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U.S. National Seed Herbarium - Selected Achievements
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1968 Revised the rye grasses (Poaceae: Lolium).
1969 Identified deadly poisonous Abrus precatorius seeds in jewelry, causing U.S. Food and Drug Administration to stop importation, interstate movement, and sale of these seeds.
1973 Identified seeds using an interactive computer
1975 Made service identifications of papaveraceous seeds and fruits using an interactive computer.
1977 Circumscribed alfalfa (Medicago sativa) subspecies by legume-flower characters.
1977 Published checklist of approximately 3,000 vascular plants important to agriculture.
1979 Revised vetches of North America (Fabaceae: Vicia).
1980 Described seeds and fruits of Papaveraceae and Fumariaceae.
1980 Published vascular flora of Washington County, Mississippi.
1983 Published nomenclator of all legume (Fabaceae) genera.
1984 Described seeds and fruits of subfamily Mimosoideae (Fabaceae).
1986 Published revised checklist of about 3,300 vascular plants important to agriculture.
1987 Revised Australian Paniceae (Poaceae).
1987 Monographed the neotropical water lilies (Nymphaceae: Nymphaea subgenus Hydrocallis).
1988 Described disseminules of Federal Noxious Weeds.
1989 Revised New World genera of Paniceae (Poaceae).
1990 Published nomenclator of legume (Fabaceae) species important to agriculture.
1991 Described seeds and fruits of subfamily Caesalpinioideae (Fabaceae).
1991 Revised Old World genera of Paniceae (Poaceae).
1992 Published families and genera of seed plants recognized by ARS.
1993 Monographed cucumbers and melons (Cucurbitaceae: Cucumis).
1994 Revised the genus Cucumella (Cucurbitaceae).
1996 Published scientific names of vascular plants in commercial seed trade.
1997 Made available on-line information on the nomenclature of economic vascular plants.
1998 Completed manual for identification of legume seeds.
1998 Developed a worldwide checklist for all Lotus species with their geographic distributions.
1999 Published standard reference World Economic Plants.
2000 Created online reference to GRIN economic plant data.
2000 Created online reference to GRIN federal and state noxious weed data.
2000 Published online database of fruits and seeds of all legume genera.
2000 Published Flora of USDA's Henry A. Wallace Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center (BARC).
2001 Made available online edition of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) list of stabilized plant names.
2002 Created online nomenclature checker for comparing lists of scientific names to GRIN.
2003 Made available, via the Internet, updated online database of fruits and seeds of all legume genera.

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