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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!

Taxonsort descending Subfamily Common name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range No. Seed Accessions No. Living Accessions
Marina diffusa
Papilionoideae
  • escoba colorada (Spanish)
3 0
Marina parryi
Papilionoideae
  • Parry dalea
6 1
Mariosousa coulteri
Caesalpinioideae
  • Coulter acacia
  • Southern North America
2 1
Mariosousa millefolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • Santa Rita acacia
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
3 2
Mariosousa willardiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • palo blanco
  • Southwestern North America
1 1
Medicago arborea
Papilionoideae
  • tree alfalfa
6 2
Medicago lupulina
Papilionoideae
  • black medick
  • hop-clover
  • nonesuch
1 0
Medicago sativa
Papilionoideae
  • alfalfa
1 0
Melilotus albus
Papilionoideae
  • white sweet clover
4 0
Melilotus indica
Papilionoideae
  • Indian sweetclover
  • sourclover
  • trebol de olor común (Spanish)
1 0
Melilotus officinalis
Papilionoideae
  • yellow sweet clover
2 0
Millettia grandis
Papilionoideae
  • umzimbeet
  • omsambeet (Afrikaans)
  • umSimbithwa (Zulu)
1 0
Mimosa acantholoba var. eurycarpa
Caesalpinioideae
small tree
shrub
  • Mexico
1 0
Mimosa albida
Caesalpinioideae
subshrub
climber/vine
perennial herb
  • Northern South America
  • Central America
  • Southern Mexico
1 0
Mimosa asperata
Caesalpinioideae
  • Berlandier's mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
  • Central America
2 2
Mimosa bahamensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • White logwood bush, holdback
small tree
shrub
  • Southeastern Mexico
  • Central America
  • Bahamas
2 0
Mimosa biuncifera
Caesalpinioideae
  • catclaw mimosa
  • wait-a-minute bush
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
11 1
Mimosa distachya var. laxiflora
Caesalpinioideae
  • gatuña (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
6 2
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