Lathyrus macrorrhizus

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Interesting Facts

Description

Genus Lathyrus

Annual or perennial herb, climbing or straggling, stem frequently winged . Leaf mostly paripinnately compound , rachis ending in a tendril , rarely in a bristle or leaflet , leaflets 2-many or rarely absent, entire; stipules usually large, semisagittate or entire. Inflorescence an axillary raceme or solitary. Calyx regular to irregular. Vexillum mostly broad with a short claw . Wing free or coherent to the keel. Stamens diadelphous 9+1 or monadelphous , vexillary stamen free or connate with the tube , anthers uniform . Ovary subsessile or stipitate , style dorsally compressed , linear to spathulate, pubescent on the upper side, rarely glabrous , stigma terminal or capitate. Fruit compressed, 2-many seeded.

A genus with about 130 species, widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, S. America and Africa.[1]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lathyrus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 177 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

L. angulatus (Angled Pea) · L. annuus (Annual Sweet Pea) · L. annuus red (Annual Yellow Vetchling) · L. aphaca (Ranken Platterbse) · L. aureus (Golden Pea) · L. belinensis (Sweet Pea) · L. biflorus (Two Flowered Lathyrus) · L. bijugatus (Drypark Pea) · L. blepharicarpus (Syrian Vetchling) · L. brachycalyx (Bonneville Pea) · L. brachycalyx brachycalyx (Bonneville Vetchling) · L. chloranthus (Sweet Pea) · L. cicera (Red Pea) · L. cirrhosus (Cirrhose Vetch) · L. clymenum (Jointed Pea (As L Articulatus)) · L. clymenum articulatus (Cicercha Purpurina) · L. delnorticus (Del Norte Pea) · L. eucosmus (Bush Peavine) · L. glandulosus (Redwood Pea) · L. graminifolius (Grass-Leaf Peavine) · L. grandiflorus (Everlasting-Pea) · L. grimesii (Grimes Pea) · L. heterophyllus (Norfolk Everlasting-Pea) · L. hirsutus (Caley Pea) · L. hitchcockianus (Bullfrog Hills Sweetpea) · L. holochlorus (Thin-Leaf Vetchling) · L. inconspicuus (Inconspicuous Pea) · L. japonicus japonicus (Beach Pea) · L. japonicus japonicus var. japonicus (Beach Pea) · L. japonicus maritimus var. maritimus (Beach Pea) · L. japonicus var. parviflorus (Smallflower Beach Pea) · L. japonicus var. pubescens (Downy Beach Pea) · L. jepsonii californicus (Delta Peavine) · L. jepsonii jepsonii (Delta Tule-Pea) · L. lanszwertii aridus (Nevada Pea) · L. lanszwertii aridus var. aridus (Nevada Pea) · L. lanszwertii lanszwertii var. lanszwertii (Lanszwert's Pea) · L. lanszwertii var. leucanthus (Arizona Peavine) · L. latifolius (Broad-Leaf Peavine) · L. latifolius 'Pink Pearl' (Pink Pearl Everlasting Pea) · L. latifolius 'White Pearl' (Everlasting Pea) · L. laxiflorus (Sochevichnik Redkotzvetkovyi) · L. ledebourii (Sochevichnik Promezhutochnyi) · L. leucanthus (Aspen Pea) · L. linifolius (Berg Platterbse) · L. littoralis (Gray Beach Peavine) · L. maritima (Beach Pea) · L. nervosus (Lord Ansons Blue Pea) · L. nevadensis (Sierra Nevada Peavine) · L. nevadensis nevadensis (Sierra Pea) · L. nevadensis var. nuttallii (Sierra Pea) · L. nevadensis var. pilosellus (Sierra Pea) · L. nevadensis var. puniceus (Sierra Pea) · L. niger (Black Pea) · L. niger niger (Black Pea) · L. nissolia (Gras Platterbse) · L. ochroleucus (Common Vetchling) · L. ochrus (Winged Vetchling) · L. odoratus (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'America' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Antique Fantasy Mix' (Antique Fantasy Mix Sweet Pea Lathyrus Odoratus) · L. odoratus 'April in Paris' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Barry Dare' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Beaujolais' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Black Knight' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Blanche Ferry' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Blue Danube' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Blue Reflections' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Blue Ripple' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Blue Velvet' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Bouquet Mix' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Butterfly' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Captain of the Blues' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Charlie's Angel' (Charlie's Angel Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Chatsworth' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Cupani' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Cupid' (Windowbox Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Diamond Wedding' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Dolly Varden' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Dragonfly' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Dreamy Sunset' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Early Mammoth Mixed' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Early Multiflora Mix' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Elizabeth Taylor' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Fantasia Mix' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Flagship' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Flora Norton' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Fragrant Skies' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Galaxy Mix' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Henry Eckford' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'High Scent' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Janet Scott' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Julie Ann' (Sweet Pea 'julie Ann') · L. odoratus 'King Edward Vii' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Knee High' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Lady Grisel Hamilton' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Late Spencer Choice Mix' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Leamington' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Lilac Ripple' (Sweet Pea) · L. odoratus 'Lizbeth' (Sweet Pea)

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Further Reading

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• A handbook of British Lepidoptera, by Edward Meyrick. London, Macmillan, 1895. url , p. 511, p. 754, p. 755.
• A monograph of the British Uredineae and Ustilagineae, with an account of their biology including the methods of observing the germination of their spores and of their experimental culture. London, Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. url .
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2849323
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4044745

Footnotes

1. "Lathyrus". in Flora of Pakistan Page 275. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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