Taxon: Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus

Summary

Genus:

Phaseolus

Section:

Phaseolus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Subtribe:

Phaseolinae

Nomen number:

447496

Verified:

08/11/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

5 (5 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Phaseolus coccineus L. (455 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. argenteus Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. coccineus (20 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. condensatus Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. griseus (Piper) Freytag (2 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. lineatibracteolatus Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. parvibracteolatus Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. pubescens Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. semperbracteolatus Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. splendens Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. strigillosus (Piper) Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. tridentatus Freytag (1 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. coccineus var. zongolicensis Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. striatus (Brandegee) Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. striatus (Brandegee) Freytag var. guatemalensis Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. striatus (Brandegee) Freytag var. minuticicatricatus Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. striatus (Brandegee) Freytag var. pringlei Rose ex Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. striatus (Brandegee) Freytag var. purpurascens Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. striatus (Brandegee) Freytag var. rigidicaulis Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. striatus (Brandegee) Freytag var. striatus (Brandegee) Freytag (0 active accession[s])
Phaseolus coccineus L. subsp. striatus (Brandegee) Freytag var. timilpanensis Freytag (0 active accession[s])

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

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

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.
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. 23:1-300.
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.

Common names

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. 23:1-300.
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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León		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. 23:1-300.
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. 23:1-300.
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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas		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. 23:1-300.
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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México		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. 23:1-300.
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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		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. 23:1-300.
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. 23:1-300.
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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos		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. 23:1-300.
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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		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. 23:1-300.
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. 23:1-300.
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. 23:1-300.
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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador			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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			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. 23:1-300.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			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. 23:1-300.
2	Cultivated					widely cult.	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. 23:1-300.

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador

Cultivated (widely cult.)

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. 23:1-300.

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=447496. Accessed 12 May 2026.