Phaseolus mollis Hooker f. (1847: 228)

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 : 92

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scientific name	Phaseolus mollis Hooker f. (1847: 228)
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Phaseolus mollis Hooker f. (1847: 228) View in CoL [clade B; sect. Paniculati Freytag]. TYPE: C Darwin s.n. (LECTOTYPE: K) .

Among the plants collected by Charles Darwin during the voyage of H.M.Ship “Beagle,” Joseph Dalton Hooker described this bean plant; the specimen apparently unicate without collection number and stamped “Herbarium Hookerianum 1867” was found in Kew Herbarium. This is an endemic species of the Galapagos Islands (at 40–1200 m), possibly related to the Andean wild form of P. lunatus ( Delgado-Salinas et al. 1999) . Similar relationships between biota of the Galapagos and the Pacific coast of South America have been noted for wild species of cotton and tomato ( Wendel & Percy 1990 and Alvarez et al. 2001, respectively).

Specimens: GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ( ECUADOR). I. Isabela (= Albemarle I.): Ch Huttel 578 (QCA). I. Santa Cruz (= Indefatigable I.): A Adsersen 1599 (QCA). I. Santiago (= I. San Salvador = James I.): C Darwin s.n. (K).