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Douglas King Seed Company production field of ‘Rio Grande’ Germplasm (Acacia angustissima [prairie acacia]) growing near San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Forrest S Smith
Plants of Rio Grande Germplasm (Acaciella angustissima) with mature seed pods growing in a Douglas King Seed Company production field near San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Forrest S Smith
Flowers of Acaciella angustissima. Photo by Shelley D Maher
Low-growing habit of the prostrate Desmanthus virgatus. Photo by Forrest S Smith
Todd Jenschke inspecting an evaluation plot of Hoverson Germplasm (Vicia ludoviciana) growing on the South Texas Natives Project Farm at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Park near Kingsville, Texas. Photo by Forrest S Smith
Plant in habitat of Dalea multiflora. Photo by Kasia Olczak
Texas A & M University graduate student Gulten Girgin collecting soil samples for pH preference determination within a native population of Dalea multiflora. Photo by Kasia Olczak
Seed pods of Acaciella angustissima. Photo by Shelley D Maher
Flowers and foliage of Mimosa strigillosa. Photo by Kasia Olczak
Close up of the flower cluster of Mimosa strigillosa. Photo by Kasia Olczak
Close up of contracted foliage of Mimosa strigillosa. Photo by Kasia Olczak
Flowering branch of Dalea obovata (pussyfoot), a common species on Texas coastal sands. Photo by Shelley D Maher
Tables
- TABLE 1
Official releases of native legume (Fabaceae) germplasm for the southern Great Plains and western Coastal Plain.
Latin binomial Common name Release name Domestication Source/Locationz HERBACEOUS Acacia angustissima var. hirta (P. Mill.) Kuntze (Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose) Prairie acacia Rio Grande Germplasm release NRCS-EKGPMC/STN Plains Germplasm release NRCS-JEBSPMC/TAMAR Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene Partridge pea Comanche Conservation NRCS-JEBSPMC Riley Conservation NRCS-KSPMC Dalea purpurea Vent. Purple prairie clover Cuero Germplasm NRCS-JEBSPMC Kaneb Conservation NRCS-KSPMC Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM. Illinois bundleflower Sabine Germplasm NRCS-JEBSPMC Reno Germplasm NRCS-KSPMC Desmanthus velutinus Scheele Velvet bundleflower Hondo Conservation NRCS-JEBSPMC Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. var. depressus (Willd.) B.L. Turner Prostrate bundleflower Balli Germplasm NRCS-EKGPMC/STN Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC Panicledleaf tick-trefoil n/a Germplasm TAMAR Lespedeza capitata Michx. Roundhead lespedeza Kanoka Conservation NRCS-KSPMC Mimosa strigillosa Torr & A. Gray Herbaceous mimosa Crockett Germplasm NRCS-ETPMC Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott Trailing wildbean n/a Developing TAMAR Strophostyles leiosperma Torr. & A. Gray Smooth-seeded wild bean Rio Rojo Cultivar TAMAR Vicia ludoviciana Nutt. Deer pea vetch Hoverson Germplasm NRCS-ETPMC/STN SHRUB Leucaena retusa Benth. Littleleaf lead tree Yellowpuff Germplasm NRCS-JEBSPMC Styphnolobium affine (Torr. & A. Gray) Walp. Eve’s necklacepod n/a Developing TAMAR ↵z STN, South Texas Natives, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M Kingsville, Kingsville, TX USA; TAMAR, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Stephenville, TX USA; NRCS-EKGPMC, USDA NRCS, E “Kika” de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX USA; NRCS-JEBSPMC, USDA NRCS, James E “Bud” Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, TX USA; NRCS-ETPMC, USDA NRCS, East Texas Plant Materials Center, Nacogdoches, TX USA; NRCS-KSPMC, USDA NRCS, Manhattan Plant Materials Center, Manhattan, KS.
- TABLE 2
Native legume (Fabaceae) germplasm of the southern Great Plains and western Coastal Plain being evaluated for potential domestication.
