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

 
Genus: Pisum
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Fabeae
Nomen number: 314008
Place of publication: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 29:320. 1969
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 06-oct-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 27-oct-2016
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • Syrian fodder pea  (Source: Pl Names) - English

Economic Importance:

  • Animal food: fodder (fide Leg WAsia)
  • Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of pea (based on evidence of cross-incompatibilities with wild and cultivated Pisum fide Theor Appl Genet 124:1506. 2012)

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:

  1. Bogdanova, V. S. et al. 2012. Inheritance and genetic mapping of two nuclear genes involved in nuclear-cytoplasmic incompatibility in peas (Pisum sativum L.) Theor. Appl. Genet. 124:1503-1512.
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
  3. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991 (Leg WAsia)
  4. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985 (F Cyprus)
  5. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). (Pl Names)
  6. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- (F Iran)
  7. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest Flora of Iraq. 1966- (F Iraq)

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

  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=314008. Accessed 7 junio 2026.