Topic summary
Pisum
Pisum is a possible genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to southwest Asia and northeast Africa. As of April 2026, Plants of the World Online considered the genus to be a synonym of Lathyrus, while the International Legume Database Information Service (ILDIS) accepted three species:
- Pisum abyssinicum (syn. P. sativum subsp. abyssinicum) = Lathyrus oleraceus
- Pisum fulvum = Lathyrus fulvus
- Pisum sativum = Lathyrus oleraceus – the field or garden pea, a major human food crop