Cicer

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.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae

Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Altay, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, Iraq

Observations recorded117,946

General: Cicer, the only genus in Cicereae (Fig. 55), occurs Use: Cicer arietinum L. is a major pulse crop (chickpea, pois

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taxon name: Cicer
Commons category: Cicer
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2600
taxon common name: kikertslekta

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Contents

Species
Cultivable species
Resistances of various ''Cicer'' perennials and potential for plant improvement
Evolution
Hybridization
References
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==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