Taxon: Macroptilium gibbosifolium (Ortega) A. Delgado

Economic importance:

• Human food: vegetable   (fide F NGalicia)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [s.w.], Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [s.]
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Guatemala; Honduras
  Brazil: Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul
  Western South America: Bolivia; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina [n.]; Paraguay; Uruguay

References:

• Delgado S., A. 1981. Macroptilium gibbosifolium (Ortega) A. Delgado, the correct name for M. heterophyllum (Willd.) Maréchal & Baudet (Fabaceae: Phaseolinae). Syst. Bot. 6:294–296.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. [= Phaseolus heterophyllus].
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Macroptilium gibbosifolium.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Macroptilium gibbosifolium.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Macroptilium gibbosifolium.

Synonyms:

• (=) Macroptilium heterophyllum (Willd.) Maréchal & Baudet
  
• (≡) Phaseolus gibbosifolius Ortega (basionym)
  
• (=) Phaseolus heterophyllus Willd.
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• (=) Phaseolus tuberosus Sessé & Moc. ex G. Don
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Macroptilium gibbosifolium (Ortega) A. Delgado:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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