Currently, the world genebanks hold about 40,000 bean varieties, although only a fraction are mass-produced for

regular consumption.[11] Some bean types include:

Vicia

Vicia faba (broad bean or fava bean)

Vicia faba or broad beans, known in the US as fava beans

Phaseolus

Phaseolus acutifolius (tepary bean)

Phaseolus coccineus (runner bean)

Phaseolus lunatus (lima bean)

Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean; includes the pinto bean, kidney bean, black
bean, Appaloosa bean as well as green beans, and many others)

Phaseolus polyanthus (a.k.a. P. dumosus, recognized as a separate species in 1995)

Vigna

Vigna aconitifolia (moth bean)

Vigna angularis (adzuki bean)

Vigna mungo (urad bean)

Vigna radiata (mung bean)

Vigna subterranea (Bambara bean or ground-bean)

Vigna umbellata (ricebean)

Vigna unguiculata (cowpea; also includes the black-eyed pea, yardlong bean and others)

Cicer

Cicer arietinum (chickpea or garbanzo bean)

Pisum

Pisum sativum (pea)

Lathyrus

Lathyrus sativus (Indian pea)

Lathyrus tuberosus (tuberous pea)

Lens
 Lentils

Lens culinaris (lentil)

Lablab

Lablab purpureus (hyacinth bean)

Hyacinth beans

Glycine

Glycine max (soybean)

Psophocarpus

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (winged bean)

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (winged bean)

Cajanus

Cajanus cajan (pigeon pea)

Mucuna

Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean)

Cyamopsis

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba or (guar)

Canavalia

Canavalia ensiformis (jack bean)

Canavalia gladiata (sword bean)

Macrotyloma

Macrotyloma uniflorum (horse gram)

Lupinus (lupin)

Lupinus mutabilis (tarwi)

Lupinus albus (lupini bean)

Arachis

Arachis hypogaea (peanut)