Lathyrus aphaca

TaxID: 3854

Basic Information

Lathyrus aphaca

Chícharo-amarelo, Yellow Pea, yellow vetchling

Lathyrus aphaca, known as the yellow pea or yellow vetchling, is an annual species in the family Fabaceae with yellow flowers and solitary, pea-like fruits. It originated in the Middle East and has spread throughout Europe and beyond as a weed of cultivated fields and roadsides. The fruits are eaten as a supplement to diets in some parts of South Asia but are narcotic and potentially toxic in large quantities.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Fabales

Fabaceae

Lathyrus

aphaca

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent 2019

Distribution (64 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_963966055.1 Chromosome 4252 7094 575512 -
GCA_963965995.1 Contig 68 29 29 -

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (29 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
NLFLM3369-16 - matK 835 Netherlands 2013-06-06 50.814, 5.942
NLFLM3369-16 - ITS 821 Netherlands 2013-06-06 50.814, 5.942
GCUDG155-12 - rbcLa 552 Pakistan 2012-02-18 30.35, 70.47
GCUDG155-12 - matK 777 Pakistan 2012-02-18 30.35, 70.47
GCUDG154-12 - rbcLa 552 Pakistan 2012-02-18 30.35, 70.47
GCUDG154-12 - matK 777 Pakistan 2012-02-18 30.35, 70.47
GCUDG153-12 - rbcLa 552 Pakistan 2012-02-18 30.35, 70.47
GCUDG153-12 - matK 777 Pakistan 2012-02-18 30.35, 70.47
GCUDG152-12 - rbcLa 552 Pakistan 2012-02-18 30.35, 70.47
GCUDG152-12 - matK 777 Pakistan 2012-02-18 30.35, 70.47
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Literature