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

 
Genus: Pisum
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Fabeae
Nomen number: 400967
Place of publication: Landw. Fl. 44. 1866
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 18-jun-2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 02-jun-2014
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Economic Importance:

  • Human food: pulse (fide Dict Econ Pl; L Edible Pl)
  • 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: Algeria (n.), Egypt, Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia

    Asia-Temperate
    • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
    • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

    Europe
    • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
    • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
    • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


References:

  1. Davis, P. H., ed. 1970. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk) 3:371.
  2. 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.
  3. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985 (F Cyprus)
  4. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- (F Iran)
  5. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 (Dict Econ Pl)

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

  • 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=400967. Accessed 7 junio 2026.