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Taxon:  Vicia monantha Retz.



Summary
Genus:
Vicia
Subgenus:
Vicilla
Section:
Cracca
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Nomen number:
300665
Place of publication:
Observ. bot. 3:39. 1783
Verified:
08/26/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
21 (21  active, 6  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Vicia monantha Retz. subsp. monantha (0 active accession[s])
Vicia monantha Retz. subsp. triflora (Ten.) B. L. Burtt & P. Lewis (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vicia biflora Desf.
Vicia calcarata Desf.
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Reference(s)
  1. 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
  2. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  3. Allkin, R. et al. 1986. Names and synonyms of species and subspecies in the Vicieae: issue 3. Vicieae Database Project 7:60.
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  5. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
  6. Enneking, D. 1995. The toxicity of Vicia species and their utilization as grain legumes. 4.
  7. Eriksson, O. et al. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2. 1979
  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
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  12. McKee, R. et al. 1931. Monantha vetch. Circ. U.S.D.A. 152:1-13.
  13. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985
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Common names
English
bard vetch –
spurred vetch –
square-stem vetch –
French
vesce uniflore –
German
einblütige Wicke –
Spanish
algarroba –
Swedish
vimpelvicker –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Estonia, Lithuania
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Economic Uses
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=300665. Accessed 17 March 2025.

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