Legume Data Portal

The legume Data Portal is a website dedicated to helping people interested in Legumes to learn and discover data about the biology, diversity, and evolution of this fascinating family of flowering plants. You can access it at https://www.legumedata.org/

Did you know that there are 442 genera of legumes representing some 22360 species? Read more about this amazing plant family at https://www.legumedata.org/about/

The part that will be of greatest interest to inaturalists interested in legumes in Southern Africa will be the annual issues of The Bean Bag. Not only does it list the literature on legumes published each year it also has fascinating stories of new discoveries and new advances.

You can access the Bean Bag at https://www.legumedata.org/beanbag/issues/ If you check Issues no

You can access the latest news in the legume world at https://www.legumedata.org/news/

Try the Data portal link https://www.legumedata.org/data/?view=MAP to map any species you think you might have.

Enjoy this great resource.

Charlie Stirton

Posted on April 8, 2022 09:02 PM by charles_stirton