Seed Cryopreservation of Some Medicinal Legumes

Table 1

Seed collection site and ecological preference for 12 wild legume species studied.

Species	Collection site	Distribution and ecological preference
Astragalus membranaceus	Primorye, Muraviev-Amurskii Peninsula	Widespread (Russia-Siberia, Far East; Mongolia, China, Korea)/Forest meadows, dry meadows, steppe
Hedysarum austro-kurilense	Sakhalin, Makarov region, Magutan mud volcano	Endemic of North Sakhalin, South Kurils/Rocky hillsides, coastal terraces
H. sachalinense	Sakhalin, Makarov region, Tikhaia River, rocky hillsides	Endemic of Sakhalin/Coastal cliffs, rocky hillsides
Oxytropis chankaensis	Primorye, Khanka Lake, Sosnovyi Island	Endemic of Primorye, west coast of Khanka Lake/Sandy lakeshores
O. kamtschatica	Kamchatka Peninsula, Central Kamchatka, Kljuchevskaia Sopka volcano	Endemic of Far East of Russia (South Chukotka, Koryak Coast, Kamchatka Peninsula)/Alpine tundra, rock debris, old lava flows, shingle beach
O. ochotensis	Kamchatka Peninsula, Central Kamchatka, Kljuchevskaia Sopka volcano	Regional (Russia-East Siberia, Far East (West Chukotka, Kolyma, coast of the Okhotsk Sea, Kamchatka Peninsula))/Alpine tundra, cliffs, rocky hillsides
O. revoluta-1	Kamchatka Peninsula, Central Kamchatka, Tolbachik volcano	Regional (Russia-Far East (Koryak Coast, Kamchatka Peninsula, North Kuril Islands); Aleutians)/Alpine tundra, stone, rock debris, old lava flows, tephra, slag fields
O. revoluta-2	Kamchatka Peninsula, Central Kamchatka, Kljuchevskaia Sopka volcano	As before
O. retusa	Kuril Islands, Paramushir Island, Shelihov Bay, coastal rocky hillside	Endemic of Kuril Islands/Coastal cliffs, rocky hillsides
Sophora flavescens	Primorye, Hasan region, Gamov Peninsula	Widespread (Russia-East Siberia, Far East; Mongolia, China, Japan)/Forest meadows, dry meadows, river banks, xerophytic scrub
Trifolium lupinaster	Primorye, Ternei region, Svetlaya Bay, rock outcrops	Widespread (Russia-Siberia, Far East; Mongolia, China, Japan)/Open forest, meadows, shores
Vicia amurensis	Primorye, Muraviev-Amurskii Peninsula, sea shores	Widespread (Russia-East Siberia, Far East; China, Japan/Hillsides, roadsides, old railway, xerophytic scrub, meadows