Issue 70 of The Bean Bag is now available to download and read online
In this issue you will find:
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Notes from the editors
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Updates from the Legume Phylogeny Working Group’s (LPWG) subgroups, including Taxonomy, Phylogenomics, Occurrence Data, Traits, and the Legume Data Portal
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Seven important community announcements, including about the Rupert Barneby Award, Advances in Legume Systematics (ALS) 14 – Part 2, reviews of two legume books, the International Botanical Conference (IBC) and the International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG)
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Spotlights on two artists, Bobbi Angel and João Agusto Castor Silva
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Portraits of three legume specialists – Janet Sprent, Jo Kenrick and Suzanne Koptur – in the Gallery of Leguminologists
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Student Digests of three important 2023 legume papers
Very many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this issue. At any time, please email the editors directly or via beanbag.kew@gmail.com if you would like to share announcements, photos, or article ideas.
For recent BB issues see: the Legume Data Portal
Earlier issues of the BB (1975 to 2022) are available via the Kew Research Repository
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Best wishes for another exciting year of new legume endeavours in 2024!
Colin Hughes, Warren Cardinal-McTeague & Leonardo Borges, Editors