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Taxon:  Phaseolus vulgaris L. var. aborigineus (Burkart) Baudet



Summary
Genus:
Phaseolus
Section:
Phaseolus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
105037
Place of publication:
Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 110:74. 1977
Comment:
this is the wild relative of the common bean
Verified:
08/19/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Phaseolus vulgaris L. (2960 active accession[s])
Phaseolus vulgaris L. var. vulgaris (17 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Phaseolus aborigineus Burkart

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Reference(s)
  1. Berglund-Brücher, O. & H. Brücher. 1976. The South American wild bean (Phaseolus aborigineus Burk.) as ancestor of the common bean. Econ. Bot. 30:257-272.
  2. Brücher, H. The wild ancestor of Phaseolus vulgaris in South America. Genetic resources of Phaseolus beans. 1988 185-214.
  3. Cattan-Toupance, I. et al. 1998. Genetic structure of wild bean populations in their South-Andean centre of origin. Theor. Appl. Genet. 96:844-851.
  4. Chacón, M. I. et al. 2007. Phylogeographic analysis of the chloroplast DNA variation in wild common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the Americas. Pl. Syst. Evol. 266:175-195.
  5. Debouck, D. G. et al. 1993. Genetic diversity and ecological distribution of Phaseolus vulgaris (Fabaceae) in northwestern South America. Econ. Bot. 47:408-423.
  6. Debouck, D. G. et al. 1993. Genetic diversity and ecological distribution of Phaseolus vulgaris (Fabaceae) in northwestern South America. Econ. Bot. 47:408-423.
  7. Delgado-Salinas, A. 1985. Systematics of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae) in North and Central America. 1985 160.
  8. Freyre, R. et al. 1996. Ecogeographic distribution of Phaseolus spp. (Fabaceae) in Bolivia. Econ. Bot. 50:195-215.
  9. 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. 23:36, 41.
  10. 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.
  11. Mansfeld, R. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959
  12. 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 28:136.
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Pratt, R. C. et al. 1985. Genotypic diversity enhances recovery of hybrids and fertile backcrosses of Phaseolus vulgaris L. × P. acutifolius A. Gray. Euphytica 34:329-344.
  15. Rothschild, D. I. de. 1970. Nodulación en leguminosas subtropicales de la flora Argentina. Revista Mus. Argent. Ci. Nat. "Bernardino Rivadavia" Inst. Nac. Invest. Ci. Nat. Bot. 3(9):267-286.
  16. Santalla, M. et al. 2004. Genetic diversity of Argentinian common bean and its evolution during domestication. Euphytica 135:75-87.
Common names
Distribution
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Durango, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz]
Southern America
  • MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica [Alajuela, San Jose], Guatemala [Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Jalapa, Sacatepequez, Santa Rosa, Suchitepequez], Honduras [Comayagua, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan], Nicaragua [Esteli, Jinotega], El Salvador [Morazan]
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela [Merida, Tachira, Trujillo]
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Tarija], Colombia [Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander], Ecuador [Azuay, Chimborazo, Loja], Peru [Apurimac, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Piura]
Uncertain
Southern America
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela [Lara]
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=105037. Accessed 3 April 2025.

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