Phaseolus persistentus Freytag & Debouck (2002: 217) [clade B; sect. Phaseoli DC emend. Freytag].

TYPE: DG Debouck 1621 (HOLOTYPE: US-3168876; ISOTYPES: BR, K-478465, USCG n.v.).

It is known only from the type locality in the area of the volcanoes W of Guatemala City. This taxon has been moved from the section Falcati into the section Phaseoli by Delgado-Salinas and co-workers (2006). It is not reported in the list of “Vascular Plants of the Americas” (Tropicos 2020).