Phaseolus albicarminus Debouck & N. Chaves (2020: 3) [possibly in clade A and sect. Brevilegumeni Freytag].

TYPE: DG Debouck et al.3347 (HOLOTYPE: USJ-111997; ISOTYPES: BRIT, CR-282240, F, GH, K, MICH, MO, P, UC).

It is a recent addition to the flora of Costa Rica (Fig. 3), growing in premontane wet forest at 1600–2000 m, and known from three populations so far, from a small area south of mount Caraigres at the western end of the Talamanca mountain range (Debouck et al. 2020). The area is affected by the expansion of coffee plantations and pastures.

Specimens: COSTA RICA. San José: DG Debouck 3242 (CR-281568), DG Debouck 3342 (USJ-111444).