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Taxon: Pisum sativum L. subsp. elatius (Steven ex M. Bieb.) Asch. & Graebn. var. pumilio Meikle

Genus: Pisum
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Fabeae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 314008
Place of publication: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 29:320. 1969
Name verified on: 06-Oct-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Jan-2006
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 29 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • only available ) NPGS core subset accessions for the crop ‘PEA’ ) or .
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


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Common names:

  • Syrian fodder pea   (Source: Pl Names ) – English
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Economic importance:

  • Animal food: fodder   (fide Leg WAsia)
  • Gene sources: primary genetic relative of pea   (based on the probable role of wild "Pisum elatius" in the domestication of P. sativum fide BMC Evol Biol 10:44, 18. 2010)

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Egypt [n.]; Libya [n.]
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Cyprus; Iran [w.]; Iraq [n.]; Israel; Lebanon; Syria [w.]; Turkey
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan - Naxcivan
  • EUROPE
    Southeastern Europe: Greece - Crete

References:

  • Allkin, R. et al. 1986. Names and synonyms of species and subspecies in the Vicieae: issue 3. P. 7:44 in: Bisby, F. A. et al., Vicieae Database Project
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  • Jing, R. et al. 2010. The genetic diversity and evolution of field pea (Pisum) studied by high throughput retrotransposon based insertion polymorphism (RBIP) marker analysis. B. M. C. Evol. Biol. 10:44, 1–20.
  • Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. [mentions].
  • Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus.
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
  • Smýkal, P. et al. 2011. Phylogeny, phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Pisum genus. Pl. Genet. Resources Charact. Util. 9:6. [mentions].
  • Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.

Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Pisum sativum L. subsp. elatius (Steven ex M. Bieb.) Asch. & Graebn. var. pumilio Meikle:

  • ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images or nodulation data:

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  • Google Images 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.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?314008 (19 June 2013)

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