PLANTS Profile for Lens culinaris (lentil)

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PLANTS Profile

Lens culinaris Medik.
lentil

Symbol:

LECU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		W

More Information:

Synonyms:
Lens culinaris Medik.

	CILE3	Cicer lens (L.) Willd.
	ERLE15	Ervum lens L.
	LEES	Lens esculenta Moench

Distribution:
Lens culinaris Medik.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CT, ID, IN, LA, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NY, PA, WA), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Lens culinaris Medik.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 1 species in Lens

Classification:
Lens culinaris Medik.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Lens Mill. – lentil
Species	Lens culinaris Medik. – lentil

Introduced Information:
Lens culinaris Medik.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lens culinaris Medik.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503364.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 02:49 PM MDT