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Phaseolus acutifolius Tepary bean
Phaseolus amblyosepalus
Phaseolus angustissimus
Phaseolus anisotrichos
Phaseolus augustii
Phaseolus brevicalyx
Phaseolus chacoensis
Phaseolus cibellii
Phaseolus coccineus - Runner bean
Phaseolus filiformis
Phaseolus galactoides
Phaseolus glabellus
Phaseolus grayanus
Phaseolus latidenticulatus
Phaseolus leucanthus
Phaseolus lunatus - Lima bean
Phaseolus massaiensis
Phaseolus micranthus
Phaseolus microcarpus
Phaseolus nelsonii
Phaseolus oaxacanus
Phaseolus pachyrrhizoides
Phaseolus parvulus
Phaseolus pedicellatus
Phaseolus plagiocylix
Phaseolus pluriflorus
Phaseolus polymorphus
Phaseolus polystachios
Phaseolus polytylus
Phaseolus ritensis
Phaseolus sonorensis
Phaseolus tuerckheimii
Phaseolus vulcanicus
Phaseolus vulgaris - Common bean
Phaseolus wrightii
Phaseolus xanthotrichus
| <tr><td>Ref: ILDIS Version 6.05 (http://www.ildis.org/)
Phaseolus is a genus in the family Fabaceae of about fifty plant species, all native to the Americas.
At least four of the species have been domesticated since pre-Columbian times for their beans. Most prominent among these is the common bean, P. vulgaris, which today is cultivated worldwide in tropical, semitropical and temperate climates.
Previous classifications placed in this genus a number of other well known species that have now been removed to genus Vigna, sometimes necessitating a change of species name. For example, older literature refers to the mung bean as Phaseolus aureus, whereas more modern sources classify it as Vigna radiata.
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