How many different kinds of bean are there?

Answer 1

Previous Answer Stated
"there are about 50 different kinds of beans"

"there are about 50 different kinds of beans"

"there are about 50 different kinds of beans"

I can't find reference to prove otherwise but according to the link below it states 76 types of beans. No-one seems to differentiate between types, kinds or varieties. Therefore the previous answer was too limited.

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BUT according to another internet page it states....
"Currently, the world genebanks hold about 40,000 bean varieties, although only a fraction are mass-produced for regular consumption"

If you go to section 4 Types
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean


The reference from which this came is below.

1. ^ Laura McGinnis and Jan Suszkiw, ARS. Breeding Better Beans. Agricultural Research magazine. June 2006.

I'd love to find a full list

Answer 2

76 different kinds of beans such as vanilla beans, coffee beans, lima beans, and perhaps 73 more.