Lathyrus tuberosus L. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Lathyrus tuberosus L.

Summary

Genus:

Lathyrus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Fabeae

Nomen number:

21622

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:732. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

02/18/2015 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

4 (4 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Lathyrus festivus Sennen

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
Allkin, R. et al. 1986. Names and synonyms of species and subspecies in the Vicieae: issue 3. Vicieae Database Project 7:34.
Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables. 1974
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
Hitchcock, C. L. 1952. A revision of the North American species of Lathyrus. Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 15:10.
Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS. Plantae asiae centralis. 1963-
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Tsiu, H.-P. 1984. Materiae ad floram Lathyrorum. Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4:59.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996

Common names

English
earth-chestnut –
earthnut-pea –
groundnut peavine –
tuberous-pea –
tuberous-vetch –
French
gesse tubéreuse –
German
Knollenplatterbse –
Spanish
arveja tuberosa –
Swedish
knölvial –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Dagestan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia	Ciscaucasia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Ningxia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xinjiang
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kazakhstan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kyrgyzstan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Tajikistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Turkmenistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Uzbekistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Primorye
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Altay
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia	Eastern Siberia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Western Siberia	Western Siberia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Belarus
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Estonia
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Latvia
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Lithuania
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Moldova
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Ukraine	Krym
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Belgium
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czechoslovakia
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Netherlands
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Albania
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Former Yugoslavia
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain

Native
Asia-Temperate

CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
CHINA: China [Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Primorye]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia], Russian Federation [Altay]
WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Turkey

Europe

EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine [Krym]
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	vegetable		Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
Weed	potential seed contaminant		CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables. 1974

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21622. Accessed 5 January 2025.