
family letter, notation if conserved generic name (Stafleu et
al., 1978), note if needed, source, and subfamily letter
combined with the phylogenetic number from Polhill and Raven
(1981). Generic names in the faboid tribe Tephrosieae were not
phylogenetically numbered, but they are arranged alphabetically.
A phylogenetic number in parentheses means that Polhill and
Raven accepted the generic concept but did not use the
conserved or correct spelling of the generic name. The
conserved or correct spelling is used in this bulletin.
Additional data concerning accepted generic names may be found
in Polhill and Raven (1981).
Annotations for synonyms in the first list consist of author(s),
notation if conserved generic name, conversion to accepted
generic name with author(s), subtribe when designated, tribe,
subfamily letter, source of synonjnm, and a *P&R* if listed as a
synonym in Polhill and Raven. A query mark preceding a generic
name indicates a doubtful conversion, and the letter X indicates
the genus is a hybrid.
In the second list, annotations consist of subtribe and tribe,
phylogenetic number, number of species in the genus, natural
distribution (where endemic or native), and on a separate line
and in parentheses the original publication citation, primarily
from Farr et al. (1979) and secondarily from the Kewensis Index
(1895-1974). The number of species and the natural distri-
bution primarily are based on the publication by Polhill and
Raven (1981), and a few numbers and distributions in the
subfamily Mimosoideae are from Gunn (1983). Synonyms with
authors are listed under each accepted genus name.
In the third, fourth, and fifth lists, legume generic names
accepted by Polhill and Raven (1981) are given, respectively,
by geographic region, by number of species in the genus, and by
phylogenetic number. In the sixth list, legume generic names
published between 1753 and 1982 are given by author's name.
These names were checked using Stafleu and Cowan (1976, v.
1-4). The part of the author's name in parentheses is used to
aid in identifying the author in Stafleu and Cowan, but
traditionally it is not used in floras and monographs. In the
seventh list, fossil legume generic names are given, and the
eighth list includes suprageneric names accepted by Polhill and
Raven (1981).
simple codes are used for three entries—subfamily, source, and
natural distribution. The subfamiily code is C = Caesalpini-
oideae, F = Faboideae, and M = Mimosoideae« The source code and
the natural distribution or geographical three-letter code are
listed below.
Sources were used in this order: (I) Generic names accepted by
Polhill and Raven (1981), though there are occasional spelling
deviations and a few updates and (2) synonyms recorded in the
following order: Farr et al. (1979), Airy Shaw (1966), and
Hutchinson (1964). If a generic name was found in Farr et al.,
no other source was cited. Those not found in Farr et al. were
recorded from Airy Shaw, and those not found in Airy Shaw were
recorded from Hutchinson. All generic names from these three
sources were recorded. Sources of generic names proposed since
1978 or omitted from these three sources were the original
publications.
Source code:
AS = Airy Shaw (1966)
AUT = Author (generic names 1978-82)
CONSERVED GENUS NAME = (See ICBN.)
HUT = Hutchinson (1964)
ICBN = International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
(Stafleu et al., 1978)
ING = Index Nominum Genericorum (Farr et al., 1979)
KEW INDEX = Index Kewensis (1895-1974)
P&R = Polhill and Raven (1981)
Geographical 3-letter code:
AFR = Africa MED Mediterranean
ASI = Asia MEX Mexico
ATI = Atlantic Ocean islands NAM North America
AUS = Australia NGU New Guinea
CAM = Central America NZL New Zealand
CAS = Central Asia OCE Pacific Ocean islands
CEY = Sri Lanka PHI Philippine Islands
EAS = East Asia RUS Russia
EUP = Europe SAM South America
HIM = Himalayas SEA Southeastern Asia
IND = India TAS Tasmania
INE = Indonesia WAS Western Asia
INO = Indian Ocean islands WIN West Indies
MAD = Madagascar