Genus Lens Mill.


Summary
Genus number:
6643
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Accession count:

3644 (3191  active, 3035  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
  • conserved (nom. cons.) under Madrid ICN Art. 14 (see App. III)
  • all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms
Synonym(s)

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Fruit

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References:
  1. Ferguson, M. E. et al. 2000. A re-assessment of the taxonomy of Lens Mill. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Vicieae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 133:41-59.
  2. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 506.
  3. Mayer, M. S. & S. K. Bagga. 2002. The phylogeny of Lens (Leguminosae): new insight from ITS sequence analysis. Pl. Syst. Evol. 232:145-154.
  4. Sonnante, G. et al. 2003. ITS sequence analysis and phylogenetic inference in the genus Lens Mill. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 91:49-54.
  5. Wong, M. M. L. et al. 2015. Classification and characterization of species within the genus Lens using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). PLoS One 10(3):e0122025.
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Note: food crop, lentil 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=6643. Accessed 10 May 2026.