PLANTS Profile for Phaseolus polystachios (thicket bean)

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PLANTS Profile

Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
thicket bean

Symbol:

PHPO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Distribution:
Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 12 species in Phaseolus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. polystachios. .

Phaseolus polystachios var. polystachios
thicket bean

Distribution of Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. sinuatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) R. Marechal, J.M. Mascherpa & F. Stainier. .

Phaseolus polystachios var. sinuatus
thicket bean

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Phaseolus L. – bean
Species	Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – thicket bean

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
Phaseolus polystachios var. aquilonius [=PHPOP]
wild kidney bean		Special Concern

More Accounts and Images:
Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504291.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 12:54 PM CDT