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
Vachellia pennatula var. pennatula
Caesalpinioideae
  • feather acacia
  • algarrobo (Spanish)
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Northern South America
5 2
Vachellia nilotica subsp. kraussiana
Caesalpinioideae
  • scented-pod acacia
  • mubayamhondoro (Shona)
  • isangawe (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
  • East Africa
5 1
Senna armata
Caesalpinioideae
  • spiny senna
  • desert senna
5 0
Astragalus layneae
Papilionoideae
  • Layne milk-vetch
5 0
Astragalus lentiginosus var. australis
Papilionoideae
  • southern freckled milk-vetch
5 0
Acacia brachystachya
Caesalpinioideae
  • umbrella mulga
  • turpentine mulga
tree
  • Australia
5 2
Psorothamnus spinosus
Papilionoideae
  • desert smoke tree
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
5 3
Adenanthera pavonina
Caesalpinioideae
  • red sandalwood
  • false sandalwood
  • jumbie bead
5 0
Coursetia glandulosa
Papilionoideae
  • baby bonnets
  • samo prieto (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
5 2
Lotus cruentus
Papilionoideae
  • red bird's-foot trefoil
  • red-flower lotus
5 0
Abrus precatorius
Papilionoideae
  • lucky bean
  • snake eye
  • minimini (Shona)
  • umabophe (Ndebele)
shrub
climber/vine
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Southern Asia
  • Northern Australia
5 0
Desmodium arizonicum
Papilionoideae
  • Arizona ticktrefoil
5 0
Astragalus nuttallianus
Papilionoideae
  • Nuttall milk-vetch
  • small-flower milk-vetch
  • turkey pea
4 0
Senna alata
Caesalpinioideae
  • emperor's candlestick
  • ringworm cassia
4 0
Peltophorum pterocarpum
Caesalpinioideae
  • yellow poinciana
  • yellow flame
4 0
Astragalus didymocarpus var. dispermus
Papilionoideae
  • two-seeded milk-vetch
4 0
Prosopis tamarugo
Caesalpinioideae
  • tamarugo
4 1
Lupinus hispanicus
Papilionoideae
  • Spanish lupin
4 0
Lupinus argenteus var. palmeri
Papilionoideae
  • Palmer lupin
4 0
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
Cercidoideae
  • eastern redbud
4 0
Phaseolus acutifolius
Papilionoideae
  • tepary bean
4 0
Acacia pravissima
Caesalpinioideae
  • Ovens wattle
  • wedge-leaved wattle
4 2
Sophora chrysophylla
Papilionoideae
  • mamane (Hawaiian)
  • Hawaii (endemic)
4 0
Rhynchosia pyramidalis
Papilionoideae
  • rosary bean
shrub
climber/vine
  • Southern North America
  • Central America
  • Caribbean
  • Northwestern South America
4 0
Desmodium psilophyllum
Papilionoideae
  • simpleleaf ticktrefoil
4 0