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Some nodulated legumes observed in the north-western, central south and south-western Pantanal Mato-Grossense during the dry season (August 1996).

Species	Authority	Nodules	Comments a
Aeschynomene ciliata	Vog.	Stem	Dry
Aeschynomene denticulata	Rudd	Stem	Flooded
Aeschynomene fluminensis	Vell.	Stem, Root	Dry, Flooded
Aeschynomene sensitiva	Sw.	Root	Dry
Discolobium leptophyllum	Benth.	Stem, Root	Flooded
Discolobium pulchellum	Benth.	Stem, Root	Flooded
Mimosa pellita	H.B. ex Willd.	Root	Flooded
Mimosa polycarpa	Kunth	Root	Flooded
Neptunia plena	Benth.	Root	Flooded
Neptunia prostrata	(Lam.) Baill.	Stem b, Root	Flooded
Neptunia pubescens	Benth.	Root	Dry
Sesbania exasperata	H.B.K.	Stem, Root	Flooded
Vigna lasiocarpa (syn. Phaseolus pilosus)	(Benth.) Verdc. (H.B.K.)	Stem, Root	Flooded

a Flooded = plants partially submerged in water or rooted in saturated soil.

b Nodules on floating stems but attached vascularly to the bases of subtending adventitious roots.