Phaseolus maculatifolius Freytag & Debouck (2002: 119) [clade B; sect. Paniculati Freytag].

TYPE: DG Debouck et al. 1509 (HOLOTYPE: US-3168873 and US-3168873A; ISOTYPES: BR, K-642355, M, UNL n.v., UC-1571140).

In addition to the type, five other populations have been reported recently, lowering the risk of extinction in the immediate future (Acosta-Díaz et al. 2015, 2019).