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Vicia sect. Ervum
Ervum
Vicia is a genus of over 240 species of flowering plants that are part of the legume family (Fabaceae), and which are commonly known as vetches. Member species are native to Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa. Some other genera of their subfamily Faboideae also have names containing "vetch", for example the vetchlings (Lathyrus) or the milk-vetches (Astragalus). The lentils are included in genus Vicia, and were formerly classified in genus Lens. The broad...
3 branches of this group, most-observed first
Lentil Vetch
speciesVicia tetrasperma
slender tare
speciesVicia parviflora
Downy Vetch
speciesVicia pubescens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.383
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.605
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.606
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.603
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.604
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.368
Treatise on the Ferns of America
Charles Plumier · 1705 · p.307
In the stacks
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Every page naming Ervum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1341645.