Details for: PI 549461, Phaseolus lunatus L., 'CHRISTMAS LIMA'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Phaseolus lunatus L.

Cultivar:

'CHRISTMAS LIMA'

Origin:

Donated – Missouri, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1961

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	20 count		PI 549461 2015i SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Phaseolus lunatus L.

Cultivar:

'CHRISTMAS LIMA'

Origin:

Donated – Missouri, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1961

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Donated

1961.
Missouri, United States

Donor(s):

Corneli Seed Company

Accession Names and Identifiers

'CHRISTMAS LIMA'

Type: Cultivar name

W6 7422

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative

Long season pole lima producing extremely large beans in green shell stage. Seeds Christmas colors. Widely used in the South and many other areas including the Pacific NW where it has been more hardy than other types. Vine 7-9" tall. Leaves abundant, narrow and dull medium green. Pods 5-5 1/2" long and slightly curved, large, flat. 3 beans per pod. Seed creamy green field with slightly raised areas of dark vivid red. 450 per lb. Maturity 90 days. Used for home gardens and market.

Phaseolus lunatus L.

Genus:

Phaseolus

Section:

Paniculati

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Phaseolinae

Nomen number:

27591

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:724. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358745

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

08/16/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Autonym(s)
Phaseolus lunatus L. var. lunatus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Phaseolus falcatus Benth. ex Hemsl., nom. nud.
Phaseolus inamoenus L.
Phaseolus limensis Macfad.
Phaseolus lunatus L. var. macrocarpus (Moench) Benth.
Phaseolus lunatus L. var. silvester Baudet
Phaseolus macrocarpus Moench
Phaseolus rosei Piper
Phaseolus tunkinensis Lour.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	butter bean	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Lima bean	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Sieva bean	1	Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
English	sugar bean	1	Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
French	haricot de Lima	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	haricot du Cap	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	pois du Cap	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Limabohne	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Mondbohne	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	fagiolo di Lima	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	aoi-mame	2	Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Portuguese	feijão-de-Lima	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	fava-Belém	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	feijão-fava	2	Silva, V. B. et al. 2015. Genetic diversity and promising crosses indication in lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) accessions. Semina: Ciências Agrárias 36:683-692. DOI: 10.5433/1679-0359.2015v36n2p683.
Spanish	frijol de luna	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	haba lima	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	judía de Lima	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	pallar	2	Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 259.
Spanish (Mexico)	frijol navajita	2	Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 89.
Spanish (Spain)	garrofó	2	Martínez-Nieto, M. I. et al. 2020. Resilience capacity assessment of the traditional Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) landraces facing climate change. Agron. Open Access 10:758. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10060758. Note: this study assessed local cultivars developed in Valencia, Spain, and compared them with a widely commercial cultivar
Swedish	limaböna	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	main dou	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	chaedu	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:116.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	Habit	Describes final architecture of plant through interaction of many characters: terminal meristem growth, number of nodes on the stem, internode length, climbing ability, Branching pattern.	4 - Indeterminate climbing	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Hypocotyl color	Hypocotyl color taken after crook stage	GR - Green	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Wing pattern	Pattern of color on wings.	UN - Uniform (only one color)	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Standard Pattern	Refers to the distribution of the darker color over the lighter one on the standard	UN - Uniform (only one color)	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower concentration	Concentration of flowers on the plant at just prior to pod formation or at 75% flowering	7 - High concentration	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Pod color (base)	Basic Pod color. refers to lighter color when more than one color exists. data taken during pod filling stage but prior to the initiation of defoliation	MG - Medium green	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Pod pattern	Pod Pattern - describes distribution of darker color over lighter basic pod color. if only one color, then pattern is classified as uniform	UN - Uniform	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Pod string	Observation of the presence or absence of pod string. data taken at the snap stage or the beginning of the pod filling stage	Present - Present pod string	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed color (base)	Base or background color of the seed coat taken from freshly harvested seed. the base color is the predominant color if more than one color is present.	DR - Dark red	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed pattern color	Color of the patterned part of the seed coat, usually the less predominant color if more than one color is present.	WH - White	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed eye color (hilum)	Color of the eye or hilum of the seed	WH - White	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	71		PHASEOLUS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed pattern	Pattern of seed color distribution	SS - Stripes and spots irregularly distributed	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed shape	Basic shape seed, regardless of seed size	K - Reniform or kidney type	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed luster	Seed Luster or Brilliance taken on dry seeds recently harvested	OP - Opaque or dull	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed cotyledon color	Color of cotyledon taken from recently harvested seed.	CR - Cream	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed secondary pattern color	Color of the minor patterned part of the seedcoat, usually the least predominant color if more than two colors exist.	NA - Non-applicable, seed secondary pattern color absent	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Shape	General leaf shape	TR - Truliform (non-parallel sides)	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Pod pattern color	Pod Pattern color	NA - Non-applicable, pod pattern color absent	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Emergence type	Type of emergence	E - Epigeal: cotyledons emerge above the soil	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Root type	Root type	fib - Fibrous root sysytem	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Pollination requirement	Pollination method	SE - Flowers self-pollinated, but not all flowers produce seed.	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Wing color	Basic Wing Color taken right after the flower opens. the basic color is lighter of colors if there is more than one color. if only one color, it is basic color. Munsell 'hue' colors chart used	01 - 01 : white	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Standard color (base) Munsell	Basic Standard Color, where basic color refers to the lighter colors when more than one color. if there is only one color, it is the basic color.	02 - 02 : brilliant yellow green - Munsell hue number: 2.5 GY 9/8	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Standard Pattern Color Munsell	The pattern of color on the standard. this refers to the darker color on the standard if there is more than one color.	NA - Non-applicable, standard pattern color absent	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Wing Pattern Color Munsell	The pattern of color on the wing. this refers to the darker color on the standard if there is more than one color.	NA - Non-applicable, has no wing pattern color	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture1	A picture or image	seed		PHASEOLUS.SEED.IMAGE.THAYER	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture2	A picture or image	seed		PHASEOLUS.SEED.IMAGE.THAYER	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
PHYSIOLOGY	Photo response	Photo response	N - Day neutral		PHASEOLUS.PHOTORESP.GH.WRPIS	PI 549461 2001i SD	Not Available
PHYSIOLOGY	Photo response	Photo response	N - Day neutral	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Seed class	Seed type based on seed phenotype and coded as Common Market Class.	LIMA - Lima beans	33	PHASEOLUS.2012.WRPIS	PI 549461 2012i SD	Not Available