Genus Strophostyles Elliott


Summary
Genus number:
11673
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Accession count:

25 (17  active, 8  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
  • conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Phasellus Medik., nom. rej.
  • all accepted species are in GRIN


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References:
  1. Brummitt, R. K. 1999. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 48. Taxon 48:369. Note: conservation proposal recommended
  2. Delgado-Salinas, A. et al. 2011. Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: the names and identities of the American segregate genera. Amer. J. Bot. 98:1694-1715.
  3. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 429.
  4. Riley-Hulting, E. T. et al. 2004. Phylogenetic systematics of Strophostyles (Fabaceae): a North American temperate genus within a neotropical diversification. Syst. Bot. 29:627-653. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  5. Verdcourt, B. 1997. (1298-1299) Proposals to conserve the names Phaseolus helvolus with a conserved type and spelling, and Strophostyles against Phaseolus (Leguminosae). Taxon 46:357-359.
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/taxonomygenus?id=11673. Accessed 17 April 2026.