Esta obra forma parte de una colección en la que el v.1 se denominó: "Advances in Legume Science", Volume 2 of the proceedings of the International Legume Conference, Kew, 24-29 July 1978, held under the auspices of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the University of Reading. Existencias y contenido: "Part 1-2: Advances in legume systematics 1981" -- "Part 3: Advances in legume systematics" 1987 -- "Part 4: Advances in legume systematics. The fossil record" 1992 -- "Part 5: Advances in legume systematics. The Nitrogen Factor" 1994 -- "Part 6: Advances in legume systematics. Structural Botany" 1994 -- "Part 7: Advances in legume systematics. Phylogeny" 1995 -- "Part 8: Legumes of economic importance" 1996 -- "Part 9: Advances in legume systematics" 2000 -- "Part 10: Advances in legume systematics. Higher Level Systematics" 2003 El editor varía: v.2, pt. 1-2, R. Polhill y P. Raven -- v. 3, Ch. Stirton -- v.4, P.Herendeen y D.Dilcher -- v.5, J. Sprent y D.McKey -- v.6, I.Ferguson y S.Tucker --v.7, M.Crisp y J.Doyle. El v. 2 se encuentra dividido en 2 partes., y en un sobre un la contratapa de la pt. 2 contiene microformas.