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Taxon	Subfamily	Common name(s)	Growth Form	Native Geographic Range	No. Seed Accessions	No. Living Accessions
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba	Papilionoideae	guar			198	0
Leucaena leucocephala	Caesalpinioideae	guaje white lead tree			23	3
Lupinus luteus	Papilionoideae	yellow lupin			19	0
Acaciella angustissima var. angustissima	Caesalpinioideae	fern acacia prairie acacia white-ball acacia	shrub	Central America Central South America Northern South America Southern North America	18	4
Parkinsonia florida subsp. florida	Caesalpinioideae	blue palo verde			16	2
Vachellia constricta	Caesalpinioideae	garabato (Spanish) vinorama (Spanish) whitethorn acacia	shrub small tree	Southwestern North America	16	2
Dalea albiflora	Papilionoideae	white-flowered dalea			15	1
Prosopis chilensis	Caesalpinioideae	algarrobo (Spanish) algarrobo de Chile (Spanish) Chilean mesquite			15	3
Senegalia greggii	Caesalpinioideae	catclaw acacia uña de gato (Spanish)		Southwestern North America	15	1
Lupinus sparsiflorus	Papilionoideae	arroyo lupin Mojave lupin			14	0
Prosopis velutina	Caesalpinioideae	velvet mesquite			14	2
Calliandra humilis var. reticulata	Caesalpinioideae	fairy duster			13	1
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum	Papilionoideae	mescal bean Texas mountain laurel			13	0
Vachellia caven	Caesalpinioideae	aromito (Spanish) churqui (Spanish) espinillo (Spanish) espino (Spanish) espino caven (Spanish)		South Central South America	13	2
Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata	Papilionoideae	black-eyed pea cowpea			13	0
Crotalaria pumila	Papilionoideae	rattle-box			12	0
Desmanthus virgatus	Caesalpinioideae	bundleflower wild tantan			12	0
Ebenopsis ebano	Caesalpinioideae	ébano Texas ebony			12	1
Olneya tesota	Papilionoideae	desert ironwood palo fierro (Spanish) tesota (Spanish)	tree	Southwestern North America	12	2
Calliandra eriophylla	Caesalpinioideae	fairy duster false mesquite	shrub subshrub	Southwestern North America	11	2
Chamaecrista nictitans var. mensalis	Caesalpinioideae	sensitive partridge pea			11	0
Crotalaria pallida	Papilionoideae	smooth crotalaria streaked rattlepod striped crotalaria			11	0
Desmodium batocaulon	Papilionoideae	San Pedro ticktrefoil tick clover			11	1
Leucaena retusa	Caesalpinioideae	golden-ball lead tree	small tree	Southwestern North America	11	2
Mimosa biuncifera	Caesalpinioideae	catclaw mimosa wait-a-minute bush	shrub	Southwestern North America	11	1