Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Phaseolus coccineus, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded8 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 724 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Runner bean	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Mexico to C. America	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	141 cm	141.45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 251, 500, 564, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	red	red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Growth habit	Vine, Forb/herb	Vine, Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 460, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 444, 445	Sourced

Phaseolus coccineus L., 1753 18% complete

Runner bean

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