Genus Pisum L.


Summary
Genus number:
9451
Last updated:
16 February 2007
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Common name(s):

pea
Accession count:

8516 (7309  active, 6103  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms

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References:
  1. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 508.
  2. Schaefer, H. et al. 2012. Systematics, biogeography, and character evolution of the legume tribe Fabeae with special focus on the middle-Atlantic island lineages. B. M. C. Evol. Biol. 12:250. Note: it finds evidence for Pisum being closely related to Vavilovia, and together nested within Lathyrus
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Note: food crop, pea 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=9451. Accessed 11 May 2026.