- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
Phaseolus L.

[LOWO]
Legumes of the World. Edited by G. Lewis, B. Schrire, B. MacKinder & M. Lock. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (2005)
- Note
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Previous accounts of the Phaseoleae by Baudet (1978) and Lackey (1981) recognised 90 and 84 genera and c. 1540 and 1480 species respectively in the tribe. In an equivalent, i.e. traditionally held view of Phaseoleae, 89 genera and (1554)–1567–(1580) species are treated here (Table 9; Fig. 47). Changes between Baudet (1978) and this treatment are that eleven genera are now in synonymy or have subsequently been placed in Millettieae, two genera have been transferred from Desmodieae and eight new genera have been added. Vigna has traditionally been thought to comprise some 150–200 species, but Vigna sens. strict. may contain fewer than 100.
Recent molecular analyses of the tribe, however, have emphasised both the polyphyletic and paraphyletic nature of Phaseoleae as traditionally circumscribed (Bruneau & Doyle, 1990; Doyle & Doyle, 1993; Delgado Salinas et al., 1993; Bruneau et al., 1995; Doyle et al., 1997, 2000; Kajita et al., 2001; Goel et al., 2001; Lee & Hymowitz, 2001). This has required a radical realignment of elements of the phaseoloids (Table 9; Fig. 47), with at least two major clades being evident: Phaseoleae subtribes Diocleinae and Ophrestiinae which together with tribe Abreae are allied to the core-Millettieae (Fig. 45), and the remaining groups comprising a Phaseoleae sens. lat. clade. The rbcL phylogeny of Kajita et al. (2001) and the ITS analysis of Hu et al. (2002) are equivocal as to which clade subtribe Clitoriinae belongs. Phaseoleae sens. lat. also includes two traditionally independent tribes, the Desmodieae and Psoraleeae. Delimiting a recircumscribed Phaseoleae sens. strict is thus very problematic. A solution may be to recognise a broad tribe Phaseoleae, comprising the subtribes Kennediinae, Cajaninae, Phaseolinae and Glycininae, assorted basally branching genera, and tribes Desmodieae and Psoraleeae (both treated at subtribal level).
Placed in subtribe Phaseolinae, allied to Ramirezella (q.v.) and Oxyrhynchus (q.v.) in Thulin et al. (2004) - Habit
- Climbing herbs
- Ecology
- Seasonally dry to wet lowland and montane forest, thicket, scrub and wooded grassland, from humid to desert conditions
- Distribution
- tropical, subtropical and warm temperate N, C and S America (from C USA to Argentina); most concentrated in Mexico and C America and with c. 3 spp. in S America endemic to the N and C Andes and Galapagos (Delgado Salinas, pers. comm.)
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Herbs or subshrubs, erect, prostrate or climbing
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate; stipules persistent, not prolonged below the point of insertion, striate; stipels present
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences axillary, falsely racemose, the flowers in fascicles along the rhachis which is swollen at the insertion of the pedicels; bracts and bracteoles present, deciduous or ± persistent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers usually fairly small, yellow, white, scarlet or purple
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 5-lobed, 2-lipped; upper lip emarginate, bifid; lower lip 3-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Standard rounded, auriculate, often considerably reflexed, with 2 appendages or with only slight appendages at the side of the claw and a transverse constriction above or with none; wings often following the spiral of the keel, often broadened and cucullate at the apex; keel often narrow, elongated, the apex beaked and forming a spiral of 1–5 complete turns
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Vexillary stamen free; free part of other filaments usually long; anthers subuniform or 5 dorsifixed alternating with 5 basifixed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary oblong to linear, 2–many-ovuled; style tenuous below, filiform and flexible, the apical part cartilaginous and thickened, curved through at least 360°, glabrous or hairy inside towards the summit; stigma oblique on the inner side of the style-apex or sometimes smaller and terminal or subterminal, not penicillate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods linear or oblong, sometimes falcate, compressed or subcylindrical, sometimes beaked, filled between the seeds
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 3 to many, oblong or reniform; hilum oblong, short, ± central, without appendages or with them somewhat developed.
[FZ]
Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001
- Morphology General Habit
- Herbs or subshrubs, erect, prostrate or climbing.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate; stipules persistent, not prolonged below the point of insertion, striate; stipels present.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences axillary, falsely racemose, the flowers in fascicles along the rhachis which is swollen at the insertion of the pedicels; bracts and bracteoles present, deciduous or ± persistent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers usually fairly small, yellow, white, scarlet or purple.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 5-lobed, 2-lipped; upper lip emarginate, bifid; lower lip 3-lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Standard rounded, auriculate, often considerably reflexed, with 2 appendages or with only slight appendages at the side of the claw and a transverse constriction above or with none; wings often following the spiral of the keel, often broadened and cucullate at the apex; keel often narrow, elongated, the apex beaked and forming a spiral of 1–5 complete turns.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Vexillary stamen free; free part of other filaments usually long; anthers subuniform or 5 dorsifixed alternating with 5 basifixed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary oblong to linear, 2–many-ovuled; style tenuous below, filiform and flexible, the apical part cartilaginous and thickened, curved through at least 360°, glabrous or hairy inside towards the summit; stigma oblique on the inner side of the style apex or sometimes smaller and terminal or subterminal, not penicillate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods linear or oblong, sometimes falcate, compressed or subcylindrical, sometimes beaked, filled between the seeds.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 3–many, oblong or reniform; hilum oblong, short, ± central, without appendages or with them somewhat developed.
