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
Crotalaria cunninghamii
Papilionoideae
  • regal birdflower
  • green birdflower
  • parrot pea
4 0
Acmispon strigosus
Papilionoideae
  • desert lotus
  • hairy lotus
4 0
Acmispon rigidus
Papilionoideae
  • desert rock pea
4 1
Senna pleurocarpa var. pleurocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • chocolate bush
  • chocolate cassia
  • firebush
  • native senna
4 2
Senna reticulata
Caesalpinioideae
  • laureño (Spanish)
  • maria mole (Portuguese)
4 0
Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus
Papilionoideae
  • Borrego Springs freckled milk-vetch
4 0
Mimosa grahamii var. grahamii
Caesalpinioideae
  • Graham's mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
4 2
Mimosa dysocarpa
Caesalpinioideae
  • velvet-pod mimosa
shrub
  • Southwestern North America
4 2
Acacia stenophylla
Caesalpinioideae
  • shoestring acacia
  • river cooba
tree
  • Australia
4 2
Sophora chrysophylla
Papilionoideae
  • mamane (Hawaiian)
  • Hawaii (endemic)
4 0
Acacia redolens
Caesalpinioideae
  • vanilla-scented wattle
  • Ongerup acacia
  • vanilla wattle
shrub
  • Australia
4 2
Dalea lachnostachya
Papilionoideae
  • gland-leaf dalea
4 0
Dalea leporina
Papilionoideae
  • foxtail dalea
4 0
Dalea nana var. carnescens
Papilionoideae
  • dwarf dalea
4 0
Acacia pravissima
Caesalpinioideae
  • Ovens wattle
  • wedge-leaved wattle
4 2
Melilotus albus
Papilionoideae
  • white sweet clover
4 0
Dermatophyllum arizonicum
Papilionoideae
  • Arizona sophora
  • Arizona mescalbean
4 0
Vachellia rehmanniana
Caesalpinioideae
  • silky acacia
  • sydoring (Afrikaans)
  • Iphucla (Ndebele)
  • Southern Africa
4 1
Erythrina lysistemon
Papilionoideae
  • lucky bean tree
  • kaffirboom (Afrikaans)
  • mutsodzo (Shona)
  • musinzana (Shona)
4 2
Prosopis nigra
Caesalpinioideae
  • algarrobo negro (Spanish)
4 0
Libidibia paraguariensis
Caesalpinioideae
  • guayacán (Spanish)
4 0
Lupinus concinnus
Papilionoideae
  • scarlet lupin
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
Astragalus nuttallianus
Papilionoideae
  • Nuttall milk-vetch
  • small-flower milk-vetch
  • turkey pea
4 0