Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Leptospron adenanthum
Adzuki bean, moth bean, wild pea
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Leptospron
Species
adenanthum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Vigna adenantha (Mey) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier (POWO, 2022); Syn.: Phaseolus adenanthus G.Mey., Mascherpa & Stainier (POWO, 2022).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Native from Tropics & Subtropics (POWO, 2022).
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- Delgado-Salinas, A. Thulin, M., Pasquet, R., Weeden, N. & Lavin, M. (2011) Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: The names and identities of the American segregate genera Delgado-Salinas, A., Thulin, M., Pasquet, R., Weeden, N. & Lavin, M. (2011). Vigna (Leguminosae) sensu lato: The names and identities of the American segregate genera. American Journal of Botany, 98(10): 1694–1715.
- Cook, B.G. Schltze-Kraft, R. (2015) Botanical name changes – nuisance or a quest for precision? Cook, B.G. & Schltze-Kraft, R. (2015). Botanical name changes – nuisance or a quest for precision?. Tropical Grasslands – Forrajes Tropicales, 3: 34−40. doi: 10.17138/TGFT(3)34-40
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"Galapagos Species Database, Leptospron adenanthum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19900. Accessed 24 April 2025.