Biology:Vicia cassubica

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Vicia

Vicia cassubica
Vicia cassubica W2.jpg
Flowering and fruiting
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Vicia
Species:
V. cassubica
Binomial name
Vicia cassubica
Synonyms[2]

Vicia cassubica, called Kashubian vetch and Danzig vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Vicia, native to most of Europe, Turkey, the Levant, the Caucasus and Iran.[2] Found in thermophilous oak forests, it also does well in old fields that are in later stages of succession.[3]

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 735 (1753)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Vicia cassubica L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524633-1. 
  3. Falinski, J.B. (30 June 1986). Vegetation Dynamics in Temperate Lowland Primeval Forests: Ecological Studies in Białowieza Forest. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-010-8631-8. "Potentillo albae-Quercetum" 

Wikidata ☰ Q159742 entry