Book ID: 75938
Kirkbride,Joseph H., Charles R. Gunn, A. L. Weitzmann, M. J. Dallwitz
Legume (Fabaceae) Fruits and Seeds. 2000. CD-ROM.
A database of legume genera with fruit and seed characters storedin the DELTA format for interactive access. Data for fruits of 667 genera are included and each fruit is described in terms of 157characters such as shape and color. Seed data for 653 genera areincluded, and each seed is described using 127 characters such asthickness and length. Seven distributional characters such as worldcultivation and distribution in the New World were recorded for allgenera. Each genus illustrated (photographs or drawings of the fruit,seed photographs, SEM images of testa, drawings of cotyledons andembryos). The illustrative materials were scanned in black & white.