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Search for Legume Taxa

Search for taxa represented in the DELEP holdings. Click on the scientific name of a taxon to see its taxon profile!

Taxon Subfamilysort ascending Common name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range No. Seed Accessions No. Living Accessions
Mimosa dysocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • velvet-pod mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
4 2
Mimosa emoryana
Caesalpinioideae
  • Emory mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
2 2
Mimosa ephedroides
Caesalpinioideae
  • prendador (Spanish)
  • pichana (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southern South America
2 2
Mimosa farinosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • tusca blanca (Spanish)
  • shinque (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southern South America
2 2
Mimosa grahamii var. grahamii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Graham's mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
4 2
Mimosa lacerata
Caesalpinioideae
small tree
shrub
  • Central Mexico
  • Southern Mexico
2 0
Mimosa malacophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • vine mimosa
  • raspa huevos (Spanish)
  • raspilla (Spanish)
shrub
climber/vine
  • Southwestern North America
3 1
Mimosa martin-delcampoi
Caesalpinioideae
  • bauhinia-leaf mimosa
1 0
Mimosa palmeri
Caesalpinioideae
  • chopo
2 1
Mimosa platycarpa
Caesalpinioideae
small tree
shrub
  • Central America
1 0
Mimosa polyantha
Caesalpinioideae
  • Chacapo, espino
shrub
  • Mexico
1 0
Mimosa pudica
Caesalpinioideae
  • sensitive plant
1 1
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. latidens
Caesalpinioideae
  • sensitive briar
3 2
Mimosa strigillosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • powderpuff
  • vergonzosa (Spanish)
perennial herb
  • South Central North America
  • Southeastern North America
  • South Central South America
2 2
Mimosa xanti
Caesalpinioideae 1 0
Neptunia plena
Caesalpinioideae
  • water mimosa
1 0
Neptunia pubescens var. pubescens
Caesalpinioideae
  • yellowpuff
2 1
Newtonia buchananii
Caesalpinioideae
  • forest newtonia
1 0
Painteria elastichophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • ebanillo (Spanish)
  • ebano chaparro (Spanish)
2 0
Parasenegalia visco
Caesalpinioideae
  • visco
  • viscote
tree
  • West-Central South America
8 1
Paraserianthes lophantha
Caesalpinioideae 1 0
Parkia biglobosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • African locustbean
  • nete (Wolof)
2 0
Parkia timoriana
Caesalpinioideae
  • tree bean
1 0
Parkinsonia aculeata
Caesalpinioideae
  • Mexican palo verde
  • Jerusalem thorn
  • retama (Spanish)
3 0
Parkinsonia africana
Caesalpinioideae
  • wild green-hair tree
  • wildegroenhaarboom (Afrikaans)
1 1