Phaseolus gladiolatus Freytag & Debouck (2002: 167) [clade A; sect. Xanthotricha A. Delgado].

TYPE: DG Debouck 2057 (HOLOTYPE: US-3168871; ISOTYPE: CHAPA n.v.).

A member of the section Xanthotricha with fusiform pluriannual tuberous root, terminal leaflets like spades and lateral leaflets with a round external lobe, growing in oak-pine forests of central Mexico at 1500–1800 m, and validated by Delgado-Salinas and co-workers (2006).

Specimens: MEXICO. Jalisco: A Castro 4001 (IBUG-205436). Michoacán: VW Steinmann 4751 (NY).