Taxon:  Vicia faba L.



Summary
Genus:
Vicia
Subgenus:
Vicia
Section:
Faba
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Nomen number:
300661
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:737.  1753
Verified:
04/12/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Vicia faba L. var. equina St.-Amans (0 active accession[s])
Vicia faba L. var. faba (0 active accession[s])
Vicia faba L. var. minuta (hort. ex Alef.) Mansf. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Faba bona Medik.
Faba vulgaris Moench
Faba vulgaris Moench var. paucijuga Alef.
Faba vulgaris Moench var. vulgaris
Vicia faba L. subsp. paucijuga Muratova

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Conservation Status
Reference(s)
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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English bell-bean 1 University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
English broad-bean 1 Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English faba-bean 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English fava-bean 1 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Chinese can dou 蚕豆 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French fève 2 Fouché, J.-G. 1999. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
French féverole 2 Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
Italian fava 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian favetta 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian favino 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji sora-mame 2 Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Swedish bondböna 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese can dou 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transliterated Russian konskij bob 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult.
6Other    origin unknown
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Other (origin unknown)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalsoil improver University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxonomydetail?id=300661. Accessed 22 November 2024.