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Taxon:  Lens ervoides (Brign.) Grande



Summary
Genus:
Lens
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Nomen number:
315044
Place of publication:
Bull. Orto Bot. Regia Univ. Napoli 5:58. 1918
Verified:
09/08/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cicer ervoides Brign.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cicer ervoides Brign. var. ervoides

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ervum lenticula Schreb. ex Hoppe
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Reference(s)
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  2. Castroviejo, S. & H. Pascual. 1995. Notas sobre el género Lens Mill. (Leguminosae) en la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 53:179.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
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  5. Ferguson, M. E. et al. 2000. A re-assessment of the taxonomy of Lens Mill. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Vicieae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 133:57.
  6. Fratini, R. & M. L. Ruiz. 2006. Interspecific hybridization in the genus Lens applying in vitro embryo rescue. Euphytica 150:271-280. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  7. 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.
  8. Hoffman, D. et al. 1986. Isozyme polymorphism in Lens (Leguminosae). Syst. Bot. 11:392-402. Note: = Lens nigricans subsp. ervoides
  9. Hoffman, D. et al. 1988. Morphological variation in Lens (Leguminosae). Syst. Bot. 13:87-96. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  10. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Lens lenticula (Schreb.) Alef. (cites basionym)
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  12. Ladizinsky, G. 1997. A new species of Lens from south-east Turkey. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 123:257.
  13. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  14. Meikle, R. D. 1977-1985. Flora of Cyprus.
  15. Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. Note: = Ervum ervoides (Brign.) Hayek (cites basionym)
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  23. Wong, M. M. L. et al. 2015. Classification and characterization of species within the genus Lens using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). PLoS One 10(3):e0122025.
  24. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo n.e.?
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey w. & c.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpainBalearesMallorca
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeUkraineKrym 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo (n.e.?)
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (w. & c.)
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain [Baleares (Mallorca)]
Naturalized
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315044. Accessed 19 May 2025.