Index Seminum
List of Seed Bank
Holdings
Version March 2005
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Introduction and How to Request Seeds
This edition of the Index Seminum is intended to provide seed bank users and others with an up-to-date listing of the accessions of seeds of Leguminosae in the Desert Legume Program (DELEP) seed bank. The DELEP seed bank emphasizes wild species that are not widely cultivated, but includes many landscape plants and some cultivars of such crop species as Lupinus.
Small samples of seeds from these accessions are offered free of charge to individuals and organizations involved in plant breeding, research, conservation, and seed exchange. Where stocks are adequate, these samples will contain 25-100 seeds. We ask that you restrict your requests to about 20 samples a year, although some exceptions may be made. For some of our accessions, we have detailed collection information; for others, we have little beyond what is listed below; if you want accession information, please request it with your order. Many of our accessions are very small, and we have been unable to evaluate viability; to the degree feasible, please let us know how the seed performs, and about your experience with the plants.
When requesting seeds, please list both taxa and accession numbers, unless there are several accessions with apparently identical information; in the latter case, allow us to choose the particular accession. We ask that requests to ship seeds outside of United States be accompanied with full details about phytosanitary and other regulations of your country.
On a compensated or cooperative basis, we can provide larger quantities of seeds either by grow-out in our fields or greenhouses, or by wild collection. We solicit your suggestions on how we might further develop our seed bank to serve your needs.
While seeds are provided free of charge, DELEP subsists on varied, limited, and uncertain funding. Financial contributions towards supporting our efforts are greatly appreciated. We welcome contributions of seeds of arid and semi-arid region Leguminosae of taxa not well-represented in the collection. If you are interested in collecting seeds for DELEP on a volunteer basis in areas remote from southern Arizona, please contact us.
Please address seed requests to:
Seed
Bank
Desert
Legume Program
The
University of Arizona
2120
East Allen Road
Tucson,
Arizona 85719
USA
Telephone:
(520) 647-2503
E-mail: mjohnson@ag.arizona.edu
Fax:
(520) 647-2638
Comments About Seed Bank List
TAXA: Taxa are listed alphabetically. Attribution of seeds is believed to be generally accurate, but some accessions have been received without voucher material, and we lack herbarium resources for the identification of many exotic species. Please let us know if any seeds you receive appear to be misidentified.
DELEP ACCESSION NUMBERS: Accession numbers are assigned sequentially by year. A suffix "D" indicates seeds collected from plants grown from banked seeds by DELEP in Arizona; in some cases, the parent material has been exhausted, and an entry is provided for information purposes only.
AVAILABILITY CODE:
A: Available in adequate quantities for
distribution.
B: Available in very limited quantities.
C: Not generally available for distribution.
Inquire; in some cases we may be able to send a few seeds, or we may have
received our stock by exchange or purchase from other distributors, and we can
refer you to our sources.
X: Stock exhausted, but seeds collected from plants
grown from this accession are available.
*: An "*" following the letter code for
availability indicates that the seeds are subject to the following restriction.
Although United States has not ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD), it is the policy of DELEP that seeds of plants obtained from outside of
United States after 31 December 1993 are subject to the provisions of the CBD.
Distribution of such seeds will be contingent upon the prior receipt of a
waiver of noncommercialization.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (with major political subdivision. where known):
ALG: Algeria
ARG: Argentina
ASL: Australia
BOL: Bolivia
BOT: Botswana
BRS: Belarus
BRZ: Brazil
CHL: Chile
CHN: Peoples Republic of China
CRC: Costa Rica
CUB: Cuba
ECU: Ecuador
EGY: Egypt
FRA: Franc
GER: Germany
GRE: Greece
HUN: Hungary
IDO: Indonesia
IND: India
IRN: Iran
ISR: Israel
ITA: Italy
KEN: Kenya
MEX: Mexico
MOR: Morocco
NZ: New Zealand
OMN: Oman
PAK: Pakistan
PAR: Paraguay
PER: Peru
POL: Poland
POR: Portugal
RUS: Russia
SAF: Republic of South Africa
SEN: Senegal
SPN: Spain
SUD: Sudan
TAI: Taiwan (China)
TNZ: Tanzania
TMN: Turkmenistan
TUN: Tunisia
TUR: Turkey
UKR: Ukraine
USA: United States of America
ZAI: Zaire
ZIM: Zimbabwe
STATUS:
Wild: Seeds collected from wild-growing plants.
Cltv*: Seeds collected from cultivated plants propagated
from material of known wild origin.
Cltv: Seeds collected from plants in cultivation
without known wild origin.
MISSING DATA: A blank field indicates that the information is
not known to DELEP
