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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 Subfamily Common name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range No. Seed Accessions No. Living Accessionssort ascending
Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris
Caesalpinioideae
  • silver-leaf cassia
shrub
  • Australia
9 3
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa
Papilionoideae
  • kidneywood
  • palo dulce (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 3
Leucaena leucocephala
Caesalpinioideae
  • white lead tree
  • guaje
 23 3
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana
Cercidoideae
  • Mexican redbud
 3 2
Sesbania drummondii
Papilionoideae
  • Drummond rattlebox
  • poison bean
 3 2
Senna corymbosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • flowering senna
  • autumn senna
small tree
shrub
  • Southcentral South America
4 2
Desmodium cinerascens
Papilionoideae
  • spiked ticktrefoil
  • shrubby tick clover
  • alma
perennial herb
  • Southwestern North America
7 2
Acacia stenophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • shoestring acacia
  • river cooba
tree
  • Australia
4 2
Acacia pruinocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • black gidgee
  • black wattle
  • western gidgee
tree
  • Australia
2 2
Vachellia vernicosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • Chihuahuan whitethorn
  • vinorama (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
7 2
Harpalyce arborescens
Papilionoideae 1 2
Senna hirsuta var. glaberrima
Caesalpinioideae
  • slim-pod senna
  • ejotillo (Spanish)
perennial herb
  • Southwestern North America
7 2
Senegalia berlandieri
Caesalpinioideae
  • Berlandier's acacia
  • guajillo (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
10 2
Colutea istria
Papilionoideae
  • bladder senna
shrub
  • Southwestern Asia
3 2
Acacia oswaldii
Caesalpinioideae
  • umbrella wattle
  • miljee
 3 2
Mimosa asperata
Caesalpinioideae
  • Berlandier's mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
  • Central America
2 2
Acacia maitlandii
Caesalpinioideae
  • spiky wattle
 2 2
Leucaena retusa
Caesalpinioideae
  • golden-ball lead tree
small tree
  • Southwestern North America
11 2
Acacia phlebopetala
Caesalpinioideae 1 2
Dalea tomentosa var. mota
Papilionoideae
  • mota
 2 2
Acacia bivenosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • two-nerved wattle
shrub
  • Australia
1 2
Medicago arborea
Papilionoideae
  • tree alfalfa
 6 2
Vachellia aroma
Caesalpinioideae
  • tusca (Spanish)
  • aromo (Spanish)
  • South-Central South America
10 2
Acacia adsurgens
Caesalpinioideae
  • whipstick wattle
shrub
  • Australia
1 2
Bauhinia macranthera
Cercidoideae
  • Chihuahuan orchid tree
tree
  • Southwestern North America
1 2

Taxa Found: 1259