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 ascending No. Living Accessions
Psorothamnus scoparius
Papilionoideae
  • broom dalea
3 0
Swainsona formosa
Papilionoideae
  • Sturt's desert pea
3 1
Acacia nyssophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • prickly wattle
shrub
  • Australia
3 1
Senegalia fleckii
Caesalpinioideae
  • blade thorn
  • mhahu (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
3 2
Dalea mollis
Papilionoideae
  • silky dalea
3 0
Styphnolobium affine
Papilionoideae
  • Texas sophora
  • Eve's necklace
3 0
Acacia oswaldii
Caesalpinioideae
  • umbrella wattle
  • miljee
3 2
Dalea lumholtzii
Papilionoideae
  • Lumholtz's prairie clover
3 0
Acacia papyrocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • western myall
3 1
Lupinus pilosus
Papilionoideae
  • blue lupin
3 0
Vachellia gerrardii subsp. gerrardii
Caesalpinioideae
  • red thorn
  • gray-haired acacia
  • rooidoring (Afrikaans)
  • isiPhuze (Zulu)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
3 0
Acacia prainii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Prain's wattle
shrub
small tree
  • Australia
3 1
Senegalia nigrescens
Caesalpinioideae
  • knob-thorn
  • munanga (Shona)
  • umkhayaomhlope (Ndebele)
  • mokoba (Tswana)
  • Southern Africa
3 1
Acacia pyrifolia
Caesalpinioideae
  • kanji bush
3 2
Mimosa malacophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • vine mimosa
  • raspa huevos (Spanish)
  • raspilla (Spanish)
shrub
climber/vine
  • Southwestern North America
3 1
Dalbergia melanoxylon
Papilionoideae
  • African blackwood
  • zebra wood
  • mpingo (Swati)
3 0
Sesbania virgata
Papilionoideae
  • wand riverhemp
3 0
Cercis orbiculata
Cercidoideae
  • western redbud
3 1
Crotalaria incana
Papilionoideae
  • wooly rattlepod
  • ajonjolí (Spanish)
3 0
Astragalus pectinatus
Papilionoideae
  • comb milk-vetch
3 0
Crotalaria longirostrata
Papilionoideae
  • chipilín (Spanish)
3 0
Vachellia permixta
Caesalpinioideae
  • hairy acacia
  • slender thorn
  • slapdoring (Afrikaans)
  • moselaphala (Sotho)
shrub
  • Southern Africa
3 1
Cercis occidentalis
Cercidoideae
  • western redbud
  • California redbud
3 0
Calliandra californica
Caesalpinioideae
  • Baja California fairy duster
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
3 1
Marina diffusa
Papilionoideae
  • escoba colorada (Spanish)
3 0