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 descending
Albizia sinaloensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • silk tree
  • palo joso (Spanish)
  • Southwestern North America
3 2
Bauhinia macranthera
Cercidoideae
  • Chihuahuan orchid tree
tree
  • Southwestern North America
1 2
Bauhinia thonningii
Cercidoideae
  • monkeybread
  • mutukutu (Shona)
  • musekesa (Shona)
  • ihabahaba (Ndebele)
 2 2
Bolusanthus speciosus
Papilionoideae
  • tree wisteria
  • mupaka (Shona)
  • impaca (Ndebele)
 2 2
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Caesalpinioideae
  • red bird-of-paradise
  • tavachín (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
  • Caribbean
10 2
Calliandra eriophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • fairy duster
  • false mesquite
shrub
subshrub
  • Southwestern North America
11 2
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana
Cercidoideae
  • Mexican redbud
 3 2
Colutea istria
Papilionoideae
  • bladder senna
shrub
  • Southwestern Asia
4 2
Coursetia glandulosa
Papilionoideae
  • baby bonnets
  • samo prieto (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
5 2
Dalea tomentosa var. mota
Papilionoideae
  • mota
 2 2
Desmodium cinerascens
Papilionoideae
  • spiked ticktrefoil
  • shrubby tick clover
  • alma
perennial herb
  • Southwestern North America
7 2
Erythrina flabelliformis
Papilionoideae
  • southwest coral bean
  • chilicote
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 2
Erythrina lysistemon
Papilionoideae
  • lucky bean tree
  • kaffirboom (Afrikaans)
  • mutsodzo (Shona)
  • musinzana (Shona)
 4 2
Erythrostemon gilliesii
Caesalpinioideae
  • yellow bird-of-paradise
shrub
  • Southern South America
6 2
Eysenhardtia texana
Papilionoideae
  • Texas kidneywood
  • palo dulce (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
3 2
Geoffroea decorticans
Papilionoideae
  • Chilean palo verde
  • chañar (Spanish)
 4 2
Harpalyce arborescens
Papilionoideae 1 2
Havardia pallens
Caesalpinioideae
  • tenaza
 6 2
Leucaena retusa
Caesalpinioideae
  • golden-ball lead tree
small tree
  • Southwestern North America
11 2
Lysiloma divaricatum
Caesalpinioideae
  • littleleaf lysiloma
  • mauto (Spanish)
 6 2
Mariosousa millefolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • Santa Rita acacia
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
3 2
Medicago arborea
Papilionoideae
  • tree alfalfa
 6 2
Mimosa asperata
Caesalpinioideae
  • Berlandier's mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
  • Central America
2 2
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

Taxa Found: 1281