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

Genus:

Pisum

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Fabeae

Nomen number:

400961

Place of publication:

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

03-feb-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 17-oct-2006

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

(=) Pisum sativum subsp. hortense (Neilr.) Asch. & Graebn.
(=) Pisum sativum var. hibernicum Alef.
(=) Pisum sativum var. hortense Neilr.
(=) Pisum sativum var. speciosum (Alef.) Makasheva
(=) Pisum sativum var.-gr. medullare Alef.
(=) Pisum sativum var.-gr. speciosum Alef.

Common names:

garden pea (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
green pea (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
petit pois (Source: pers. comm.) - French
pois de jardins (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
Gartenerbse (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
Speiseerbse (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
pisello da orto (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
endō (Source: Names Batra) - Japanese Rōmaji
ervilha (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
arveja (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
guisante (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

Human food: pulse (fide F Turk)
Human food: vegetable (fide F Turk)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

(widely cult.)

References:

Batra, L. R. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature. 1995 (Names Batra)
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982 (Mult Glossary Crops)
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)

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

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=400961. Accessed 7 junio 2026.