Raul Blas

Ethnotaxonomy and phenotypic evidence for a zone of high common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) diversity in northeastern Amazonian Peru

Abstract The common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a key crop in the Americas, yet its diversity in the Peruvian Amazon Basin remains poorly documented. We examined geographic and ethnographic patterns in vernacular naming and phenotypic diversity of common beans across three b...