OBSERVATIONS ABOUT PHASEOLUS LIGNOSUS (LEGUMINOSAE: PAPILIONOIDEAE: PHASEOLEAE), A BEAN SPECIES FROM THE BERMUDA ISLANDS

摘要

This work is the validation of a bean species, Phaseolus Ugnosus Britlon, endemic to the Bermuda archipelago. The plant grown out in Colombia from original seed collected on Long Island, Bermuda, matches with the original description. Its morphological characteristics of vegetative parts, raceme, flower and pod, being complete all suggest an affiliation with section Paniculatt of this genus. An epitype has been designated and distributed since any reference plant material was missing.