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
Parkinsonia texana var. texana
Caesalpinioideae
  • Texas palo verde
4 3
Senna artemisioides subsp. × sturtii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Sturt's cassia
  • velvet cassia
  • dense cassia
  • grey cassia
shrub
  • Australia
8 3
Acacia saligna
Caesalpinioideae
  • golden wreath wattle
  • blueleaf wattle
6 3
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
Caesalpinioideae
  • western honey mesquite
7 2
Acacia phlebopetala
Caesalpinioideae 1 2
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. latidens
Caesalpinioideae
  • sensitive briar
3 2
Acacia microcarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • manna wattle
1 2
Acaciella glauca
Caesalpinioideae
  • yellow tamarind acacia
  • Caribbean
2 2
Prosopis velutina
Caesalpinioideae
  • velvet mesquite
14 2
Parkinsonia florida subsp. florida
Caesalpinioideae
  • blue palo verde
16 2
Albizia julibrissin
Caesalpinioideae
  • silk tree mimosa
  • Southwestern Asia
  • East Asia
7 2
Bauhinia macranthera
Cercidoideae
  • Chihuahuan orchid tree
tree
  • Southwestern North America
1 2
Coursetia glandulosa
Papilionoideae
  • baby bonnets
  • samo prieto (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
5 2
Senegalia galpinii
Caesalpinioideae
  • monkey thorn
  • apiesdoring (Afrikaans)
  • mokala (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
3 2
Vachellia karroo
Caesalpinioideae
  • sweet thorn
  • Karoo thorn
  • soetdoring (Afrikaans)
  • umunga (Zulu)
  • isinga (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
7 2
Mimosa dysocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • velvet-pod mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
4 2
Acacia craspedocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • leather-leaf acacia
  • hop mulga
  • broad-leaved mulga
shrub
  • Australia
6 2
Erythrina flabelliformis
Papilionoideae
  • southwest coral bean
  • chilicote
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 2
Acacia brachystachya
Caesalpinioideae
  • umbrella mulga
  • turpentine mulga
tree
  • Australia
5 2
Senna durangensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • Durango senna
7 2
Vachellia caven
Caesalpinioideae
  • espino (Spanish)
  • espino caven (Spanish)
  • espinillo (Spanish)
  • churqui (Spanish)
  • aromito (Spanish)
  • South-Central South America
13 2
Havardia pallens
Caesalpinioideae
  • tenaza
6 2
Mimosa strigillosa
Caesalpinioideae
  • powderpuff
  • vergonzosa (Spanish)
perennial herb
  • South Central North America
  • Southeastern North America
  • South Central South America
2 2
Senegalia wrightii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Texas catclaw
  • Wright catclaw
  • South-Central North America
2 2
Xanthocercis zambesiaca
Papilionoideae
  • nyala tree
  • muchetuchetu (Shona)
  • muhlati (Shangaan)
1 2