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Lens culinaris Medik.

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HIGHER TAXON: Vicieae

GENUS: Lens Mill.

Lens culinaris Medik. [Preferred name]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Lentil [1587, 3030]; Lentille [1915]; Masur [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (I) [454]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Kenya (I) [210]; Libya (N) [368]; Morocco (I) [454]; South Africa (I) [483]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Tunisia (I) [454]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
Afghanistan (N) [1862, 1872, 1879, 1881]; Bangladesh (I) [3091]; China (N) [1179]; India (I) [1862, 1914, 3027, 3028, 3040, 3041, 3092, 3094, 3140, 3142, 3144, 3370, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3376, 3377, 3378, 3591, 3604]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3370]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3041]; Madhaya Pradesh [3591]; Maharashtra [3604]; Manipur [3142]; Orissa [3376]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3378]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Iran (N) [1862, 1881]; Iraq (N) [1862, 1881]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Nepal (I) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Sri Lanka (I) [1587]; Vietnam (I) [1937]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Central America
Guatemala (I) [1645]
  Europe
Albania (I) [754]; Austria (I) [754]; Azores (I) [754]; Balearic Is (I) [454]; Bulgaria (I) [754]; Corsica (I) [754]; Czechoslovakia (I) [754]; France (I) [754]; Germany (I) [754]; Greece (I) [754]; Hungary (I) [754]; Italy (I) [754]; Kriti (I) [754]; Portugal (I) [754]; Romania (I) [754]; Sardegna (I) [754]; Sicilia (I) [754]; Spain (I) [754]; Switzerland (I) [754]; Yugoslavia (I) [754]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [1982]; Mauritius (I) [1915, 3067]; Agalega I [3067]; Mayotte (I) [4747]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Cyprus (I) [454]; East Aegean Is(Greek) (I) [454]; Israel (N) [1862]; Jordan (N) [1862]; Lebanon (N) [1862]; Saudi Arabia (N) [1896]; Syria (N) [1862]; Turkey in Asia (I) [454]; Yemen (N) [1896]
  North America
United States (I) [1271, 3157]; California [3157]; Idaho [3157]; New York [3157]; Washington [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2966]; New Zealand(South) (I) [2086]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]
  South America
Argentina (I) [1140]; Chile (I) [1140]; Colombia (I) [1292]; Ecuador (I) [2233]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 368, 456, 1862, 1915, 1937, 1938, 3026, 3296, 3898] ; Illustration [1862, 1915, 1937]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3898], Not climbing [1915] ; Further editing: 2001-06 Maxted N, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Herb [1915] [3898] ; Lifespan: Annual [3898], Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-06 Maxted N ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Adams BR, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3030]; Food and Drink [1915, 3030, 3898]; Forage [3030]; Miscellaneous [3030]

  
NOTES:
  Lectotype designated by Westphal(1974: 109). [307]
  Originated from Southern Europe, this species is cultivated in Africa & Asia. [1937]
  Native to the Middle East. [1915]
  Widely cultivated for its seeds in regions of low rainfall. [1915]

  
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