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
Acacia phlebopetala
Caesalpinioideae 1 2
Coursetia glandulosa
Papilionoideae
  • baby bonnets
  • samo prieto (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
5 2
Calliandra eriophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • fairy duster
  • false mesquite
shrub
subshrub
  • Southwestern North America
11 2
Acacia kempeana
Caesalpinioideae
  • wanderrie wattle
  • witchetty bush
shrub
  • Australia
3 2
Geoffroea decorticans
Papilionoideae
  • Chilean palo verde
  • chañar (Spanish)
4 2
Acacia brachystachya
Caesalpinioideae
  • umbrella mulga
  • turpentine mulga
tree
  • Australia
5 2
Albizia julibrissin
Caesalpinioideae
  • silk tree mimosa
  • Southwestern Asia
  • East Asia
7 2
Mimosa distachya var. laxiflora
Caesalpinioideae
  • gatuña (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
6 2
Medicago arborea
Papilionoideae
  • tree alfalfa
6 2
Acacia patagiata
Caesalpinioideae
  • salt gully wattle
1 2
Acacia uncinata var. humilis
Caesalpinioideae
  • gold-dust wattle
shrub
  • Southeastern Australia
1 2
Mariosousa millefolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • Santa Rita acacia
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
3 2
Desmodium cinerascens
Papilionoideae
  • spiked ticktrefoil
  • shrubby tick clover
  • alma
perennial herb
  • Southwestern North America
7 2
Erythrostemon gilliesii
Caesalpinioideae
  • yellow bird-of-paradise
shrub
  • Southern South America
6 2
Bolusanthus speciosus
Papilionoideae
  • tree wisteria
  • mupaka (Shona)
  • impaca (Ndebele)
2 2
Acacia citrinoviridis
Caesalpinioideae
  • black mulga
  • river jam
2 2
Bauhinia macranthera
Cercidoideae
  • Chihuahuan orchid tree
tree
  • Southwestern North America
1 2
Eysenhardtia texana
Papilionoideae
  • Texas kidneywood
  • palo dulce (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
3 2
Acacia viscidula
Caesalpinioideae
  • sticky wattle
1 2
Acacia conferta
Caesalpinioideae
  • crowded-leaf wattle
1 2
Havardia pallens
Caesalpinioideae
  • tenaza
6 2
Colutea istria
Papilionoideae
  • bladder senna
shrub
  • Southwestern Asia
4 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
Acacia bivenosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • two-nerved wattle
shrub
  • Australia
1 2