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 descending Common name(s) Growth Form Native Geographic Range No. Seed Accessions No. Living Accessions
Mimosa grahamii var. grahamii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Graham's mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
4 2
Mimosa farinosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • tusca blanca (Spanish)
  • shinque (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southern South America
2 2
Mimosa ephedroides
Caesalpinioideae
  • prendador (Spanish)
  • pichana (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southern South America
2 2
Mimosa emoryana
Caesalpinioideae
  • Emory mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
2 2
Mimosa dysocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • velvet-pod mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
4 2
Mimosa distachya var. laxiflora
Caesalpinioideae
  • gatuña (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
6 2
Mimosa biuncifera
Caesalpinioideae
  • catclaw mimosa
  • wait-a-minute bush
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
11 1
Mimosa bahamensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • White logwood bush, holdback
small tree
shrub
  • Southeastern Mexico
  • Central America
  • Bahamas
2 0
Mimosa asperata
Caesalpinioideae
  • Berlandier's mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
  • Central America
2 2
Mimosa albida
Caesalpinioideae
subshrub
climber/vine
perennial herb
  • Northern South America
  • Central America
  • Southern Mexico
1 0
Mimosa acantholoba var. eurycarpa
Caesalpinioideae
small tree
shrub
  • Mexico
1 0
Pomaria jamesii
Caesalpinioideae
  • James' rushpea
1 0
Prosopis flexuosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • algarrobo (Spanish)
  • algarrobo dulce (Spanish)
  • algarrobo amarillo (Spanish)
1 0
Prosopis cineraria
Caesalpinioideae
  • ghaf
  • kejari
2 1
Prosopis chilensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • Chilean mesquite
  • algarrobo de Chile (Spanish)
  • algarrobo (Spanish)
15 3
Prosopis affinis
Caesalpinioideae
  • ñandubay (Spanish)
  • espinillo (Spanish)
  • algarrobillo (Spanish)
  • algarrobo ñandubay (Spanish)
1 0
Prosopidastrum globosum
Caesalpinioideae
  • caballo de diablo (Spanish)
  • candeloro (Spanish)
2 1
Neptunia plena
Caesalpinioideae
  • water mimosa
1 0
Mariosousa coulteri
Caesalpinioideae
  • Coulter acacia
  • Southern North America
2 1
Pithecellobium unguis-cati
Caesalpinioideae 1 0
Mariosousa willardiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • palo blanco
  • Southwestern North America
1 1
Mariosousa millefolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • Santa Rita acacia
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
3 2
Peltophorum dasyrachis
Caesalpinioideae 2 0
Newtonia buchananii
Caesalpinioideae
  • forest newtonia
1 0
Neptunia pubescens var. pubescens
Caesalpinioideae
  • yellowpuff
2 1