Taxon: Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray var. acutifolius Genus: Phaseolus Section: Acutifolii
Family: Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 312012.
Name verified on: 07-Aug-2010 by Systematic Botany Laboratory. Last updated: 15-Jun-2011.
Species priority site is: Plant Gene Resources of Canada (PGRC).
NO ACCESSIONS IN PGRC UNDER THIS NAME.


See other conspecific taxa:

• Phaseolus acutifolius (1 Accessions)
• Phaseolus acutifolius var. tenuifolius (No accessions)

Common names:

• tepary bean (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• Teparybohne (Source: Dict Rehm ) [German]
  
• feijão-tepari (Source: Dict Rehm ) [Portuguese]
  
• escomite (Source: Dict Rehm ) [Spanish]
  
• See MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts.

Economic importance:

• Human food: pulse (fide Gen Res Phaseolus 409-440. 1988)
  

Distributional range: Native:

• Northern America: Mexico - Baja California [south], Chihuahua, Jalisco, Sinaloa, Sonora; United States - Arizona [southeast], New Mexico [south], Texas [southwest]

Other:

• also in cult.

References:

reftitle = :A flora of New Mexico.: abbr = :F NewMex:
• W. C. Martin & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico. (F NewMex)
  reftitle = :Flora Novo-Galiciana.: abbr = :F NGalicia:
• R. McVaugh. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
  reftitle = :Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.: abbr = :Food Feed Crops US:
• G. M. Markle et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  reftitle = :Genetic resources of Phaseolus beans.: abbr = :Gen Res Phaseolus:
• R. C. Pratt & G. P. Nabhan. Evolution and diversity of Phaseolus acutifolius genetic resources. In: P. Gepts, ed., Genetic resources of Phaseolus beans. (Gen Res Phaseolus) 409-440.
  reftitle = :Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.: abbr = :Dict Rehm:
• S. Rehm. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  reftitle = :Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND).: abbr = :Pl Names:
• M. H. Porcher et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND). (Pl Names)
  reftitle = :Sida, botanical miscellany. Ft. Worth, TX.: abbr = :Sida Bot Misc:
• Freytag, G. F. & D. G. Debouck. 2002. Taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in North America, Mexico and Central America. In: Sida, Bot. Misc. 23:22-24.
  reftitle = :Systematics of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae) in North and Central America.: abbr = :Phaseolus:
• A. Delgado-Salinas. 1985. Systematics of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae) in North and Central America. (Phaseolus) 177.
  reftitle = :World economic plants: a standard reference.: abbr = :World Econ Pl:
• J. H. Wiersema & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference. (World Econ Pl)
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• Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. 1981. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin. 812 pp. [nodulation report positive for root].
  

Synonyms:

• Phaseolus acutifolius var. latifolius G. F. Freeman
  

Check other databases for Phaseolus acutifolius var. acutifolius:

• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service