Taxon: Vicia sativa L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa (10 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. cordata (5 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. macrocarpa (no accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (128 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. sativa (84 accessions)

Common names:

• black-pod vetch   (Source: Dict Rehm [as V. angustifolia]) – English   [Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  
• common vetch   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• narrow-leaf vetch   (Source: Leg Tex ) – English   [Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  
• subterranean vetch   (Source: Enneking 1995) – English   [Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa]
  
• tare   (Source: Pl Book ) – English   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• jiu huang ye wan dou   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• zhai ye ye wan dou   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  
• vesce commune   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• vesce cultivée   (Source: L Noms French ed7 ) – French
  
• vesce fourragère   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• Ackerwicke   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• Saatwicke   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• schmalblättrige Wicke   (Source: Dict Rehm [as V. angustifolia]) – German   [Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  
• veccia angustifoglia   (Source: Mult Glossary Crops ) – Italian   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• veccia comune   (Source: Mult Glossary Crops ) – Italian   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• yahazu-endō   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• salgalkwi   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean
  
• ervilhaca-comum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• gorošek uzkolistnyj   (Source: F Armenia [as V. angustifolia]) – Transliterated Russian   [Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  
• alverja   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• arveja   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• averijilla   (Source: Dict Rehm [as V. angustifolia]) – Spanish   [Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  
• veza común   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• fodervicker   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  
• liten sommarvicker   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  
• stor sommarvicker   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Oman; Saudi Arabia; Yemen [n.]
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Russian Federation - Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk, Western Siberia [s.]
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Chuvashia, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Karelia, Kirov, Komi, Kostroma, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Mari-El, Mordvinia, Moscow, Murmansk, Novgorod, Orel, Penza, Perm, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tatarstan, Tula, Udmurtia, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Malta; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• widely naturalized

• widely cultivated

References:

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• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya.
• Allkin, R. et al. 1986. Vicieae Database Project 7:67.
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
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• Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7.
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• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Vicia sativa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Vicia sativa.

Synonyms:

• Vicia alba Moench [= Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• Vicia amphicarpa L. [≡ Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa]
  
• Vicia angustifolia L. [= Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  (previously associated with 30 accessions)
• Vicia angustifolia var. segetalis (Thuill.) W. D. J. Koch [= Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• Vicia cordata Wulfen ex Hoppe [≡ Vicia sativa subsp. cordata]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Vicia globosa Retz.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Vicia leucosperma Moench [= Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  
• Vicia macrocarpa (Moris) Bertol. [≡ Vicia sativa subsp. macrocarpa]
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)
• (=) Vicia maculata C. Presl
  
• Vicia pilosa M. Bieb. [= Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  
• Vicia sativa var. amphicarpa (L.) Boiss. [≡ Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa]
  
• Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L. [= Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  
• Vicia sativa var. leucosperma (Moench) Ser. [= Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  (previously associated with 9 accessions)
• Vicia sativa var. macrocarpa Moris [≡ Vicia sativa subsp. macrocarpa]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Vicia sativa var. maculata (C. Presl) Burnat
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Vicia sativa var. nigra L. [≡ Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Vicia sativa var. obovata Ser. [= Vicia sativa subsp. sativa]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. segetalis (Thuill.) Čelak. [= Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  
• Vicia segetalis Thuill. [= Vicia sativa subsp. nigra]
  

Check other web resources for Vicia sativa L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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