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 sessilis
Caesalpinioideae 1 2
Acacia viscidula
Caesalpinioideae
  • sticky wattle
1 2
Albizia brevifolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • mountain albizia
  • Africa
2 2
Acacia trineura
Caesalpinioideae
  • hindmarsh wattle
  • three-nerved wattle
2 2
Acacia maitlandii
Caesalpinioideae
  • spiky wattle
2 2
Bauhinia macranthera
Cercidoideae
  • Chihuahuan orchid tree
tree
  • Southwestern North America
1 2
Harpalyce arborescens
Papilionoideae 1 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
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana
Cercidoideae
  • Mexican redbud
3 2
Erythrina flabelliformis
Papilionoideae
  • southwest coral bean
  • chilicote
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 2
Desmodium cinerascens
Papilionoideae
  • spiked ticktrefoil
  • shrubby tick clover
  • alma
perennial herb
  • Southwestern North America
7 2
Colutea istria
Papilionoideae
  • bladder senna
shrub
  • Southwestern Asia
4 2
Erythrina lysistemon
Papilionoideae
  • lucky bean tree
  • kaffirboom (Afrikaans)
  • mutsodzo (Shona)
  • musinzana (Shona)
4 2
Lysiloma divaricatum
Caesalpinioideae
  • littleleaf lysiloma
  • mauto (Spanish)
6 2
Acacia leiocalyx
Caesalpinioideae
  • lamb's tail wattle
  • black wattle
  • curracabah
2 2
Leucaena retusa
Caesalpinioideae
  • golden-ball lead tree
small tree
  • Southwestern North America
11 2
Mariosousa millefolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • Santa Rita acacia
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
3 2
Acacia microcarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • manna wattle
1 2
Mimosa asperata
Caesalpinioideae
  • Berlandier's mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
  • Central America
2 2
Mimosa grahamii var. grahamii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Graham's mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
4 2
Mimosa ephedroides
Caesalpinioideae
  • prendador (Spanish)
  • pichana (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southern South America
2 2
Mundulea sericea
Papilionoideae
  • mundulea
  • cork bush
  • mupumhamhene (Shona)
  • umsindandlovu (Ndebele)
2 2
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. latidens
Caesalpinioideae
  • sensitive briar
3 2
Acacia redolens
Caesalpinioideae
  • vanilla-scented wattle
  • Ongerup acacia
  • vanilla wattle
shrub
  • Australia
4 2