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 descending No. Living Accessions
Vachellia karroo
Caesalpinioideae
  • sweet thorn
  • Karoo thorn
  • soetdoring (Afrikaans)
  • umunga (Zulu)
  • isinga (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
7 2
Vachellia vernicosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • Chihuahuan whitethorn
  • vinorama (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
7 2
Desmanthus cooleyi
Caesalpinioideae
  • Cooley's bundleflower
8 1
Desmodium rosei
Papilionoideae
  • Rose's ticktrefoil
8 0
Galactia wrightii
Papilionoideae
  • Wright milkpea
  • galactia
8 0
Parasenegalia visco
Caesalpinioideae
  • visco
  • viscote
tree
  • West-Central 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
Senna artemisioides subsp. × sturtii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Sturt's cassia
  • velvet cassia
  • dense cassia
  • grey cassia
shrub
  • Australia
8 3
Vachellia farnesiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • sweet acacia
  • huisache (Spanish)
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Caribbean
  • Northern South America
  • Eastern South America
8 1
Vachellia rigidula
Caesalpinioideae
  • blackbrush acacia
  • chaparro prieto (Spanish)
  • Southern North America
8 3
Vicia pulchella
Papilionoideae
  • sweetclover vetch
8 0
Erythrina flabelliformis
Papilionoideae
  • southwest coral bean
  • chilicote
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 2
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa
Papilionoideae
  • kidneywood
  • palo dulce (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 3
Indigofera sphaerocarpa
Papilionoideae
  • Sonoran indigo
  • wild indigo
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 3
Indigofera suffruticosa
Papilionoideae
  • indigo
9 1
Lotus tenuis
Papilionoideae
  • narrow-leaf bird's-foot trefoil
9 0
Lupinus albus
Papilionoideae
  • white lupin
9 0
Lupinus albus var. albus
Papilionoideae
  • Egyptian lupin
9 0
Oxytropis lambertii
Papilionoideae
  • purple locoweed
  • Lambert's locoweed
  • loco
9 0
Robinia pseudoacacia
Papilionoideae
  • black locust
9 1
Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris
Caesalpinioideae
  • silver-leaf cassia
shrub
  • Australia
9 3
Amorpha fruticosa
Papilionoideae
  • false indigo
  • bastard indigo
10 1
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Caesalpinioideae
  • red bird-of-paradise
  • tavachín (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
  • Caribbean
10 2
Gleditsia triacanthos
Caesalpinioideae
  • honey locust
10 3