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Taxon:  Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd.



Summary
Genus:
Vicia
Subgenus:
Vicilla
Section:
Ervilia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Nomen number:
41481
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 3(2):1103. 1802
Verified:
09/29/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
385 (385  active, 213  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ervum ervilia L.

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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
bitter vetch –
ervil –
French
alliez –
ers –
erse –
ervilière –
pois de pigeon –
vesce bâtarde –
German
Linsenwicke –
Steinlinse –
Portuguese
ervilha-de-pombo –
gero –
orobo –
Spanish
alacarceña –
yeros –
Swedish
linsvicker –
Transliterated Russian
Francuzskaja čečevica –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan, Krasnodar]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated ()
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=41481. Accessed 28 April 2025.

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