First record of the pan-tropical Yellow Water Pea Vigna luteola (Fabaceae) seed from a NW European shore

Authors

  • Dan Minchin
  • Rosemary Hill
  • Gwilym Lewis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33928/bib.2023.05.063

Keywords:

bean, disseminule, Ireland, Leguminosiae, ocean drift, peregrine

Abstract

The first record of a seed of the Yellow Water Pea Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth. stranded in Northwest Europe was collected along with other trans-Atlantic disseminules from a south-west facing beach in County Kerry, Ireland (v.c.H1) during March 2022.

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Published

2023-02-14

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023): British & Irish Botany

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