Phaseolus macrolepis Piper (1926: 698)

Debouck, D. G., 2021, Phaseolus Beans (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae): A Checklist And Notes On Their Taxonomy And Ecology, Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 15 (1), pp. 73-111 : 90

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v15.i1.1052
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17236352
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scientific name	Phaseolus macrolepis Piper (1926: 698)
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Phaseolus macrolepis Piper (1926: 698) View in CoL [clade A; sect. Bracteati Freytag].

TYPE: O Salvin s.n. ( HOLOTYPE: K-478468 ; no isotypes seen so far, nor mentioned in the original publication).

This species, reference of the Bracteati, grows in the now much logged old-growth pine forests, endemic of the volcanic axis of SW Guatemala at 2200–3000 m. It is not reported in the list of “Vascular Plants of the Americas” ( Tropicos 2020).

Specimens : GUATEMALA. Chimaltenango: JC Montero-Castro 245 ( NY). Sololá: DG Debouck 3095 ( K).