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
Calliandra eriophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • fairy duster
  • false mesquite
shrub
subshrub
  • Southwestern North America
11 2
Leucaena retusa
Caesalpinioideae
  • golden-ball lead tree
small tree
  • Southwestern North America
11 2
Amorpha fruticosa
Papilionoideae
  • false indigo
  • bastard indigo
10 1
Vachellia aroma
Caesalpinioideae
  • tusca (Spanish)
  • aromo (Spanish)
  • South-Central South America
10 2
Senegalia berlandieri
Caesalpinioideae
  • Berlandier's acacia
  • guajillo (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
10 2
Senna covesii
Caesalpinioideae
  • desert senna
perennial herb
  • Southwestern North America
10 1
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Caesalpinioideae
  • red bird-of-paradise
  • tavachín (Spanish)
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
  • Caribbean
10 2
Macroptilium atropurpureum
Papilionoideae
  • purple bushbean
  • siratro (Spanish)
10 0
Gleditsia triacanthos
Caesalpinioideae
  • honey locust
10 3
Lupinus albus
Papilionoideae
  • white lupin
9 0
Erythrina flabelliformis
Papilionoideae
  • southwest coral bean
  • chilicote
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 2
Robinia pseudoacacia
Papilionoideae
  • black locust
9 1
Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris
Caesalpinioideae
  • silver-leaf cassia
shrub
  • Australia
9 3
Indigofera suffruticosa
Papilionoideae
  • indigo
9 1
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa
Papilionoideae
  • kidneywood
  • palo dulce (Spanish)
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 3
Oxytropis lambertii
Papilionoideae
  • purple locoweed
  • Lambert's locoweed
  • loco
9 0
Indigofera sphaerocarpa
Papilionoideae
  • Sonoran indigo
  • wild indigo
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
9 3
Lupinus albus var. albus
Papilionoideae
  • Egyptian lupin
9 0
Lotus tenuis
Papilionoideae
  • narrow-leaf bird's-foot trefoil
9 0
Desmodium rosei
Papilionoideae
  • Rose's ticktrefoil
8 0
Senegalia roemeriana
Caesalpinioideae
  • Roemer's acacia
small tree
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
8 2
Desmanthus cooleyi
Caesalpinioideae
  • Cooley's bundleflower
8 1
Senna artemisioides subsp. × sturtii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Sturt's cassia
  • velvet cassia
  • dense cassia
  • grey cassia
shrub
  • Australia
8 3
Parasenegalia visco
Caesalpinioideae
  • visco
  • viscote
tree
  • West-Central South America
8 1
Galactia wrightii
Papilionoideae
  • Wright milkpea
  • galactia
8 0