Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Lathyrus annuus L..

Lathyrus annuus L.

HIGHER TAXON: Vicieae

GENUS: Lathyrus L.

Lathyrus annuus L. [Preferred name]
Lathyrus trachyspermus Webb {Synonym}

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Annual Yellow Vetchling [548]; China Odnoletnyaya [2185, 2209]; Fodder Pea [2183]; Kanis Matkvartzana [4296]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Algeria (N) [454]; Egypt (N) [454]; Libya (N) [454]; Morocco (N) [454]; Tunisia (N) [454]
Asia: Afghanistan (N) [1881, 2272]; Azerbaijan (N) Azerbaijan* [2185, 4169]; Gruzia (I) Abkhazia [4296, 4297]; Iran (N) [1862, 1881, 2272]; Iraq (N) [1862, 1881, 2272]; Tadzhikistan (N) Dushanbe [3549, 4692]; Kulyab [3549]; Kurgan-Tyube [4692]; Turkmenistan (N) Ashkhabad [4156, 4692]; Krasnovodsk [4575]; Uzbekistan (N) Kashkadarinskaya [4333]
Europe: Albania (N) [754]; Azores (I) [754]; Balearic Is (N) [754]; Bulgaria (N) [754]; Corsica (N) [754]; Estonia (I) [4341]; France (N) [754]; Great Britain (I) [2183]; Greece (N) [754]; Italy (N) [754]; Kriti (N) [754]; Malta (N) [454]; Portugal (N) [754]; Sardegna (N) [754]; Sicilia (N) [754, 2935]; Spain (N) [754]; Turkey in Europe (N) [754]; Yugoslavia (N) [754]
Middle East: Cyprus (N) [454]; East Aegean Is(Greek) (N) [454]; Israel (N) [1952]; Jordan (N) [1952]; Lebanon (N) [1952]; Syria (N) [1952]; Turkey in Asia (N) [454]
Pacific Ocean: New Zealand(North) (I) [2265]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [360, 368, 456, 754, 2014, 2185, 2209, 4156] ; Distribution Map [2185] ; Illustration [360, 456, 3549, 4156]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing [2209] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [2209] ; Lifespan: Annual [2209] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 Bisby FA, 2005 (CIS) Roskov Yu, SytinA, YakovlevG (SJ2005)

USES:
	Environmental [2265]; Food and Drink [1862]; Forage [2183, 3549]; Weed [2185, 2209]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

360.		Quezel, P. & Santa, S., 1962
		Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq.merid.1

368.		Jafri, S.M.N., 1980
		Fabaceae.In:Flora of Libya,Pt.86.Jaffri & El Gadi

454.		Greuter, W. et al. (Eds.), 1989
		Med-Checklist Vol.4 (published)

456.		Negre, R., 1961
		Petite flore des regions arides du Maroc occidentale.1.CNRS.

548.		Polunin, O., 1969
		Flowers of Europe. O.U.P.

754.		Heywood, V.H. & Ball, P.W., 1968
		Leguminosae.In:Flora Europaea Vol.2.ed.Tutin,T.G.et al.

1059.		Allkin, R. et al., 1985
		Vicieae Database Project,Southampton Univ. Geog.Dist.Lathyru

1862.		Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E., 1974
		Flora of Iraq. Vol.3. Baghdad.

1881.		Rechinger, K.H., 1979
		Flora Iranica: Papilionaceae I - Vicieae

1952.		Rechinger, K.H., 1984
		In:Flora Iranica. Papilionaceae 2. N 157. Graz-Austria.

2014.		Komarov, V.L. (Ed.), 1948
		Flora of the U.S.S.R. Vol XIII (Engl. Translation 1972)

2183.		Stace, C., 1991
		New Flora of the British Isles.Cambridge Univ.Press

2185.		Grossheim, A.A., 1952
		Flora Kavkaza, Vol.5. Moscow,Leningrad. (Rus)

2209.		Fedtschenko, B.A., 1948
		Flora URSS, Vol 13. Moscow & Leningrad (Rus)

2265.		Horn, P.E., 1988
		Herbarium References

2272.		Allkin, R. et al., 1985
		Vicieae Database Proj.Publ.6. Geog.dist.of Lathyrus

2935.		Raimondo, F.M. & Schicchi, R., 1998
		Il popolamento vegetale della riserva naturale dello Zingaro

3549.		Rasulova, M.R., 1978
		In: Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR, 2nd ed. Vol. 5. Leningrad. (Rus)

4156.		Enden, O.A. & Nikitin, V.V., 1949
		In: Flora Turkmenii, Vol.4. Ashkhabad. (Rus)

4296.		Kolakovsky, A.A., 1985
		Flora Abkhazii [Flora of Abkhazia],2nd ed., Vol.3. Tbilisi.

4333.		Kudrjaschev, S.N., 1955
		In:Flora Uzbekistanica, Vol.3. Taschkent. (Rus)

4341.		Kuusk, V.V., 1994
		Information from TU Herbarium (Tartu, Estonia).

4575.		Seifulin, A.M., 1994
		Information from ASH Herbarium (Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan).

4692.		Vinogradova, R.M., 1981
		In:Conspectus Flore Asiae Mediae. Vol.6. Taschkent. (Rus)