Phaseolus acutifolius

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Phaseolus

Herbs or subshrubs , erect , prostrate or climbing . Leaves stipulate , stipules persistent , not prolonged below the point of insertion ; pinnately trifoliolate , rarely unifoliolate . Inflorescence axillary , falsely racemose, the flowers in fascicles along the rachis; bracts and bracteoles present. Calyx 5-lobed, 2-lipped; upper lip emarginate , bifid, lower lip 3-lobed. Vexillum round , auriculate , with 2 appendages or with only slight appendages at the side of the claw and a transverse constriction above or with none; wings often following the spiral of the keel; keel often narrow, elongated, the apex beaked and forming the spiral of 1-5 complete turns . Stamens diadelphous , 9+1; anthers subuliform or 5 dorsifixed alternating with 5 basifixed . Ovary 2-many ovuled; style tenuous below, the upper part artilaginous and thickened, curved through 360º, the upper portion glabrous or hairy inside; stigma oblique on the inner side of the style apex or sometimes terminal and subterminal , not penicillate . Pod linear or oblong , compressed or subcylindrical , sometimes beaked. Seeds 3-many, oblong or reniform .

Verdcourt (l.c.) has recently redefined the generic limits of the genus Phaseolus. In this revised and restricted sense the genus contains c.50 species, predominantly American.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,495 meters (0 to 8,186 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 3-6" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Climbing, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Annual

Similar Species

Members of the genus Phaseolus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2382 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. acutifolius (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius var. acutifolius (Wild Tepary Bean of Semi-Sunny Habitats) · P. acutifolius var. latifolius (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Big Fields Brown' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Black' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Colonia Morelos Speckled' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Colonia Morelos White' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Cumpas' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Dark Yellow' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Durango' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Guarijio White' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Hopi White' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Kickapoo White' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Light Brown' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Little Tucson Brown' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Mayo White Aluvia' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Mitla Black' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Paiute Mixed' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Paiute Yellow' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Pima Beige & Brown' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Pinacate' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Redfield' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Sacaton Brown' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Sacaton White' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Santa Rosa' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'San Felipe Pueblo White' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'San Ignacio' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'San Pablo Balleza' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'San Pablo Balleza White' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Sonoran Brown' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Sonoran Golden' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Sonoran White' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Tohono O'odham Brown' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Tohono O'odham White' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Virus-Free Yellow' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Warihio' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Yaqui' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Yoeme Brown' (Tepary Bean) · P. acutifolius 'Yoeme White' (Tepary Bean) · P. angustissimus (Narrowleaf Bean) · P. caracalla (Bertoni Bean) · P. coccineus (Haricot á Fleurs Rouges) · P. coccineus coccineus (Chamborote) · P. coccineus formosus (Chamborote) · P. coccineus L. 'Hestia' (Dwarf Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Achievement' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Achievement Merit' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Aleppo Arab' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Apricot' (Scarlet Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Armstrong' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Aztec Half-Runner' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Barnett' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Best of All' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Blackcoat' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Black' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Black Knight' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Black Night' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Bonds' Orca Lima' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Bulgarian' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Butler' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Buton' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Cave Bean' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Chandler Scarlet' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Cherokee Butterbean' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Crochu De Montmagny' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Crusader' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Cypriot Speckled' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Czar' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Desiree' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Don Collis' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Dwarf Scarlet Bees' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Emergo' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Emergo Stringless' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Enorma' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Enorma Elite' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Erecta' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Esparot' (Dwarf Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Fat White Boys' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Fergie' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Flamenco' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Flare' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Galaxy' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'German' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Goliath' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Grammy Tilley' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Granny's Scarlet Runner' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Heike's German' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Hestia' (Dwarf Runner Bean 'hestia') · P. coccineus 'Hungarian Red' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Ivanhoe' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Jack and the Beanstalk' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Japanese' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Jerusalem' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Judia' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Kelvedon Marvel' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Lady Di' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Liberty' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Meienbohne' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Mergoles' (Runner Bean) · P. coccineus 'Moonlight' (Bean (Runner) 'moonlight')

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Further Reading

• Biologia centrali-americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. London, Pub. for the editors by R. H. Porter and Dulau & co., 1879-88. url .
• Botanical Museum leaflets, Harvard University. 16 1953-1954 Cambridge, Mass.: Botanical Museum, Harvard University, 1932- url p. 142, p. 153.
• Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Amherst, : Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907-1974. url p. 4.
• Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1971. url p. 106, p. 194, p. 21, p. 338.
• Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1923 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 345.
• Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Washington, D.C.?]: Supt. of Docs., G.P.O., 1913-1923. url p. 15.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16 1912-1916 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 140, p. 35, p. 377, p. 689, p. 693, p. 90.
• Feeds and feeding; Madison, Wis., The Henry-Morrison company, 1915. url p. 636.
• Flora of Guatemala: families Leguminosae, Geraniaceae, Oxalidaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Linaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae, Burseraceae, Meliaceae, and Malpighiaceae / by Paul C. Standley and Julian A. Steyermark. 24 1946 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1946. url p. 319.
• Flora of New Mexico. By E.O. Wooton and Paul C. Standley. WashingtonGovt. Print. Off.1915 url p. 377.
• International catalogue of scientific literature. London: Published for the International Council by the Royal Society of London, 1902-1919. url p. 206.
• Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 41.
• Journal of ethnobiology. 15 1995 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 112, p. 249, p. 274, p. 275, p. 287.
• Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington [etc., Washington Academy of Sciences] url p. 214.
• Nomenclature of plants; a text for the application by the case method of the International code of botanical nomenclature. New York, Ronald Press Co.[1958] url p. 149, p. 82.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 36, p. 94.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 38.
• Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. Honolulu: Hawaiian Entomological Society url , , p. 475, p. 501.
• Publication / Institute of Social Anthropology. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1944- url p. 134.
• Seemann, B. The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Herald: under the command of Captain Henry Kellett, R.N., C.B., during the years 1845-51 /by Berthold Seemann. 1852-1857 London: Lovell Reeve, 1852-1857. url p. 281, p. 468.
• Smithsonian contributions to knowledge. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1848-1916. url p. 115, p. 139.
• Textbook of botany, by Charles E. Allen and Edward M. Gilbert. Boston, D.C. Heath & co., [c1917] url p. 456.
• The American florist: a weekly journal for the trade. Chicago: American Florist Company, [1885-1931] url p. 678.
• The California vegetables in garden and field a manual of practice with and without irrigation for semitropical countries [by] Edward J. Wickson. San Francisco: Pacific rural press, 1917. url p. 133.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 25.
• The Review of applied entomology. Farnham Royal, Eng., etc.: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, etc. url p. 354, p. 697.
• The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States a Illustrated with colored plates, four thousand engravings in the text, and ninety-six full-page cuts. New York, Macmillan, 1919 [c1914] url p. 458.
• Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. [St. Louis: Academy of Science of St. Louis], 1860-1958. url p. 191.
• Zoe:a biological journal. 4 1894 San Diego, Calif. [etc.]Zoe Publishing Co. url p. 399, p. 401.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 04, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 30, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:

• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Banco Nacional de Germoplasma Vegetal, México
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
• The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens
• US National Plant Germplasm System, United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-11932
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638073
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:513665-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 27549
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26840
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PHACT
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 53825

Footnotes

1. "Phaseolus". in Flora of Pakistan Page 239. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 1,140.670 meters (3,742.356 feet), Standard Deviation = 604.980 based on 135 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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