Cicer · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online
Cicer
Sign in to saveCicer is a genus of the legume family, Fabaceae, and the only genus found in tribe Cicereae. It is included within the IRLC, and its native distribution is across the Middle East and Asia. Its best-known and only domesticated member is Cicer arietinum, the chickpea.
OverviewAI-generated
Cicer is a genus within the plant kingdom, classified under the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Fabales. It belongs to the family Fabaceae. The genus is native to several regions, including Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Bulgaria, the Canary Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, and Iraq.
Records of this genus are held by various institutions, including MO, CAS, NHMUK, CHAS, and MEL. Specimens have been documented in countries such as Tajikistan, Mexico, the United States, Greece, and Uzbekistan. A total of 117,946 occurrences have been recorded, with 87 specific records associated with 55 media items.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: Cicer, the only genus in Cicereae (Fig. 55), occurs Use: Cicer arietinum L. is a major pulse crop (chickpea, pois
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 87
- With media
- 55
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- MO, CAS, NHMUK, CHAS, MEL, CM
- Recorded in
- Tajikistan, Mexico, United States, Greece, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Cicer arietinum HabitusFruits BotGardBln0906a.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Cicer
- Commons category
- Cicer
- topic's main category
- Category:Cicer
- taxon common name
- kikertslekta
via Wikidata · CC0
~13 min read
Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Species
- Cultivable species
- Resistances of various ''Cicer'' perennials and potential for plant improvement
- Evolution
- Hybridization
- References
- External links
Cicer is a genus of the legume family, Fabaceae, and the only genus found in tribe Cicereae. It is included within the IRLC, and its native distribution is across the Middle East and Asia. Its best-known and only domesticated member is Cicer arietinum, the chickpea.
==Species== 45 species are accepted: Cicer acanthophyllum Cicer anatolicum Cicer arietinum Cicer arietinum subsp. arietinum - cultivated annual chickpea Cicer arietinum subsp. reticulatum (synonym Cicer reticulatum) Cicer atlanticum Cicer balcaricum Cicer baldshuanicum Cicer bijugum Cicer canariense Cicer chorassanicum Cicer cuneatum Cicer echinospermum Cicer fedtschenkoi Cicer flexuosum Cicer floribundum Cicer graecum Cicer grande Cicer heterophyllum Cicer incanum Cicer incisum Cicer judaicum Cicer kermanense Cicer korshinskyi Cicer laetum Cicer luteum Cicer macracanthum Cicer microphyllum Cicer mogolatvicum Cicer montbretii Cicer multijugum Cicer oxyodon Cicer paucijugum Cicer pinnatifidum Cicer pungens Cicer rasulovae Cicer rechingeri Cicer songaricum Cicer spiroceras Cicer stapfianum Cicer subaphyllum Cicer tragacanthoides Cicer uludereensis Cicer yamashitae
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cicer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.