Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. coccineus GRIN-Global

Taxon: Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. coccineus

Summary

Genus:

Phaseolus

Section:

Phaseolus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Phaseolinae

Nomen number:

300446

Verified:

08/11/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. formosus (Kunth) Marechal et al.
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. obvallatus (Schltdl.) Marechal et al.
Phaseolus formosus Kunth
Phaseolus leiosepalus Piper
Phaseolus multiflorus Lam.
Phaseolus obvallatus Schltdl.

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Reference(s)

Allen, O. N. & E. Hamatová. 1973. IBP world catalogue of Rhizobium collections. 282 pp.
Delgado S., A. 1988. Variation, taxonomy, domestication, and germplasm potentialities in Phaseolus coccineus. Genetic resources of Phaseolus beans. 1988 441-463.
Delgado-Salinas, A. 1985. Systematics of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae) in North and Central America. 1985 210.
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
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. 23:55-57.
Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. Edible Horticultural Crops. 1982
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
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.

Common names

Spanish
ayocote –

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	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	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
2	Cultivated
2	Cultivated	Northern America		Mexico
2	Cultivated	Southern America		South America
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Central America

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, 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], El Salvador [Chalatenango]

Cultivated

REGION:

Northern America

REGION: Mexico

Southern America

REGION: South America
MESOAMERICA: Central America

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
Human food	pulse	Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. Edible Horticultural Crops. 1982
Human food	vegetable	Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. Edible Horticultural Crops. 1982

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=300446. Accessed 18 April 2025.