Apios (groundnut)

Apios is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Its member species are found in North America and Asia between latitudes of 50° and 20°. The term Apios comes from the Greek word for pear and may refer the pear shape of some tubers. Several members of this genus are known to have edible, tuberous roots.

NCBI taxonomy ID: 132430

Tools and resources for particular species

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Apios americana: potato bean

Potato bean (Apios americana) produces starchy, high-protein tubers that were used by indigenous Native Americans. Apios americana is found throughout eastern and central North America, from Louisiana in the south to Quebec in the north. A breeding program was begun in the 1980s by Dr. Bill Blackmon and Berthal Reynolds with the goal of creating a more marketable domesticated tuber.

NCBI taxonomy ID: 185702

Apios americana accessions

LA2155 (Louisiana, United States)
Apios americana strain LA2155 was selected by Drs. Bill Blackmon and Mr. Berthal Reynolds in the late 1980s, from crosses derived from wild A. americana accessions collected from the southern U.S. (primarily Louisiana). This accession is described in Belamkar et al., 2015 (doi:10.2135/cropsci2014.04.0281) and Belamkar et al., 2016 (doi: 10.1038/srep34908).
No resources are currently listed for accession LA2155.