Taxon:  Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton et al. subsp. smilacifolius (Pollard) Freytag



Summary
Genus:
Phaseolus
Section:
Coriacei
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
447508
Place of publication:
G. F. Freytag & D. G. Debouck, Sida Bot. Misc. 23:116.  2002
Verified:
08/19/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton et al. (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton et al. subsp. polystachios (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton et al. subsp. sinuatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Phaseolus smilacifolius Pollard

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Reference(s)
  1. Debouck, D. G. 1999. Diversity in Phaseolus species in relation to the common bean. Common bean improvement in the Twenty-first Century 25-52. Note: this review comments on the need to document this variety
  2. Delgado-Salinas, A. & W. R. Carr. 2007. Phaseolus texensis (Leguminosae: Phaseolinae): a new species from the Edwards Plateau of central Texas. Lundellia 10:11-17. Note: this paper recognizes as a distinct species populations from Texas, previously considered within this subspecies by Freytag & Debouck (see Sida Bot Misc 23:116. 2002)
  3. Freytag, G. F. & D. G. Debouck. 2002. Taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in North America, Mexico and Central America. Sida, Bot. Misc. 23:1-300.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFloridaColumbia Co.
5UncertainNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida (Columbia Co.)]
Uncertain
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=447508. Accessed 25 May 2026.