Genus Cicer L.


Summary
Genus number:
2600
Last updated:
29 January 2004
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Cicereae
Accession count:

7519 (7067  active, 6888  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms
Synonym(s)

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References:
  1. Coles, S. et al. 1998. Identification aids for Cicer (Leguminosae, Cicereae) taxa. Edinburgh J. Bot. 55:243-265. Note: includes key and descriptions
  2. Davies, A. M. R. et al. 2007. A natural infrageneric classification for Cicer (Leguminosae, Cicereae). Blumea 52:379-400.
  3. Javadi, F. et al. 2007. Geographical diversification of the genus Cicer (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) inferred from molecular phylogenetic analyses of chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 154:175-186.
  4. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 497.
  5. Maesen, L. J. G. van der et al. 2007. Taxonomy of the genus Cicer revisited. In: Yadav, S. S. et al., eds., Chickpea breeding and management 2:14-45. Note: includes key, descriptons and a phylogeny in partial agreement with Javadi et al. (Bot J Linn Soc 154:175-186. 2007)
  6. Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1972. Cicer L., a monograph of the genus, with special reference to the chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), its ecology and cultivation. Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool. 72-10:1-342.
  7. Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1987. Origin, history and taxonomy of chickpea. In: Saxena, M. C. & K. B. Singh, The chickpea 11-34. Note: C.A.B. International-ICARDA
  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Note: food crop, chickpea genepool
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=2600. Accessed 10 May 2026.