Lens culinaris Medik. subsp. culinaris GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Lens

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Fabeae

Nomen number:

21739

Verified:

09/08/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Lens culinaris Medik. (0 active accession[s])
Lens culinaris Medik. subsp. orientalis (Boiss.) Ponert (0 active accession[s])
Lens culinaris Medik. subsp. tomentosus (Ladiz.) M. E. Ferguson et al. (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Ervum lens L.
Lens esculenta Moench

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Cicer lens (L.) Willd.
Lentilla lens (L.) W. Wight ex D. Fairchild

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Reference(s)

Alo, F. et al. 2011. Leveraging genomic resources of model species for the assessment of diversity and phylogeny in wild and domesticated lentil. J. Heredity 102:315-329. Note: this study supports the hypothesis of a "polycentric" origin of domestication
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Ferguson, M. E. et al. 2000. A re-assessment of the taxonomy of Lens Mill. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Vicieae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 133:56.
Gorim, L. Y. & A. Vandenberg. 2017. Evaluation of wild lentil species as genetic resources to improve drought tolerance in cultivated lentil. Front. Plant Sci. 8:1129. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01129.
Hoffman, D. et al. 1986. Isozyme polymorphism in Lens (Leguminosae). Syst. Bot. 11:392-412. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Hoffman, D. et al. 1988. Morphological variation in Lens (Leguminosae). Syst. Bot. 13:87-96. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Ladizinsky, G. et al. 1984. The biological species of the genus Lens L. Bot. Gaz. 145:253-261.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:51.
Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
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Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
Redden, B. et al. 2007. Lens biodiversity. Lentil: An ancient crop for modern times 2:11-22. Note: Springer.
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Smýkal, P. et al. 2015. Legume crops phylogeny and genetic diversity for science and breeding. Crit. Rev. Pl. Sci. 34:43-104.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.

Common names

English
gram –
lentil –
French
lentille –
lentille comestible –
lentillon –
German
Linse –
India
masur –
Italian
lenticchia –
Portuguese
lentilha –
Spanish
lenteja –
Swedish
lins –
Transcribed Chinese
bing dou –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
2	Cultivated					widely cult.

Cultivated (widely cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	fodder		Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:51.
Environmental	soil improver		Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:51.
Human food	pulse		Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:51.
Human food	vegetable		Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:51.
Medicines	folklore	as Lens culinaris	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Taxon: Lens culinaris Medik. subsp. culinaris