Phaseolus coccineus L. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Phaseolus coccineus L.

Summary

Genus:

Phaseolus

Section:

Phaseolus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Phaseolinae

Nomen number:

27563

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:724. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

08/07/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

31 (27 active, 26 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
Baudet, J. C. 1977. Origine et classification des espèces cultivées du genre Phaseolus. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 110:69.
Budanova, V. I. & N. R. Ivanov. 1973. K sistematike roda Phaseolus L. (To the sistematics of the genus Phaseolus L.). Trudy Prikl. Bot. 51:28.
Coyne, D. P. 1964. Species hybridization in Phaseolus. J. Heredity 55:5-6.
Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Escalante, A. M. et al. 1994. Genetic structure and mating systems in wild and cultivated populations of Phaseolus coccineus and P. vulgaris (Fabaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 81:1096-1103.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
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. 23:55-98.
International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. 1997
Leitão, H. F. 1974. Contribuição ao estudo taxonômico do gênero Phaseolus L. no Brasil. Bragantia 33:62.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 1:56.
Mahuku, G. S. et al. 2003. Sources of resistance to angular leaf spot (Phaeoisariopsis griseola) in common bean core collection, wild Phaseolus vulgaris and secondary gene pool. Euphytica 130:303-313.
Mahuku, G. S. et al. 2003. Sources of resistance to angular leaf spot (Phaeoisariopsis griseola) in common bean core collection, wild Phaseolus vulgaris and secondary gene pool. Euphytica 130:303-313.
Maréchal, R. et al. 1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres Phaseolus et Vigna (Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:137.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:116.
National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Schmit, V. et al. 1993. Use of chloroplast DNA polymorphisms for the phylogenetic study of seven Phaseolus taxa including P. vulgaris and P. coccineus. Theor. Appl. Genet. 87:506-516.
Schmit, V. et al. 1993. Use of chloroplast DNA polymorphisms for the phylogenetic study of seven Phaseolus taxa including P. vulgaris and P. coccineus. Theor. Appl. Genet. 87:506-516.
Spataro, G. et al. 2011. Genetic diversity and structure of a worlwide collection of Phaseolus coccineus L. Theor. Appl. Genet. 122:1281-1291.
Spataro, G. et al. 2011. Genetic diversity and structure of a worlwide collection of Phaseolus coccineus L. Theor. Appl. Genet. 122:1281-1291.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch. 1998
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).

Common names

English
multiflora bean –
runner bean –
scarlet runner bean –
French
haricot d'Espagne –
German
Feuerbohne –
Italian
fagiolo die Spagna –
Japanese Rōmaji
hana-sasage –
Portuguese (Brazil)
feijão-da-Espanha –
feijão-trepador –
Spanish
cubá –
judía encarnada –
judía pinta –
pilay –
Swedish
rosenböna –
Transcribed Chinese
he bao dou –
Transcribed Korean
bulgeungangnamkong –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo Leon
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Federal District
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Queretaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tlaxcala
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica	Alajuela
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador	Chalatenango
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Chimaltenango
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Escuintla
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Huehuetenango
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Jalapa
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Jutiapa
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Quezaltenango
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Sacatepequez
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	San Marcos
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Solola
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Suchitepequez
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Zacapa
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras	Francisco Morazan
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua	Jinotega
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua	Matagalpa
2	Cultivated

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica [Alajuela], Guatemala [Chimaltenango, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Quezaltenango, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Solola, Suchitepequez, Zacapa], Honduras [Francisco Morazan], Nicaragua [Jinotega, Matagalpa], El Salvador [Chalatenango]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=27563. Accessed 20 April 2025.