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beans
Phaseolus
Phaseolus (bean, wild bean) is a genus of herbaceous to woody annual and perennial vines in the family Fabaceae containing about 70 plant species, all native to the Americas, primarily Mesoamerica.
It is one of the most economically important legume genera. Five of the species have been domesticated since pre-Columbian times for their beans: P. acutifolius (tepary bean), P. coccineus (runner bean), P. dumosus (year bean), P. lunatus (lima bean), and P. vulgaris (common bean). Most prominent among these is the common bean, P. vulgaris, which today is cultivated worldwide in tropical, semitropical, and temperate climates.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Bean
speciesPhaseolus vulgaris
Runner bean
speciesPhaseolus coccineus
slimjim bean
speciesPhaseolus filiformis
Thicket Bean
speciesPhaseolus polystachios
Lima Bean
speciesPhaseolus lunatus
Gray's bean
speciesPhaseolus grayanus
tepary bean
speciesPhaseolus acutifolius
slimleaf bean
speciesPhaseolus angustissimus
Pinos Altos Mountain Bean
speciesPhaseolus parvulus
Boerne Bean
speciesPhaseolus texensis
Santa Rita Mountain bean
speciesPhaseolus ritensis
few-flowered bean
speciesPhaseolus pauciflorus
bushy bean
hybridPhaseolus × dumosus
Spotted Bean
speciesPhaseolus maculatus
small-fruited bean
speciesPhaseolus microcarpus
Phaseolus vulcanicus
speciesPhaseolus vulcanicus
dwarfish thin-stemmed bean
speciesPhaseolus leptostachyus
Phaseolus albiflorus
speciesPhaseolus albiflorus
Sonoran Bean
speciesPhaseolus pedicellatus
Phaseolus pachyrrhizoides
speciesPhaseolus pachyrrhizoides
Phaseolus costaricensis
speciesPhaseolus costaricensis
Bermuda bean
speciesPhaseolus lignosus
yellow-haired bean
speciesPhaseolus xanthotrichus
overlooked bean
speciesPhaseolus neglectus
Phaseolus anisotrichos
speciesPhaseolus anisotrichos
many-formed bean
speciesPhaseolus polymorphus
Phaseolus carterae
speciesPhaseolus carterae
blunt-sepal bean
speciesPhaseolus amblyosepalus
multiple-flowered bean
speciesPhaseolus pluriflorus
Phaseolus perplexus
speciesPhaseolus perplexus
Phaseolus micranthus
speciesPhaseolus micranthus
Phaseolus debouckii
speciesPhaseolus debouckii
Phaseolus oligospermus
speciesPhaseolus oligospermus
Phaseolus glabellus
speciesPhaseolus glabellus
Phaseolus rotundatus
speciesPhaseolus rotundatus
Phaseolus albiviolaceus
speciesPhaseolus albiviolaceus
Phaseolus purpusii
speciesPhaseolus purpusii
Phaseolus parvifolius
speciesPhaseolus parvifolius
Phaseolus mollis
speciesPhaseolus mollis
Phaseolus chiapasanus
speciesPhaseolus chiapasanus
Phaseolus scabrellus
speciesPhaseolus scabrellus
Phaseolus dasycarpus
speciesPhaseolus dasycarpus
Phaseolus esquincensis
speciesPhaseolus esquincensis
Phaseolus gladiolatus
speciesPhaseolus gladiolatus
Phaseolus juquilensis
speciesPhaseolus juquilensis
Phaseolus longiplacentifer
speciesPhaseolus longiplacentifer
Phaseolus maculatifolius
speciesPhaseolus maculatifolius
Phaseolus magnilobatus
speciesPhaseolus magnilobatus
Phaseolus marechalii
speciesPhaseolus marechalii
Phaseolus plagiocylix
speciesPhaseolus plagiocylix
Phaseolus scrobiculatifolius
speciesPhaseolus scrobiculatifolius
Phaseolus teulensis
speciesPhaseolus teulensis
Phaseolus venosus
speciesPhaseolus venosus
Phaseolus hintonii
speciesPhaseolus hintonii
Phaseolus jaliscanus
speciesPhaseolus jaliscanus
Phaseolus leptophyllus
speciesPhaseolus leptophyllus
Phaseolus macvaughii
speciesPhaseolus macvaughii
Phaseolus esperanzae
speciesPhaseolus esperanzae
Phaseolus nelsonii
speciesPhaseolus nelsonii
Phaseolus nodosus
speciesPhaseolus nodosus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Aromatics and Simple Medicines of the Indies
Garcia de Orta (trans. Clusius) · 1567 · p.81
History of Aromatics and Simple Medicines of the Indies
Garcia de Orta (trans. Clusius) · 1567 · p.80
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.93
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.276
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.91
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.273
Rare Asiatic Plants, Vol. 1
Nathaniel Wallich · 1830 · p.25
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.539
Description of the Plants of America
Charles Plumier · 1693 · p.218
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.263
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.683
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.275
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72293.