See other conspecific taxa:

• Vicia sativa (0 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. cordata (0 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. devia (0 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. macrocarpa (0 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (0 accessions)
• Vicia sativa subsp. sativa (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Vicia amphicarpa L.
• (≡) Vicia angustifolia var. amphicarpa (L.) Alef.
• (≡) Vicia sativa var. amphicarpa (L.) Boiss.

Common names:

• subterranean vetch   - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan (n.e.), Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (s. & Sicily)
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (s. & Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)

References:

1. Berger, J. D. et al. 2003. Agricultural potential of Mediterranean grain and forage legumes: 1) Anti-nutritional factor concentrations in the genus Vicia. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 50:201-212. Note: it examined four accessions of this taxon, of all four anti-nutritional factors (glutamyl-beta-Cyano-alanine, phenols, tannins and proteinase inhbitors) only one (proteinase inhibitors) was higher than other subspecies
2. Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: lists as Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa (Dorthes) Asch. & Graebn.
4. Enneking, D. 1995. The toxicity of Vicia species and their utilization as grain legumes. 4.
5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
6. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931-1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
7. Meikle, R. D. 1977-1985. Flora of Cyprus. Note: = Vicia sativa var. amphicarpa Boiss.
8. Potokina, E. K. 1997. Vicia sative L. aggregate (Fabaceae) in the flora of the former USSR. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:203. Note: = Vicia amphicarpa Dorthes
9. Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979-1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
10. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
11. Raynaud, C. 1976. Monographie et iconographie du genre Vicia L. au Maroc. Bull. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V. 1:153.
12. Schaefer, H. et al. 2012. Systematics, biogeography, and character evolution of the legume tribe Fabeae with special focus on the middle-Atlantic island lineages. B. M. C. Evol. Biol. 12:250. Note: it included one sample of "Vicia amphicarpa" from Turkey that grouped among "the genetically heterogeneous" members of the V. sativa aggregate
13. Smythies, B. E. 1984-1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882.
14. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Vicia sativa var. amphicarpa Boiss.
15. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa (Dorthes) Asch. & Graebn.
16. van de Wouw, M. et al. 2001. Molecular taxonomy of Vicia ser. Vicia based on amplified fragment length polymorphisms. Pl. Syst. Evol. 229:91-105.
17. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Vicia amphicarpa Dorthes
18. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina. Note: lists as Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa (Dorthes) Asch. & Graebn.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=41560. Accessed 29 June 2024.