Taxon: Phaseolus maculatus Scheele

Summary

Genus:

Phaseolus

Section:

Coriacei

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Phaseolinae

Nomen number:

312199

Place of publication:

Linnaea 21:465. 1848

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/110402

Comment:

non Phaseolus maculatus Mart. (1829), nom. nud.

Verified:

03/24/2020 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

26 (16 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Autonym(s)
Phaseolus maculatus Scheele subsp. maculatus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Phaseolus metcalfei Wooton & Standl.
Phaseolus retusus Benth.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Debouck, D. G. 1999. Diversity in Phaseolus species in relation to the common bean. In: Singh, S. P., ed., Common bean improvement in the Twenty-first Century 2:25-52.
Delgado-Salinas, A. et al. 2006. Phylogeny of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae): a recent diversification in an ancient landscape. Syst. Bot. 31:779-791. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Delgado-Salinas, A. 1985. Systematics of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae) in North and Central America 217. Note: Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas
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. 23:254-260.
Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii)
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Lai, D. et al. 2020. Biosynthesis of cyanogenic glucosides in Phaseolus lunatus and the evolution of oxine-based defenses. Pl. Direct 4(8):e00244. DOI: 10.1002/pld3.244. Note: list members of group Polystachios having linamarin and lotoaustralin compounds, also shared by members of the Lunatus group
Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:59. Note: = Phaseolus metcalfii Wooton & Standl.
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 28:145. Note: = Phaseolus ritensis M. E. Jones
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	Metcalfe bean			1	Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
English	prairie bean			1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico	s.w.	Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii)
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii)
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tlaxcala		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. 23:254-260.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona	s.e.	Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii)

Native
Northern America

SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (s.w.), Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.e.)]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala]

Reference(s)

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. 23:254-260.
Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=312199. Accessed 11 May 2026.