Pisum is a genus of the family Fabaceae, native to southwest Asia and northeast Africa. It contains one to five species, depending on taxonomic interpretation; the International Legume Database (ILDIS) accepts three species, one with two subspecies:
Pisum abyssinicum (syn. P. sativum subsp. abyssinicum)
Pisum sativum subsp. elatius (syn. P. elatius, P. syriacum)
Pisum sativum subsp. sativumPisum sativum (the field or garden pea) is a major human food crop (see Pea and Split pea).
Pisum species are ...