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Taxon: Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Genus: Phaseolus section: Phaseolus
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Phaseoleae subtribe: Phaseolinae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 27632
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:723. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 14-Dec-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Dec-2004
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 13221 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • only available ) NPGS core subset accessions for the crop ‘PHASEOLUS’ ) or .


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • bean   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • dwarf bean   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • field bean   (Source: Federal Seed Act ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • flageolet bean   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • French bean   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • French bean   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • garden bean   (Source: AH 505 ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • green bean   (Source: AH 505 ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • haricot bean   (Source: AH 505 ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • kidney bean   (Source: AH 505 ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • navy bean   (Source: AH 505 ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • pop bean   (Source: Gen Res Phaseolus ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • snap bean   (Source: Leg WorldEc ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • string bean   (Source: Leg WorldEc ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • wax bean   (Source: Leg WorldEc ) – English   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • haricot commun   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • haricot vert   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • Gartenbohne   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • feijão   (Source: Portuguese Dict ) – Portuguese   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • feijoeiro   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • ñuñas   (Source: Lost Crops of Incas) – Spanish   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • chícharo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • frijol   (Source: Leg WorldEc ) – Spanish   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • habichuela   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • judía común   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • nuña   (Source: van Beem et al.1992) – Spanish   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • poroto   (Source: B. León, p.c.) – Spanish   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]
  • vainita   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris]

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Durango, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico - Chiapas; Nicaragua
    Northern South America: Venezuela [w.]
    Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
    Southern South America: Argentina

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized worldwide

      Cultivated:
  • cultivated worldwide

      Other:
  • origin uncertain

References:

  • Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. (F CambLVN)
  • Beebe, S. et al. 1997. Wild-weed-crop complexes of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L., Fabaceae) in the Andes of Peru and Colombia, and their implications for conservation and breeding. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:73–91.
  • Beyra, A. & G. Reyes Artiles. 2004. Revisión taxonómica de los géneros Phaseolus y Vigna (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) en Cuba. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 61:139–141.
  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Budanova & Ivanov. 1973. K sistematike roda Phaseolus L. (To the sistematics of the genus Phaseolus L.). Trudy Prikl. Bot. 51(1):27.
  • Debouck, D. G. et al. 1989. Observations on little-known Phaseolus germplasm of Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 80:15–21.
  • Debouck, D. G. et al. 1993. Genetic diversity and ecological distribution of Phaseolus vulgaris (Fabaceae) in northwestern South America. Econ. Bot. 47:408–423.
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Freyre, R. et al. 1996. Ecogeographic distribution of Phaseolus spp. (Fabaceae) in Bolivia. Econ. Bot. 50:195–215.
  • Freytag, G. F. & D. G. Debouck. 2002. Taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in North America, Mexico and Central America. Sida, Bot. Misc. 23:36–42.
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
  • Maréchal, R. et al. 1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres Phaseolus et Vigna (Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:136.
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur) [cultivated].
  • Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Phaseolus vulgaris L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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.
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