Pisum
Pisum
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<catset>Category="Faboideae"</catset><table border=1 cellpadding=0 style="position:relative; margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; float:right; clear:right; width:200px;"><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: lightgreen;"><div style="float:right; font-size:70%; padding:0 .5em 0 2em">?</div><b> <i>Pisum</b></i></th></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: lightgreen;"><b><a href="Scientific classification">Scientific classification</a></b></th></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><td> <table cellpadding=2 style="margin:0 auto; text-align:left; background:none;"><tr valign=top><td>Kingdom:</td><td><a href="Plant">Plantae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Division:</td><td><a href="Flowering plant">Magnoliophyta</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Class:</td><td><a href="Dicotyledon">Magnoliopsida</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Order:</td><td><a href="Fabales">Fabales</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Family:</td><td><a href="Fabaceae">Fabaceae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Subfamily:</td><td><a href="Faboideae">Faboideae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Tribe:</td><td>Vicieae</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Genus:</td><td><i><b>Pisum</b></i></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center; background: lightgreen;"><th><b> Species</b></th></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0 .5em;"> See text</td></tr></table><p><i><b>Pisum</b></i> is a genus of the family <a href="Fabaceae">Fabaceae</a>, native to southwest <a href="Asia">Asia</a> and northeast <a href="Africa">Africa</a>. It contains one to five species, depending on taxonomic interpretation; the International Legume Database (ILDIS) accepts three species, one with two subspecies <font color=#700070></font>: <ul> <li><i>Pisum abyssinicum</i> (<a href="Synonymy">syn.</a> <i>P. sativum</i> subsp. <i>abyssinicum</i>) <li><i>Pisum fulvum</i> <li><i><a href="Pea">Pisum sativum</a></i> - Pea <ul> <li><i>Pisum sativum</i> subsp. <i>elatius</i> (syn. <i>P. elatius</i>, <i>P. syriacum</i>) <li><i>Pisum sativum</i> subsp. <i>sativum</i> </ul> </ul><p><i>Pisum sativum</i> (the field or garden pea), is domesticated and is a major human food crop.