Latin binomial Common name Source/Locationz HERBACEOUS Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene Partridge pea STN/NRCS-EKGPMC Chamaecrista flexuosa (L.) Greene Texas sensitive pea STN Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh Golden prairie clover STN/NRCS-EKGPMC Dalea candida Michx. ex Willd. White prairie clover STN/NRCS-EKGPMC Dalea compacta Spreng. Compact prairie clover STN Dalea emarginata (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners Wedgeleaf prairie clover STN Dalea multiflora (Nutt.) Shinners Roundhead prairie clover TAMAR-Stephenville
NRCS-EKGPMCDalea nana Torr. ex A. Gray Dwarf prairie clover STN/NRCS-EKGPMC Dalea obovata (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners Pussyfoot STN/NRCS-EKGPMC Dalea pogonathera A. Gray var. walkerae (B. Tharp & F.A. Barkley) B.L. Turner Bearded prairie clover STN/NRCS-EKGPMC Dalea scandens (Mill.) R.T. Clausen Low prairie clover NRCS-EKGPMC Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacMill. ex B.L. Rob. & Fernald Illinois bundleflower STN Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub. Nuttall’s tick trefoil TAMAR-Stephenville Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. Panicledleaf tick trefoil TAMAR-Stephenville Galactia canescens Benth. Hoary milkpea STN Indigofera miniata Ortega Scarlet pea TAMAR-Stephenville Lespedeza stuevei Nutt. Tall lespedeza TAMAR-Stephenville Macroptilium atropupureum (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Urb. Purple bushbean NRCS-EKGPMC Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth. Yellow puff STN/NRCS-TAMAR-Stephenville Neptunia pubescens Benth. Tropical puff STN Rhynchosia latifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray Prairie snoutbean LSU AgCenter Senna roemeriana (Scheele) Irwin & Barneby Twoleaf senna STN Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott Trailing wildbean TAMAR-Stephenville Stylosanthes viscosa (L.) Sw. Poorman’s friend NRCS-EKGPMC Tephrosia lindheimeri A. Gray Lindheimer’s hoarypea STN Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth. Wild cowpea NRCS-EKGPMC SHRUB Acacia berlandieri/Senegalia berlandieri Britton & Rose Guajillo STN Acacia greggii var. greggii/Senegalia greggii (A. Gray) Britton & Rose Catclaw acacia STN Acacia greggii var. wrightii/Senegalia wrightii (Benth.) Britton & Rose Catclaw acacia STN Acacia rigidula/Vachellia rigidula (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger Blackbrush acacia STN Acacia schaffneri/Vachellia schaffneri (S. Watson) Seigler & Ebinger Shaffner’s wattle STN Acacia smallii/Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn. Sweet acacia STN Calliandra conferta Benth. Pink mimosa STN Coursetia axillaris J.M. Coult. & Rose Texas babybonnets STN Eysenhardtia texana Scheele Texas kidneywood STN Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. Anil de pasto STN Mimosa texana (A. Gray) Small Texas mimosa STN Pithecellobium ebano (Berl.) Barneby & Grimes Texas ebony STN Pithecellobium/Havardia pallens (Benth.) Britton & Rose Haujillo STN Prosopis reptans Benth. Tornillo STN Styphnolobium affine (Torr. & A. Gray) Walp. Eve’s necklace TAMAR-Stephenville ↵z STN, South Texas Natives, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M Kingsville, Kingsville TX USA; TAMAR, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Stephenville TX USA; NRCS-EKGPMC, USDA NRCS, E “Kika” de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville TX USA.
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- Abstract
- NATIVE LEGUMES OF THE TEMPERATE RANGELANDS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
- NATIVE LEGUMES OF SUBTROPICAL SOUTHERN TEXAS
- NATIVE LEGUMES OF THE HUMID EASTERN AREA
- CASE STUDIES OF RECENTLY DOMESTICATED NATIVE LEGUMES
- TRAITS COMMON TO SPECIES WITH POTENTIAL FOR DOMESTICATION
- MARKET POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS
- STEPS TO SELECTING SUPERIOR GERMPLASM FOR DOMESTICATION
- SUMMARY
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