Phaseolus hygrophilus Debouck (2011: 54)

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 : 87

Phaseolus hygrophilus Debouck (2011: 54) [possibly in clade A and sect. Brevilegumeni Freytag].

TYPE: DG Debouck & R Araya Villalobos 3172 ( HOLOTYPE: INB-4026793 ; ISOTYPES: BRIT, CR, F, FI, G, GH-351974 , INB, K-780075 , MEXU, MICH-1229077 , NY-1365122 , P, UC, USJ) .

As indicated in the original publication ( Salcedo-Castaño et al. 2011, p. 53), the series of herbarium specimens on which the holo- and isotypes were made was from a cutting grown in the Popayán station of CIAT in Colombia ( Fig. 3 ). It seems to be an endemic species of the premontane rain forests of Costa Rica at 1300–1600 m (Debouck et al. 2020). It is not mentioned in “Vascular Plants of the Americas” (2020).

Specimens: COSTA RICA. San José: DG Debouck 3173 (USJ-88816), DG Debouck 3370 (USJ-111489), DG Debouck 3371 (USJ-111736).

Figures

FIG. 3.Close-ups of flowers of:a.P.albicarminus (DG Debouck 3242),b.P.angucianae (DG Debouck 3243), c.P.hygrophilus (DG Debouck 3172),d. P.oligospermus (DG Debouck 3333), and e.P.tuerckheimii (DG Debouck 2134).