Taxon: Pisum sativum L. subsp. sativum var. macrocarpum Ser.

 
Genus: Pisum
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Fabeae
Nomen number: 319442
Place of publication: A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 2:368. 1825
Link to protologue:
Comments:
  • • spelling verified from original literature
  • • the first author to unite P. macrocarpum and P. saccharatum appears to be C. Fruwirth in Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 12:197. 1887, who, in adopting Sturtevant's (1885) treatment of pea over that of Langethal (1876), stated "während P. macrocarpum [of Sturtevant] gleich der P. saccharatum [of Langethal] ist", thereby establishing priority of P. sativum var. macrocarpum Ser. over var. saccharatum Ser. under Melbourne ICN Art. 11.5.
Typification:
Name Verified on: 20-dic-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-mar-2017
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • edible-pod pea  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
  • snow pea  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
  • sugar pea  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
  • Zucker-Erbsen  (Source: Zander Ency) - German

Economic Importance:

  • Human food: vegetable (fide Hortus 3; Dict Gard)

Distributional Range:

    Cultivated (only cult.)

References:

  1. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008 (Zander Ency)
  2. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)

Check other web resources for Pisum sativum L. subsp. sativum var. macrocarpum Ser. :

  • 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=319442. Accessed 7 junio 2026.