[LOWO]
- Use
- Used for human food as major pulse and vegetable crops; P. acutifolius A.Gray (tepary bean) , P. coccineus L. (scarlet runner bean) , P. lunatus L. (lima bean) , P. vulgaris L. (common or kidney bean) and the year bean, P. dumosus Macfad. (= P. polyanthus Greenm.) are cultivated; also used for fodder, green manure and as ornamentals
Native to:
Alabama, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, California, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, South Carolina, Suriname, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, Virginia, West Virginia
Introduced into:
Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bahamas, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Christmas I., Comoros, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, India, Inner Mongolia, Iraq, Irkutsk, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Manchuria, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South European Russi, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wake I., West Himalaya, West Siberia, Windward Is., Yakutskiya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Phaseolus acinaciformis Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus acutifolius A.Gray
- Phaseolus albescens McVaugh ex R.Delgad. & A.Delgado
- Phaseolus albicarminus Debouck & N.Chaves
- Phaseolus albiflorus Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus albinervis Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus albiviolaceus Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus altimontanus Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus amabilis Standl.
- Phaseolus amblyosepalus (Piper) C.V.Morton
- Phaseolus angucianae Debouck & Araya
- Phaseolus angustissimus A.Gray
- Phaseolus anisophyllus (Piper) Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus atomifer M.E.Jones
- Phaseolus augusti Harms
- Phaseolus campanulatus Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus carterae Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus chiapasanus Piper
- Phaseolus coccineus L.
- Phaseolus costaricensis Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus dasycarpus Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus debouckii A.Delgado
- Phaseolus × dumosus Macfad.
- Phaseolus esperanzae Seaton
- Phaseolus esquincensis Freytag
- Phaseolus filiformis Benth.
- Phaseolus glabellus Piper
- Phaseolus gladiolatus Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus hintonii A.Delgado
- Phaseolus hygrophilus Debouck
- Phaseolus jaliscanus Piper
- Phaseolus juquilensis A.Delgado
- Phaseolus leptophyllus G.Don
- Phaseolus leptostachyus Benth.
- Phaseolus lignosus Britton
- Phaseolus longiplacentifer Freytag
- Phaseolus lunatus L.
- Phaseolus macrolepis Piper
- Phaseolus maculatifolius Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus maculatus Scheele
- Phaseolus macvaughii A.Delgado
- Phaseolus magnilobatus Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus marechalii A.Delgado
- Phaseolus massaiensis Taub.
- Phaseolus micranthus Hook. & Arn.
- Phaseolus microcarpus Mart.
- Phaseolus mollis Hook.f.
- Phaseolus neglectus F.J.Herm.
- Phaseolus nelsonii Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier
- Phaseolus nodosus Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus novoleonensis Debouck
- Phaseolus oaxacanus Rose
- Phaseolus oligospermus Piper
- Phaseolus ovatifolius Piper
- Phaseolus pachyrrhizoides Harms
- Phaseolus parvifolius Freytag
- Phaseolus parvulus Greene
- Phaseolus pauciflorus Sessé & Moc. ex G.Don
- Phaseolus pedicellatus Benth.
- Phaseolus perplexus A.Delgado
- Phaseolus persistentus Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus plagiocylix Harms
- Phaseolus polymorphus S.Watson
- Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Phaseolus pulchellus Piper
- Phaseolus pyramidalis Freytag
- Phaseolus reticulatus Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus rosei Piper
- Phaseolus rotundatus Freytag & Debouck
- Phaseolus salicifolius Piper
- Phaseolus scabrellus Benth. ex S.Watson
- Phaseolus scrobiculatifolius Freytag
- Phaseolus sinuatus Nutt.
- Phaseolus sonorensis Standl.
- Phaseolus talamancensis Debouck & Torres Gonz.
- Phaseolus tenellus Piper
- Phaseolus teulensis Freytag
- Phaseolus texensis A.Delgado & W.R.Carr
- Phaseolus trifidus Freytag
- Phaseolus tuerckheimii Donn.Sm.
- Phaseolus venosus Piper
- Phaseolus viridis Piper
- Phaseolus vulcanicus (Piper) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier
- Phaseolus vulgaris L.
- Phaseolus xanthotrichus Piper
- Phaseolus xolocotzii A.Delgado
- Phaseolus zimapanensis A.Delgado
Phaseolus L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 723 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 2: 191.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 323 (1754).
- Sp. Pl.: 723 (1753)
- Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 24: 507–526 (1970).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Sp. Pl.: 723 (1753)
- Verdc. in K.B. 24: 507–526 (1970)
- in Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 323 (1754)
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Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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