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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 Accessionssort ascending No. Living Accessions
Calliandra eriophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • fairy duster
  • false mesquite
shrub
subshrub
  • Southwestern North America
11 2
Chamaecrista nictitans var. mensalis
Caesalpinioideae
  • sensitive partridge pea
11 0
Amorpha fruticosa
Papilionoideae
  • false indigo
  • bastard indigo
10 1
Gleditsia triacanthos
Caesalpinioideae
  • honey locust
10 3
Senegalia berlandieri
Caesalpinioideae
  • Berlandier's acacia
  • guajillo (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
10 2
Macroptilium atropurpureum
Papilionoideae
  • purple bushbean
  • siratro (Spanish)
10 0
Senna covesii
Caesalpinioideae
  • desert senna
perennial herb
  • Southwestern North America
10 1
Vachellia aroma
Caesalpinioideae
  • tusca (Spanish)
  • aromo (Spanish)
  • South-Central South America
10 2
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Caesalpinioideae
  • red bird-of-paradise
  • tavachín (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
  • Caribbean
10 2
Robinia pseudoacacia
Papilionoideae
  • black locust
9 1
Lupinus albus var. albus
Papilionoideae
  • Egyptian lupin
9 0
Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris
Caesalpinioideae
  • silver-leaf cassia
shrub
  • Australia
9 3
Lotus tenuis
Papilionoideae
  • narrow-leaf bird's-foot trefoil
9 0
Oxytropis lambertii
Papilionoideae
  • purple locoweed
  • Lambert's locoweed
  • loco
9 0
Lupinus albus
Papilionoideae
  • white lupin
9 0
Indigofera sphaerocarpa
Papilionoideae
  • Sonoran indigo
  • wild indigo
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 3
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa
Papilionoideae
  • kidneywood
  • palo dulce (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 3
Erythrina flabelliformis
Papilionoideae
  • southwest coral bean
  • chilicote
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 2
Indigofera suffruticosa
Papilionoideae
  • indigo
9 1
Parasenegalia visco
Caesalpinioideae
  • visco
  • viscote
tree
  • West-Central South America
8 1
Vachellia farnesiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • sweet acacia
  • huisache (Spanish)
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Caribbean
  • Northern South America
  • Eastern South America
8 1
Senegalia roemeriana
Caesalpinioideae
  • Roemer's acacia
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
8 2
Senna artemisioides subsp. × artemisioides
Caesalpinioideae
  • feathery cassia
  • silver cassia
shrub
  • Australia
8 2
Desmanthus cooleyi
Caesalpinioideae
  • Cooley's bundleflower
8 1
Senna artemisioides subsp. × sturtii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Sturt's cassia
  • velvet cassia
  • dense cassia
  • grey cassia
shrub
  • Australia
8 3