Pisum

Pisum is a genus of the family Fabaceae, native to southwest Asia and northeast Africa. It contains one to five species, depending on taxonomic interpretation; the International Legume Database (ILDIS) accepts three species, one with two subspecies:

• Pisum abyssinicum (syn. P. sativum subsp. abyssinicum)
• Pisum fulvum
• Pisum sativum - pea
  • Pisum sativum subsp. elatius (syn. P. elatius, P. syriacum)
  • Pisum sativum subsp. sativum