Lathyrus formosus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is an herbaceous perennial which grows primarily in high mountain areas on shale or rocky ground in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Caucasus.[3][2][4]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Lathyrus |
Species: | L. formosus
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Binomial name | |
Lathyrus formosus (Steven) Kenicer (2021)[1]
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The species was described as Orobus formosus in 1812, and has been known by several other names until being reclassified as Lathyrus formosus in 2021.[1][5][6] The synonym Vavilovia was named after the Russian geneticist, economic botanist, and plant geographer, Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Lathyrus formosus (Steven) Kenicer. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ a b "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Vavilovia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Vavilovia". Legumes of the World. Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ "Vavilovia formosa". Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries—Economic Plants and their Diseases, Pests and Weeds. AgroAtlas. 2009. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ Mikić A, Smýkal P, Kenicer G, Vishnyakova M, Sarukhanyan B, Akopian J, Vanyan A, Gabrielyan I, Smýkalová I, Sherbakova E, Zorić L, Atlagić J, Zeremski-Škorić T, Ćupina B, Krstić Ð, Jajić I, Antanasović S, Ðorđević V, Mihailović V, Ivanov A, Ochatt S, Ambrose M (2013). "The bicentenary of the research on 'beautiful' vavilovia (Vavilovia formosa), a legume crop wild relative with taxonomic and agronomic potential" (PDF). Bot J Linn Soc. 172 (4): 524–531. doi:10.1111/boj.12060.
- ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Vavilovia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 9 November 2016.